Lineaje Unfurls Platform for Creating and Managing SBOMs
Lineaje this week unfurled a platform for creating and managing the software bills of materials (SBOMs) that are increasingly mandated by enterprise IT organizations and government agencies. Fresh from raising $7 million in seed funding, Lineaje CEO Javed Hasan said the SBOM360 platform provides a simpler way to manage all the SBOMs that will soon […]
5 Unique Challenges of Mobile App Testing
At first glance, testing a mobile app may not seem to be very different from testing a conventional desktop app. Mobile and desktop apps are often written in the same languages and hosted on the same servers. They must also meet the same basic user expectations in areas like loading speed and accessibility. But when […]
Atlassian Extends Automation Framework’s Reach
Atlassian this week extended its namesake automation framework to include its Confluence collaboration software. In addition, it’s now possible to automatically create bi-directional branches in Bitbucket, GitHub or GitLab platforms from within the company’s Jira project management application. At the same time, it’s now possible to automatically generate feature flags from within Jira through integration […]
The Database of the Future: Seven Key Principles
The database of the future will be more than just a database. Instead, it will be a platform that focuses on the user experience and abstracts the technology. Looking at the evolution of application development, an enormous amount of effort has made it easier to build and deploy applications. Similarly, databases need to evolve for […]
Why Can’t We Be Friends? Improving Developer-Tester Alignment
Sometimes coding can be such an art form that it deserves to be a masterpiece in a museum. Developers are proud of their code—at least until the so-called art critics (aka testers) step in with their critiques. And then the rapport can swiftly become as messy as a painter’s palette. You have probably seen this […]
A DevOps Thanksgiving: What Are You Thankful For?
As crazy as it seems, here we are on the cusp of another Thanksgiving. This year has gone by so quickly, and as we enter the holiday season and the end of 2022, those of us in the DevOps community have much to be thankful for. First and foremost, I’m so happy to once again […]
PlanSecOps: Incorporating Security Strategies in Design
Organizations that don’t adapt and change aren’t likely to survive. The same can be said about DevSecOps, a discipline created to ensure security is baked into the software development process, not an add-on after the code is approved. And as much as DevSecOps has changed the software development world for the better, it is time […]
Understanding the Importance of Developer Experience
If you’re creating a developer tool, you’re bound to run into this dilemma—you know the inner workings of it really well, but others don’t. And without solid documentation and samples to follow, it can be challenging for another person to get started. Friction with the tools we use can contribute to burnout, inhibit creativity and […]
Techstrong TV: Recruiting Developers with the Right Skills
The biggest challenge facing the software industry is recruiting developers with the right skills, according to a Reveal’s third annual “Top Software Development Challenges for 2022” survey. Jason Beres, SVP of Developer Tools at Infragistics, and Charlene discuss how organizations can address these and other challenges effectively. The video is below followed by a transcript […]
Virtual Reality in the Workplace
Jonathan and Charlene discuss Moderne’s use of virtual reality—specifically, the Oculus VR system—as a collaboration tool for its disparate developer team and demonstrate how the groups works in the Workroom app. The video is above and a transcript of the conversation is below. Interviewer: This is Digital Anarchist. Hey, everybody, welcome back to Techstrong […]
Why is Security Still in the Way? A Look at DevSecOps Right Now
According to industry trend reports for 2022, DevSecOps is now considered to be one of the most effective approaches to building software quickly and securely. This effort, of course, means development, security and operations teams commit to addressing security as early as possible in the software development life cycle (SDLC). The goal of the shift […]
When DevOps-as-a-Service (DaaS) Meets Security
One of the most recent IT methodologies to be offered as a service is DevOps, a cultural and practical approach that brings development and operations teams together under one umbrella of work. DevOps-as-a-Service (DaaS) ensures that everything related to the selection, management and maintenance of DevOps tools and infrastructure, including all policies and procedures, are […]
Agile Development at 20: Can it Thrive in the Hybrid Work Era?
The Agile Manifesto turns 20 this year, and while many of the core tenets are still applicable, the world has changed considerably in the last two decades. What would the Agile Manifesto look like if it was written today and took into consideration our new reality of hybrid working environments? Changes are most definitely needed, […]
Secure Software Summit Series: Focus on Preventative Readiness
The connected world economy and the COVID-19 pandemic forced companies to accelerate digital transformation. Sophisticated cybercriminals have seized this forced acceleration to lay the groundwork for cyberwarfare. In reaction to recent attacks ranging from the SolarWinds breach to the recent Log4Shell exploits, many companies have quickly isolated and patched their systems. However, these reactive fixes […]
How AI Can Improve Software Development
Change is constant and inevitable. While some changes are welcome, others are just a necessary evil. Continuous calls for digitalization combined with a pandemic-prompted emphasis on transforming business operations, force organizations across industries to modernize their legacy systems. The emergence of cloud computing has shrunk organizations’ on-premise IT footprints. However, with 96 of the world’s […]
Best of 2021 – How to Combine DevOps and Agile
As we close out 2021, we at devopsy.kinsta.cloud wanted to highlight the most popular articles of the year. Following is the thirteenth in our series of the Best of 2021. In recent years, application development and deployment have become an increasingly critical part of business operations. Because of this, various entities have sought to optimize […]
How to Build a Team That Embraces Metrics
When we talk about metrics in software delivery, a lot of developers think of execution metrics — things like throughput, delivery and number of deploys. But in reality, those metrics don’t motivate anyone — at least not without connecting them to a bigger picture. I’ve worked in software for 23 years. I’m a three-time founder […]
Unqork Extends Automated No-Code SDLC Platform
Unqork today announced it has extended a no-code platform for managing the software development life cycle (SDLC) to include the ability to automatically document changes to application programming interfaces (APIs) and data models in addition to adding a point-in-time rollback capability. Ken Gavranovic, head of strategy and engineering for Unqork, said Unqork 2021.5 also adds […]
ZenHub Brings More Science to Sprint Planning
ZenHub today revealed it has added a Planning Poker capability to its platform for managing software development projects that is designed to make it possible to prioritize sprints based on feedback collected from members of the application development team. That capability extends a sprint planning capability the company added this year to a project management […]
Best Practices for Building Next-Gen Software Teams
Technology is moving faster than ever before. The pandemic has accelerated digital transformation across every organization in every industry. Creating new remote working environments or developing new digital revenue channels has taken place at lightning speed over the past year. At this time of rapid change, software development teams are continuing to help organizations adapt […]
China’s Open Source Activity Surged in 2020
Activity among China-based open source project contributors and creators surged in 2020, as Alibaba, Huawei, Tencent and other leading Chinese tech companies are playing an increasingly important role in the open source development community worldwide. According to the recently released Open Source Contributor Index (OSCI) ranking, as of March 2021, Alibaba, Huawei, and Tencent collectively […]
Are Developers Responsible for Open Source Governance?
There are lots of factors in the open source software world converging to make it a big year for “shift left” in software development. Heightened security concerns, an increasing need for software supply chain visibility and the growth and complexity of open source ecosystems will continue to push the responsibility for ensuring code is secure […]
AI Reimagines Computation and Improves Software Development
While modern business software solutions unlock organizational efficiencies, agility and the ability to deliver new value to customers, such tools were not available when applications deployed on mainframe systems were being developed. Today, many of the Fortune 500 companies, the world’s largest banks and insurance companies and several of the largest retailers in the U.S. […]