Is there a place for ‘private’ APIs?
In the race to interconnect our enterprise IT systems, the use of Application Programming Interface (API) technologies forms an essential means of applying glueing bonds between services, between applications and sometimes between apps, data services and entire operating systems. Essentially consid... Read more
Lunar.dev: Houston, we have API management
As software application developers make increasing use of componetised, containerised and compartmentalised elements to build composite applications, many of the services brought into the new software code stacks being created come in through the use of Application Programming Interfaces (APIs). Of... Read more
SmartBear sweetens API usage honeypot
Developers use APIs.
Actually, that’s not exactly true. Plain old users (i.e. human beings) use Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) every day to extract the functionality they need from the apps and data streams they depend upon on their smartphones, tablets and laptop/desktops when they... Read more
Node.js version 18 is released
The OpenJS Foundation (JavaScript) has released Node.js version 18, which comprises innovative features, including a default enabled Fetch API.
JavaScript’s new version of Node.js
The JavaScript library Node.js has been upgraded to a new version. Node.js version 18 is now available with new... Read more
React 18 has been launched with newfangled concurrency features
Version 18 of React has come out with never-before-seen features.
React 18 launched with remarkable out-of-box improvements such as new startTransition APIs, automatic batching, and server-side rendering (SSR) with Suspense.
The features rest on new opt-in concurrent renderers, enabled when u... Read more
GitLab 14.9 is now generally available
The new version offers with epic to epic linking, integrated security training, and more.
The team at GitLab this week announced the release of GitLab 14.9. The new version offers new features such as epic to epic linking, integrated security training, a new Environments page design, and rule mo... Read more
Alphabet bets on Salt Security via 122 million euro investment round
Salt Security raises $140 million (122 million euros) with its latest investment round. CapitalG, Alphabet's growth fund, contributed the largest sum.
Salt Security was founded in 2015. Since, its market value has grown to an estimated 1.2 billion euros. Co-founder Michael Nicosia's enthusiasm s... Read more
2022 is the year of API security, Salt Security plays an important role
APIs are tremendously useful and are in use almost everywhere these days. But how do you make sure that attackers can't abuse them? That's the question Salt Security took up in 2016. We spoke with co-founder and CEO Roey Eliyahu and also received a demo of Salt's platform.
APIs are getting a lot... Read more
MuleSoft introduces new management capabilities for APIs
MuleSoft offers new capabilities to build, manage, and meet compliance requirements for APIs.
It is increasingly commonplace to build, use and spread APIs across multiple environments. Think hybrid cloud, public cloud or multi-cloud. APIs must comply with many laws and regulations. This can make... Read more
Atlas Data API from MongoDB offers better data access
MongoDB’s Atlas Data API is perfect for automating data infrastructures and offering data access control.
MongoDB has released a preview of Atlas Data API on November 18. It is a REST-like API and allows access to fully managed Atlas data.
Developers can use this API to process queries in M... Read more