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Students will also be able to start writing code without having to learn all the concepts that are inherent in large projects right from the start. This will allow them to learn the language more gradually.

“The new enhancements in Java 22 enable more developers to quickly and easily create applications that are feature-rich, scalable and secure, and that help organizations around the world grow their businesses,” said Georges Saab, senior vice president of Oracle Java Platform and chairman of the OpenJDK board.

The version introduces the use of unnamed variables and templates that are highlighted. These are useful when variable declarations or nested templates are required, although they will not be used. According to Oracle, this new feature will reduce the number of errors, improve the readability of record templates, and increase code maintainability.

Another anticipated feature that has made its way into this release is the API for foreign functions and memory, which allows Java code to interact with code and data outside of the Java Runtime without using the Java Native Interface.

JEP 458 also introduces the ability to allow the Java runtime to run a program that is provided as multiple Java source code files.

Java 22 also includes JEPs in the preview, including APIs for class files and Stream Gatherers, and several in the second preview, such as Structured Concurrency and Scoped Values.

With this platform, businesses can tap into the capabilities of AI while adeptly managing the intricate challenges that organizations must conquer to deliver top-tier, secure software on a large scale.

“As companies embark on their AI adoption journey, we are seeing exponential improvements in application development. But with the vast adoption of AI code-assist tools, the question becomes, can DevSecOps processes, teams, and tools keep up with developer improvements? Businesses need to support an enhanced developer experience while overcoming roadblocks in their release pipelines, toolchains and security challenges. We have designed Denali to empower teams at every stage of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), helping to align developer outcomes with business strategy and accelerate innovation throughout the enterprise”, said Derek Holt, CEO of Digital.ai.

Denali guarantees seamless compatibility with the latest operating systems and development frameworks, elevating the performance of critical applications to new heights. Organizations can harness the potential of AI for enhanced automation of software delivery, effectively orchestrating and governing code originating from AI-assisted development. Moreover, it provides invaluable insights throughout each stage of the software delivery process, saving developers precious time and improving their access to knowledge.

“Our partnership with Digital.ai is focused on enabling secure digital transformation at leading
financial services companies. Ongoing R&D is crucial for us, and Digital.ai continually reinvests in their solution so that together, we can meet the fast-evolving needs of banking customers and help them deliver innovative applications that work for their customers. The new ARM Protection feature is an example of how Digital.ai makes application protection significantly easier while also eliminating extra steps”, said Jhonny Telles, Leadcomm’s Director of Digital Transformation.

Denali introduces a host of enhancements, including self-guided workflows, templates, and best
practices, streamlining processes and fostering alignment with quantifiable objectives. Furthermore, Denali extends its support for cloud-native application development and boasts enhanced integrations with prominent platforms like Terraform by HashiCorp, Azure Biceps, Azure Key Vault, and AWS Secret Manager.

Why is C++ such a preferred choice?
C++ was created with the idea of being an extension of the C language for cross-platform programming. C++ offers efficient features and security. New features are regularly introduced. The C++23 version is planned for December 2023.

What distinguishes C++ from other programming languages is its more complex syntax. But instead, it offers many advantages for modern development. High levels of abstraction allow developers to encapsulate the details of the hardware and operating system. C++ is well suited for embedded systems that require code to be close to the hardware, such as IoT devices, smart watches, and medical devices.

The advantages continue
Programmers can focus on grouping classes to make the program code base organized and understandable. Abstraction also reduces program duplication and encourages reusability. Developers can also improve program privacy through abstraction in design, ensuring that users see only relevant data.

In addition, C++ takes advantage of hardware capabilities to accelerate scalability, through low-level control. This feature is suitable for video games, graphical user interfaces, scientific simulations, and financial applications.

C++ can handle large volumes of data, making it efficient for processing the huge data sets needed to create immersive 3D AR/VR experiences.

Did you know that C++’s relatively long life has contributed to an extensive open source STL, a collection of frameworks, and a supportive community? This allows developers to more easily accomplish their tasks by gaining access to a multitude of built-in functions, containers, hashes, heaps, and related features.

