GitHub announces new discussion features
GitHub is adding new features to its GitHub Discussions panel.
GitHub – a provider of internet hosting for version control and software development – has recently announced brand new features added to GitHub Discussions to help users connect, collaborate, and communicate with teams about dev... Read more
GitHub scans pull requests for known vulnerabilities
GitHub released Dependency Review GitHub Action. The tool allows users to scan pull requests for new dependencies that may introduce (supply chain) vulnerabilities.
The tool checks whether new dependencies contain vulnerabilities. Vulnerabilities are found by scanning dependencies in pull reques... Read more
Docker founders unveil DevOps software development venture Dagger
Docker founders have raised $20m in funding with the launch of the DevOps software deployment venture, 'Dagger.'
Dagger, a DevOps software development venture, revealed today that it had raised $20m in funds in conjunction with the open beta unveiling of the platform that powers software supply ... 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
GitLab developer collaboration to be enhanced by Tabnine’s custom AI code models
A developer of a tool that completes AI code, Tabnine, has announced its integration with GitLab so that developers can collaborate in a better way using their custom AI code models.
Tabnine uses AI models to make predictive suggestions for developers typing code to speed up the development sess... Read more
GitHub Advisory Database now welcomes user contributions on threats
The GitHub Advisory Database, a database of vulnerabilities in open source software, is now open to anyone that wants to share information on a vulnerability. Contributions are curated by an expert panel.
The GitHub Advisory Database is the world's largest database of open source software vulner... Read more
GitHub launches tool that automatically finds code vulnerabilities
The Github code scanning beta is now available. Currently, JavaScript and TypeScript code can automatically be scanned for four known vulnerabilities -- a number that promises to increase as time goes on.
The four vulnerabilities are cross-site scripting (XSS), path, NoSQL, and SQL injection. Ac... Read more
Python testing tool rids itself of old dependencies with v7.0
The new version of pytest brings a range of advantages
The pytest team team has released version 7.0 of the Python testing framework. They did so with a force of 960 commits behind them. The new version cleans up the project and its error notifications. It also facilitates more customisation.
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GitHub announces two-factor authentication mechanism
Github realizes the need for the hour and has announced its very own two-factor authentication mechanism.
The world is realizing the importance of data security. Thus, Github has recently announced the integration of two-factor authentication into its platform. They have enabled this through an ... Read more
‘Developers worked faster in 2021’
Developers finished their projects faster in the past year. This is one of the conclusions of GitHub's annual review of developments on its platform.
The annual State of the Octoverse report for 2021 shows developers were able to deliver their code faster, regardless of where and how they carrie... Read more