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Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 ups the ‘dev’ in DevOps

Microsoft's Visual Studio 2022 will provide devs with 64-bit performance, better accessibility, improved collaboration with Live Share and a new UI for the Mac.

By Darryl Taft • April 21, 2021

Pulumi cloud engineering boosts dev infrastructure control

A Pulumi early adopter says this week's cloud engineering update will save time and resource costs with more support for developers to test infrastructure-as-code plans locally.

By Beth Pariseau • April 20, 2021

A Selenium IDE vs. WebDriver comparison

Selenium IDE and WebDriver play their own roles in test automation. It's important to know how the two tools differ and how they complement each other.

By Matt Heusser • April 20, 2021

Why microservices and IoT apps are perfect together

The development of IoT apps certainly presents its fair share of challenges, but the benefits that microservices bring might be an antidote to those struggles.

By Joydip Kanjilal • April 19, 2021

Will codeless test automation work for you?

Simple and repeatable -- that's the appeal of codeless test automation. But just how useful is it? Find out in which circumstances the method can be most effective.

By Matt Heusser • April 16, 2021

Software AG’s WebMethods update adds tools for non-IT users

Software AG's WebMethods upgrade aims to ease digital initiatives for IT pros and business users with new app integration, API management and microservices orchestration features.

By Carol Sliwa • April 15, 2021

Tasktop brings new visibility to value stream management

Value stream management is central to digital transformation at scale. VSM vendor Tasktop has a new dashboard that gives users a clearer view of their software delivery processes.

By Darryl Taft • April 15, 2021

Eclipse Foundation aims open VS Code registry at Microsoft

The Open VSX Registry is now at the Eclipse Foundation, which gives developers an open source destination to get VS Code extensions apart from the Microsoft VS Code Marketplace.

By Darryl Taft • April 13, 2021

The 3 essential Scrum team roles

Every successful Scrum team needs a product owner, a Scrum Master and developers. Here's why each role is essential and how effective collaboration between the three happens.

By Diane Hoffman • April 12, 2021

Using a business rules engine to streamline decision-making

Get to know some of the details behind a business rules engine, particularly the automated approach it takes to handling critical, rules-based decisions.

By Mary Pratt • April 9, 2021

A production readiness checklist for software development

To achieve a smooth release cycle that can uncover potential glitches, an enterprise needs software release criteria that involve members of the dev, ops and business teams.

By Stephen Bigelow • April 9, 2021

GitHub Mobile brings new push notifications to developers

The latest version of GitHub mobile delivers push notifications to developers in a manner that enables them to set time frames for when they can and cannot be reached.

By Darryl Taft • April 8, 2021

Is life as a freelance software developer for you?

Succeeding as a freelance developer requires much more than waiting for clients to contact you. Explore how to boost your skill set and land freelance gigs.

By Chris Tozzi • April 7, 2021

Overview of the problems automatic code generation can solve

Explore the ins and outs, pros and cons, and dos and don'ts of automatic code generation.

By George Lawton • April 5, 2021

A history and timeline of big data

Milestones that led to today's big data revolution -- from 1600s' statistical analysis to the first programmable computer in the 40s to the internet, Hadoop, IoT, AI and more.

By Andres Phillips • April 1, 2021

CircleCI brings CI/CD to Arm running on Graviton2 chips

AWS has added support for Arm-based processors to its popular CI/CD platform. It now runs on AWS' Arm-based Graviton2 processors to give developers more choices.

By Darryl Taft • April 1, 2021

application service provider (ASP)

An application service provider (ASP) is a company that offers individuals or enterprises access to applications and related services over the internet.

By Kevin Ferguson • April 1, 2021

OSDU Data Platform opens door to new apps in energy sector

A new OSDU standard aims to bring information from oil, gas, wind, solar and other sources into a single data platform to help energy companies address future demand.

By Carol Sliwa • March 31, 2021

Micro apps: A simple way to add sophisticated features

When building a new web or mobile app seems like overkill, micro apps might be the most practical way for developers to add niche features and functionality.

By Matt Heusser • March 31, 2021

An Eggplant automation tool tutorial for Functional, DAI

Eggplant Functional and DAI are two popular tools in the testing community. This video demonstrates how to install the tools and integrate them with the agent feature.

By Adam Listek, TechSnips • March 31, 2021

Diagrams.net vs. Lucidchart: A few things to consider

While UML diagramming is a relatively universal approach, not all visualization tools are made for the same crowd. Diagrams.net and Lucidchart offer a good example of this.

By Kerry Doyle • March 29, 2021

The difference between front-end and back-end developers

While front-end and back-end application development are two parts of a greater whole, the specifics of each career present some stark differences between them.

By Twain Taylor • March 26, 2021

LeanIX adds SaaS, microservice management to product lineup

Enterprise architect specialist LeanIX expanded its portfolio through the purchase of SaaS management startup Cleanshelf and the introduction of a Microservice Intelligence tool.

By Carol Sliwa • March 25, 2021

Can a loosely coupled architecture reduce technical debt?

While there are a lot of factors that impact technical debt, the level of coupling found in the underlying software architecture is often a primary culprit.

By Tom Nolle • March 25, 2021

A closer look at 6 popular low-code development platforms

Low-code development tools help organizations accomplish tasks from simple forms and web sites to app integrations and BPM. Here's a closer look at six of the top low-code tools.

By Matt Heusser • March 23, 2021