Last Python 2 release will be rolled out in April
The latest version of Python 2 will definitively appear in April, the Python Foundation reports in a blog post. After that, only Python 3 will get updates. So version 2.7.18 will be the latest version of Python 2.
The Register reports that the programming language will continue to be used in man... Read more
AWS responds to criticism about abuse of open-source software
AWS responds to the criticism it has received regarding the unlawful use of technology by open-source companies. Andi Gutmans, vice president of AWS analytics and ElastiCache, responded to the article that appeared in the New York Times on Monday.
The article described that the cloud computing g... Read more
OutSystems and SIG work together for better quality software
OutSystems, supplier of a low-code development platform, will cooperate with Software Improvement Group (SIG). It enables OutSystems users to measure, improve and compare the quality and safety of new software with the SIG benchmark, by means of a technical integration.
SIG applies the ISO 25010... Read more
Atlassian launches development platform Forge
With the arrival of Forge, Atlassian wants to set a new standard in the development of cloud applications.
The creator of Trello and the Jira apps, among others, introduced the possibility to be placed on the waiting list of Forge. This new development service should make it easier to develop ap... Read more
Major update for Google’s Flutter cross-platform tool
Google's Flutter framework gets an update. Flutter should make it possible to build apps that work on different platforms at the same time. That goal is now one step closer. For example, Flutter now produces apps that are fully optimised for macOS.
Apps built in Flutter's Dart programming code w... Read more
ServiceNow announces Visual Studio Code extension
Developers who build apps for the ServiceNow platform no longer need to do so with ServiceNow's own web-based editor. The company is reportedly introducing a Microsoft Visual Studio Code alternative.
ServiceNow is a cloud computing company that offers, among other things, a business platform for... Read more
Amazon Kendra makes business data accessible and retrievable
During re:Invent, Amazon Web Services (AWS) presented an enterprise search engine that will excite most companies. Amazon Kendra is an application where you, as a company, can connect all your data sources to index and search them. Kendra can then directly answer questions or show search results. T... Read more
Azure Sphere 19.11 supports Linux
Version 19.11 of Azure Sphere comes with support for Linux. However, a number of requirements have to be met. For example, the new version needs Ubuntu 18.05 LTS.
Azure Sphere is Microsoft's solution for extremely light IoT devices that can be kept up to date using Azure. This avoids the complex... Read more
CloudBees brings Jenkins X to Google Cloud
Enterprise DevOps company CloudBees announced a release preview of its Jenkins X CI/CD solution on Google Cloud Platform at the Jenkins World/DevOps World Conference in Lisbon. General availability is planned for the first half of 2020.
The CloudBees open source Jenkins platform is a popular CI/... Read more
Appian’s low code platform receives update
Appian has released the latest version of its low code platform. The release delivers performance improvements, better integration with Appian AI and new Health Check features.
The release has five main branches: AI, DevOps, Health Check, newly connected systems and implementation towards mobile... Read more