Internal Makes On-Premises Edition of No-Code Tool Available
Internal today launched an on-premises edition of its eponymous no-code development platform that promises to simplify application development backlog reduction for enterprise IT organizations. Arisa Amano, CEO of Internal, said many professional developers regularly find themselves building simple applications that, if given access to the right tools, could be built instead by end users. Internal […]
Why Boring Tech is Best to Avoid a Microservices Mess
Microservices are all the rage. A Forrester study found that 76% of enterprises were rearchitecting applications for microservices. At the same time, microservices are definitely not a silver bullet. Among those already using microservices in production, one study found that 59% said each microservice added increased operational challenges such as data management. Even more concerning, […]
SAP Makes Available Free Cloud Tier to Build Applications
SAP announced that next year it will make available a free tier on SAP Cloud Platform for developers that are building applications. Announced at the SAP Tech-Ed conference, the free tier comes at a time when SAP is encouraging developers to use its applications as a foundation for digital business process transformation initiatives. As part […]
Why Secrets Management is Critical to DevOps Pipeline Security
While valuable, secrets management also can be difficult for DevOps teams to employ. Here’s what you need to know Business is all about speed. Companies want to innovate and deliver functionality faster to remain competitive. This explains the increasing popularity of DevOps as a go-to model for rapid application delivery. A recent Gartner report indicated […]
Design Systems: Development Choices for Meeting User Expectations
Modern software development trends involve design systems and modernization, and if we drill down further, the trend within the trend is about creating better user experiences. This means improving usability, emerging technology and performance enhancements. This is easier said than done. What does it mean for developers? Employing Design Systems What a designer sketches, a […]
The Future of Application Development
What lies ahead for application development? Can we look forward to a less hierarchical system? The current state of application development has an often overlooked problem: It’s inaccessible. Top tier companies such as Google, Microsoft, Apple and Facebook are at a major advantage. With their large capital, they can invest in innovative development tools and […]
How to Cut Design Sprints in Half
Any company that has created a product in the digital sphere will no doubt be familiar with the purpose of design sprints. Traditionally both back-end and front-end developers, designers, marketing teams and other stakeholders in the company come together over the course of five days to prototype ideas, gather insights on users and validate them […]
Accessibility and Feature Flags
Being able-bodied is a temporary condition. Some of us are born with disabilities, and some of us develop them. At some point in your life, you will get old enough to need reading glasses, or you will break your arm, or you will develop hearing problems. Are you reading this page through glasses? Are you […]
The Role of DevOps Feedback Loops in Your Value Stream
Feedback loops are found in all systems, organic or inorganic. They propel the recirculation of hot or cold air to raise or lower temperatures; they drive the idea exchange that helps businesses fine-tune operating strategies. Yet, nowhere are feedback loops more important but also misunderstood than in software delivery. Attaining the “holy grail” of software […]
Mob Programming During a Pandemic: Lessons Learned
Despite limitations, mob programming can be effective, even during COVID-19 The COVID-19 pandemic has many of us considering the long-term impact on our personal and working lives. Shaking hands with new colleagues or clients? Buffet lunches? I’ve recently wondered how social distancing will affect mob programming, which is a development practice we implemented at Bonitasoft […]
GrammaTech Discovers Vulnerabilities in Third-Party Code
GrammaTech today launched a CodeSentry software composition analysis (SCA) for binaries that inventories third-party code used in custom applications and identifies known vulnerabilities. Vince Arneja, chief product officer for GrammaTech, said the bulk of custom applications today are made up of binaries based on components developed by a third-party that comes in the form of […]
How to Successfully Integrate Security and DevOps
As digitalization transforms industries and business models, organizations increasingly are adopting modern software engineering practices such as DevOps and agile to become competitive in the modern marketplace. DevOps enables organizations to release new products and features faster, but this pace and frequency of application releases can conflict with established practices of handling security and compliance. […]