Developers who have existing code can more easily switch from C++ to more secure languages such as Rust. And multiple lines of existing C++ code don’t require new levels of safety. This makes C++ a more durable option than other programming languages with future viability.

Leveraging Google Cloud’s customizable models and open generative AI infrastructure, GitLab will provide customers with AI-assisted features directly within the DevSecOps enterprise platform.

“Together with GitLab, we’ll be able to deliver generative AI functionality that empowers our joint customers to increase delivery velocity without sacrificing security.”

said June Yang, VP of Cloud AI and Industry Solutions at Google Cloud.

With generative AI support in Vertex AI, GitLab can tune Google’s foundation models with their own data, and leverage these models to deliver new generative AI powered experiences. Google Cloud allows customers to control their data with enterprise-grade capabilities such as data isolation, data protection, sovereignty, and compliance support.

“GitLab’s vision for generative AI is grounded in privacy, security, and transparency. Our partnership with Google Cloud enables GitLab to offer private and secure AI-powered features, while maintaining customer data in our cloud infrastructure,”

said David DeSanto, Chief Product Officer at GitLab.

With Vertex AI, and leveraging the Built with Google Cloud AI program, GitLab will be able to leverage Google’s foundation models to provide customers with AI-powered offerings within its cloud infrastructure. This allows GitLab to maintain its commitment to protecting user privacy by containing customer intellectual property and source code within GitLab’s cloud infrastructure.

GitLab plans to improve its customers’ DevSecOps workflow efficiency by 10x, by applying AI-assisted workflows to all users involved in delivering software value.

This first experimental feature leveraging Google Cloud’s generative AI models is called Explain this Vulnerability. This capability empowers companies to make security a cross-organizational effort, by providing users with a natural language description of vulnerabilities found in their code and a recommendation for how to resolve them at the time of detection. Explain this Vulnerability can be used by developers, as well as security and operations teams, allowing customers to stay secure while remaining efficient and improving speed to delivery.

Aiden democratizes access to DevOps tools by offering intuitive answers, timely resolutions, and expert guidance without requiring users to master the technical nuances of these tools. By bridging the gap between complex DevOps tools and everyday users, Aiden empowers individuals and organizations alike to harness the full potential of their DevOps stacks without getting bogged down by their technical complexities.

“With the DevOps Copilot, we are bringing generative AI and LLMs to DevOps. Finally, anyone in the organization can leverage all their DevOps tools to their fullest potential”,

says Arul Jegadish, co-founder and CEO of OpsVerse.

The copilot provides actionable insights and can even implement automated fixes when incorporated into human-in-the-loop workflows. When production incidents are detected, it can assist developers in quickly detecting and fixing the underlying issue — eventually improving key KPIs like MTTR and MTTD, increasing customer satisfaction and loyalty, and saving organizations millions of dollars.

DevOps copilot uses generative AI and LLMs while ensuring customer data or infrastructure details never leave the associated network or cloud. It accomplishes this by deploying Aiden’s LLM engine using OpsVerse’s Private SaaS model of delivery.

OpsVerse’s Aiden is designed to work harmoniously within existing development ecosystems. Whether an organization uses Git, Jenkins, Jira, K8s, Argo, Datadog, Harness, or any other tool, the platform will seamlessly integrate with their preferred toolchain to ensure a cohesive and streamlined workflow.

Early access to Aiden is available on a first-come, first-served basis. To get access, users can sign up for the waitlist. With the DevOps copilot, OpsVerse promises to bring automated DevOps solutions to everyone, making the development journey smoother, more efficient, and more accessible.

Beginning with AL2023, Amazon Linux major releases will be available every two years, providing users with a more predictable release cycle and up to five years of support, which simplifies upgrade planning. AL2023 offers several improvements over its predecessor, Amazon Linux 2 (AL2). Key enhancements include a security-by-default approach, preconfigured security policies, SELinux in permissive mode, and IMDSv2 enabled by default. Users will also benefit from the availability of kernel live patching.

AL2023 allows for deterministic upgrades through versioned repositories, enabling users to lock to a specific version of the Amazon Linux package repository. This feature provides greater control over how and when updates are absorbed, ensuring consistency between package versions and updates across the environment.

