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The once-secure profession of software engineer is under threat from AI and intense competition

January 12, 2024

Via: TechSpot

Software engineering has long been a lucrative career for the majority who enter it. Google once offered $200,000 per year plus perks for those at the entry level, while an L5 engineer at OpenAI could make over $900,000 a year. […]


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JEP 447: Refining Java Constructors for Enhanced Flexibility

January 9, 2024

Via: InfoQ

After its review concluded, JEP 447, Statements before super(…) (Preview), was delivered for JDK 22. Under Project Amber, this JEP proposes to allow statements that do not reference an instance being created to appear before super() calls in a constructor […]


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Microsoft Announces AppCAT: Simplifying Azure Migration for .NET Apps

January 4, 2024

Via: InfoQ

Microsoft team announced a new tool, named Azure Migrate application and code assessment tool for .NET, abbreviated as AppCAT. This tool is intended to help developers in the migration of on-premises .NET applications to Azure. AppCAT tool enables the assessment […]


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OpenSSF Adds Attestations to SBOMs to Validate How Software is Built

January 3, 2024

Via: InfoQ

The Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) has recently announced SBOMit, a tool designed to bolster Software Bills of Materials (SBOMs) with in-toto attestations. This development, announced under the OpenSSF Security Tooling Working Group, increases transparency and security in the software […]


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Developers, watch your code: Official Python respository spread malicious projects

January 3, 2024

Via: ZDnet

PyPI is the official Python Package Index that currently contains 500,972 projects, 5,228,535 million releases, 9,950,103 million files, and 770,841 users. PyPI helps users locate and install software developed and released by the Python community as well as serving as […]


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Microsoft improves code coverage tools

January 2, 2024

Via: InfoWorld

Microsoft has enhanced its code coverage tools, adding new features to Microsoft.CodeCoverage and introducing dotnet-coverage. The enhancements include fresh report formats that integrate smoothly with tools such as ReportGenerator. Microsoft posted a bulletin about its enhanced code coverage tools on […]


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Upsides and Downsides of Open Source Adoption

December 28, 2023

Via: InfoQ

According to Hila Fish, the benefits of open source projects are supporting rapid innovation, the flexibility provided to customize and adapt tools, and transparency of the code which can enhance security efforts. The downsides are that security by obscurity doesn’t […]


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GitLab Launches Browser-Based Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST) Scan

December 27, 2023

Via: InfoQ

GitLab has recently introduced a browser-based Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST) feature in version 16.4 (or DAST 4.0.9). This development is part of GitLab’s ongoing efforts to enhance browser-based DAST by integrating passive checks. The release includes active check-in capabilities. […]


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Java persistence with JPA and Hibernate: Persisting data to a database

December 27, 2023

Via: InfoWorld

In this second half of the Java persistence with JPA and Hibernate tutorial, we move past concepts and start writing code that persists data to and from a relational database using JPA with Hibernate. We’ll start by configuring an example […]


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How software engineering will evolve in 2024

December 26, 2023

Via: InfoWorld

Software development is currently undergoing a profound transformation, marked by a quiet yet remarkable surge in advanced automation. This impending shift promises to streamline the creation and deployment of high-quality applications on an unprecedented scale. Rather than a single technology […]


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Microsoft Copilot’s new AI tool will turn your simple prompts into songs

December 20, 2023

Via: TechRadar

Thanks to a newfound partnership with music creation platform Suno, Microsoft Copilot can now generate short-form songs with a single text prompt. The content it creates not only consists of instrumentals but also fleshed-out lyrics and actual singing voices. Microsoft […]


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9 ways to keep your developer team happy

December 18, 2023

Via: InfoWorld

It’s no secret that software developers are in demand. Even in uncertain economic times, organizations are eager to find and retain people who know how to code. An important question for development team leaders, then, is what factors make developers […]


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Visual Studio 17.9 Preview 2: .NET MAUI, C++, Remote Linux Unit Testing, Teams Toolkit and More

December 18, 2023

Via: InfoQ

Microsoft has released Visual Studio 2022 17.9 Preview 2, the last release concluding development efforts for 2023. This update builds upon the foundation provided by Preview 1 in November. Preview 2 brings improvements and new features regarding C++, .NET MAUI, […]


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JEP 423: Introducing Region Pinning to G1 Garbage Collector in OpenJDK

December 15, 2023

Via: InfoQ

After its review concluded, JEP 423, Region Pinning for G1, has been Integrated into JDK 22. This JEP proposes to reduce GC latency by implementing region pinning for the G1 garbage collector. This will extend G1 so that arbitrary regions […]


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Intro to JSX: HTML that does JavaScript

December 13, 2023

Via: InfoWorld

JSX is a way to write HTML inside of JavaScript, but it feels more like a way to write JavaScript inside of HTML. As a templating language, it is beloved by some and loathed by others. Here’s a look at […]


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12 Software Architecture Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them

December 13, 2023

Via: InfoQ

Developing a successful software architecture is simple, but it’s not easy. Understanding QARs and then understanding and making the trade-offs that will maximally satisfy the QARs takes insight and experience, much of which has to be gathered through iterative experimentation […]


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JetBrains Launches AI Assistant Integrated in its 2023.3 Release IDEs

December 13, 2023

Via: InfoQ

JetBrains refreshes all of its IDEs in the last release of the year and promotes its integrated AI Assistant out of preview into general availability for paying customers. Besides its strong integration with the IDEs, JetBrains AI Assistant tries to […]


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AI study creates faster and more reliable software

December 12, 2023

Via: Tech Xplore

University of Stirling researchers have trained ChatGPT to produce faster versions of a software program. Making software run faster and more reliably is challenging and time-consuming for software developers. The study led by Dr. Sandy Brownlee used ChatGPT—an artificial intelligence […]


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How software engineering intelligence platforms boost developer productivity

December 12, 2023

Via: InfoWorld

In today’s fast-paced software industry, engineering organizations need objective measurements and analytical solutions to gauge their performance. Historically, engineering leaders have evaluated outcomes subjectively, lacking the data-driven insights required to drive success. This has hindered engineering leaders from making informed […]


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Ruby 3.3.0 nears release with new parser

December 12, 2023

Via: InfoWorld

Ruby 3.3.0, a planned update to the popular dynamic language that features a new parser, has reached the release candidate stage. RC1 of Ruby 3.3.0 was announced December 11. It can be accessed from ruby-lang.org. Featured is the Prism parser […]