How To Foster a Culture of Citizen Developers
What can leaders do to encourage a thriving environment of citizen developers in their organization? Over the last several months, businesses of all sizes have had to embrace rapid change, as have their workforces. When it comes to IT departments, even before the pandemic many were fielding requests to implement new technology, customize solutions to […]
ZeroNorth Extends DevSecOps Orchestration Reach
ZeroNorth has extended its namesake software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform for orchestrating DevSecOps toolchains to include integrations with Scout Suite, Aqua Trivy, Gitlab and BitBucket Server and the configuration management database (CMDB) from ServiceNow. The company is also adding application portfolio reports to surface the security policies applied to each application, scan results and progress of remediation […]
Netlify Extends JAMstack Reach to Edge Computing
Netlify, at its JAMSTACK CONF VIRTUAL event today, announced Netlify Edge Handlers, which make it possible to extend a Git-based workflow to edge computing applications. Company CEO Matt Biilmann said Netlify Edge Handlers, available in beta, puts the primitives in place for deploying serverless web applications based on a JAMstack software architecture that employs JavaScript, […]
Low-Code, High Risk? Closing the Security Gap of Exposed Source Code
There’s no denying that low-code is a rising trend in application development that’s likely to stay for the long run. Its impressive benefits in terms of agility and development time are convincing the enterprise, so it’s no wonder that the industry is on its course to achieve fivefold growth between 2017 and 2022. In low-code […]
AIOps and the Myth of ‘Move Fast and Break Things’
Observability through AIOps enables developers to find problems faster by cutting through the noise Years and years ago, a little-known entrepreneur named Mark Zuckerberg uttered the phrase, “Move fast and break things,” to his development team. Since then, dev teams have stuck to this “move fast and break things” mantra, where fast development far outweighs […]
Pinpoint Simplifies Managing Remote Dev Teams
Pinpoint today added a User Dashboard to its namesake platform for managing software projects that makes it easier for remote developers to stay focused. Company CEO Jeff Haynie said the User Dashboard provides developers with a personalized view of their work priorities and schedule for the day. It also provides a means to employ their […]
Harmonizing Real-Time on Edge Platforms
Edge computing platforms sit at the boundary between the real-time world and the digital enterprise. Uninterrupted, uncorrupted data from the edge is a must if analytics in the cloud drive reliable business decisions. What’s the best approach: using Linux, an RTOS (real-time operating system), a hypervisor or something else for edge platforms? Let’s talk about […]
Crowdtesting: How to Ensure Quality in Disruptive Times
The practice of crowdtesting has taken on greater importance during the COVID-19 pandemic, for good reason Entering 2020, digital transformation projects and initiatives dominated tech spending for most companies. But, between a global pandemic and fiscal uncertainty around the world, spending must be shrinking, right? Think again. If anything, the pandemic has created a sense […]
OutSystems Employs More AI to Accelerate Low-Code Development
OutSystems today at its online NextStep 2020 conference announced it is making more extensive use of artificial intelligence (AI) to accelerate the building and deployment of low-code applications. The company unveiled AI Assist to automate, guide and validate processes throughout the application life cycle and Architecture Dashboard, which employs machine-learning algorithms to enable IT teams […]
TechStrong TV: The Low-Code Movement, With ServiceNow
ServiceNow is well-known for its IT transformation products and customer/employee workflows. But the company has another technology, App Engine, a low-code application platform that lets people build applications faster than they can on any other platform. In this TechStrong TV interview, I speak with Josh Kahn, general manager of the platform business unit at ServiceNow, […]
How ‘Some-Code’ Platforms Perform a Balancing Act
Recently, there’s been a surge of interest in visual programming models, all with varying degrees of user-friendliness. These low-code platforms utilize drag-and-drop elements to help citizen developers stitch together applications, avoiding the complexities of hard-coding connections. Such platforms are crucial amid a developer drought and shine in their usability. But, how usable is too usable? […]