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Saltworks, Secure Code Warrior team up to secure the SDLC

Saltworks and Secure Code Warrior have forged a partnership to help developers integrate security into the lifecycle and learn to write more secure, higher-quality code.

By Darryl Taft • March 22, 2021

How to write a good user story for cleaner code

A good user story isn't always easy to write. Answer key questions in easily understandable language to get development teams on the same page.

By Amy Reichert • March 22, 2021

3 predictable application architect interview questions

Software architecture roles are awfully industry specific, but there are still baseline skills employers want to see. These are some of the questions they ask to find those skills.

By Stephen Bigelow • March 19, 2021

Sentry adds performance monitoring for React Native, more

Sentry has added support for React Native, Android, Xamarin and Flutter-based apps to its application performance monitoring platform to help developers find and fix bugs.

By Darryl Taft • March 19, 2021

Clear up CI vs. CD confusion for DevOps practices

How do CI and CD differ? And how should development shops distinguish between the two? Learn more about the processes and how they've valuable in a DevOps environment.

By Matt Grasberger • March 19, 2021

Sonatype buys MuseDev to boost code analysis

Sonatype has expanded its addressable market for developers with the acquisition of code analysis tool vendor MuseDev. The move builds out Sonatype's software quality platform.

By Darryl Taft • March 18, 2021

Fight microservices complexity with low-code development

Software developers are in a constant battle with complexity. Microservices hold promise as ready-to-assemble app components, but low-code development might be a better approach.

By Matt Heusser • March 16, 2021

A quick rundown of 3 layered architecture design styles

N-layer, hexagonal and onion are all layered architecture styles, but each one features its own unique spin on distributed design and modular development.

By Tom Nolle • March 15, 2021

Power Fx informs Microsoft’s low-code strategy

In a Q&A, Microsoft corporate vice president Charles Lamanna delves into the company's Power Fx, a new low-code tool that non-programmers can use to build applications.

By Darryl Taft • March 15, 2021

Boomi Flow adds support for multi-cloud, hybrid deployments

Dell's Boomi subsidiary expands the deployment options for its low-code Flow workflow automation tool to public clouds and customers' on-premises data centers.

By Carol Sliwa • March 15, 2021

‘Practical Microservices’ speaks the language of web developers

In his book, 'Practical Microservices,' Ethan Garofolo introduces web developers to the coding principles that form the foundation for microservices-based applications.

By Fred Churchville • March 12, 2021

What is an API proxy?

An API proxy is a thin application program interface (API) server that exposes an interface for an existing service or services.

By Tom Nolle • March 11, 2021

Developer-first security raises Snyk’s tides, among others

Armed with a developer-first focus on security, Snyk has been able to draw $300 million in new funding. It also quadrupled its valuation to $4.7 billion in just over a year.

By Darryl Taft • March 11, 2021

An application architect’s chief roles and responsibilities

Today's application architect isn't just a high-caliber developer, but an experienced leader with both the technical and business chops to propel an organization's software strategy.

By Stephen Bigelow • March 11, 2021

ServiceNow Quebec platform goes after the low-code market

ServiceNow has released a new version of its Now Platform that caters to inexperienced developers looking to build customized applications and workflows quickly.

By Ed Scannell • March 11, 2021

AWS helps train formerly incarcerated people to code

The Justice Through Code program, which Amazon sponsors, teaches formerly incarcerated individuals how to write code in Python as it preps them for careers in the tech industry.

By Darryl Taft • March 10, 2021

Review these 9 low-code use cases and industry examples

Don't get hung up on the basics of low-code and your development teams' makeup. Evaluate the following use cases to see if low-code makes sense for your project goals.

By Chris Tozzi • March 10, 2021

What is the future of low-code app development?

Experts see more enterprises embracing low-code to rapidly develop apps and empower nonprogrammers -- but there are plenty of reasons to keep using traditional development as well.

By George Lawton • March 9, 2021

Lyft helps drive new foundation for mobile developers

The Linux Foundation, along with Lyft, wants mobile developers to ride together and help eliminate obstacles in building large-scale, enterprise Android and iOS apps.

By Darryl Taft • March 9, 2021

Get to know 4 microservices versioning techniques

Are you struggling to apply updates consistently across distributed services? Here are four microservices versioning techniques that can help.

By Joydip Kanjilal • March 8, 2021

How low-code development accelerates digital transformation

Enterprises that don't embrace digital transformation invite competitors to carve up their business. Here's how low-code development can help a business become digitally adept.

By Isaac Sacolick • March 5, 2021

Break down platforms via a service decomposition strategy

There's more than one way to break down a platform into microservices. This excerpt from 'Developing Microservice APIs with Python' explains one: decomposition by subdomains.

By Jose Haro Peralta • March 3, 2021

How to successfully build an app without code

No-code methodologies, development tools and tips to expedite the delivery of mobile, web and cloud apps for a wide range of businesses in the time of the citizen developer.

By Robert Sheldon • March 3, 2021

Event-driven architecture pros and cons: Is EDA worth it?

Event-driven architecture (EDA) is a double-edged sword of service flexibility and management complexity. Let's take a quick look at the ups and downs of EDA.

By Twain Taylor • March 2, 2021

Power Fx: Microsoft’s low-code language for Power Platform

Microsoft has extended its low-code application development strategy with a new programming language known as Power Fx that will be consistent across the Power Platform.

By Darryl Taft • March 2, 2021