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
APIs are indispensable, but also pose a security risk
APIs are everywhere these days. You can hardly have a conversation about IT without talking about them. However, this ubiquity also means that APIs become targets for attackers. So how do you make sure your APIs are secure and stay secure? At Noname Security, they claim to have an answer to this qu... Read more
AWS Cloud Control API simplifies interaction with 100+ AWS services
AWS grew to more than 200 services in 15 years. Each service has a specific API, which complicates API interaction when developing through multiple services. To tackle the challenge, Amazon is introducing the Cloud Control API. Five operations - 'CreateResource', 'GetResource', 'UpdateResource', 'D... Read more