Amazon Linux 2023 is now available in all AWS Regions, including AWS GovCloud (US) and the China Regions. For more information on AL2023, users can refer to the AWS documentation and the comparison between Amazon Linux 2 and Amazon Linux 2023.

Here are the most common myths about software developers according to The Server Side

The additional developer will speed up the work process
In fact, the truth is that when a new developer is added to the team, there is always an initial drop in productivity because bringing a new developer into the project takes time, and adjusting to the project takes time away from the team’s development-focused activities.

Furthermore, in the world of software development, smaller teams have proven to be more product, adaptable and agile than larger ones. That’s why the Scrum Framework limits teams to 10 members, which includes the Scrum Master and the Product Owner. And let’s not forget Brooks’ laws, which state: Adding manpower to a late software project makes it later.

Developers aren’t creative
Software development requires a great deal of creativity. Yes, almost anyone can learn an API. But the ability to use an API, to apply an API to an unsolved problem requires a great deal of creativity. The people who excel on the software development team are the ones who twist and turn methods and functions in unpredictable ways and come up with incredibly creative solutions to difficult and complex problems.

Open source software is less secure
Many believe that because the source code of open source software is publicly available, any hacker with nefarious intentions can easily crack that code. In fact, the opposite is true. With open source software, hundreds, if not thousands of people will scour through updates, enhancement and even stale source code that hasn’t been touched in years.

All of those developers regularly testing and checking the codebase will make open-source software more secure than proprietary software that only has a handful of programmers maintaining it.

All programming languages are the same
At the core, all programming languages perform three functions. But when you get beyond those basics, that’s not exactly how things are.
And one more thing that is more than proof. On social media, there are always arguments about which language is best and why. And absolutely every one of you has witnessed at least one argument, right? If all programming languages were the same, these flame wars would subside quickly, but that’s not the case. They continue because it is a software myth to claim that all programming languages are the same.

Programming is boring
What? It’s amazing how full of life one becomes when working on a software project that engages and challenges them.

And any developer who’s been in the industry for years will undoubtedly be able to tell you stories of working late into the morning to solve a problem, and then waking up early and heading straight to the keyboard to test the inspiration that woke him from sleep.

The project is absorbing, fascinating and gives meaning to your life! You feel fulfilled and satisfied, and what’s better than that.

Here are the new features

Support for the second-gen HomePod
Apple’s iOS 16.3 software will support the second-generation HomePod, which is set to be released on Feb. 3. Apple announced the release of the new HomePod four days before the latest iOS software was made available.

New Unity wallpaper for Black History Month
The latest iOS update includes a new iPhone wallpaper as part of Apple’s Black Unity Collection. The collection celebrates Black History Month with a special-edition Apple Watch Black Unity Sport Loop, a mosaic watch face and the new iPhone wallpaper. Apple also plans to release a selection of Black History Month content for Apple TV, Fitness Plus, Music, Maps, Books, Podcasts and the App Store as part of the collection.

New ways to use Emergency SOS via satellite
In iOS 16.3, the Call with Hold option has been replaced with Call with Hold and Release. If you enable Call with Hold and Release, you can hold the side button and a volume button to initiate a countdown and an alarm. After the countdown, you release the buttons and your iPhone will call emergency services on its own.

Security keys come to Apple ID
Users can now use third-party security keys instead of two-factor authentication for their Apple ID.

“Hardware security keys are very, very secure,” Diya Jolly, chief product officer of authentication service company Okta, told CNET’s Stephen Shankland.

This extra layer of security can help protect you against phishing scams and hackers.

CodinGame-CoderPad’s “The State of Tech Hiring in 2023” report is based on a survey of 14,000 professionals and offers insight into what could happen in 2023 for technology recruiters and job seekers.

Node.js, React, and .NET Core are among the most well-known and in-demand frameworks. The survey also found that demand for Angular exceeds supply, while its popularity among developers has declined. The declining popularity of Angular among developers is a finding in other reports as well.

Here’s what else is noted in the State of Tech Hiring 2023 report:

– Despite instability in the tech sector, developers feel secure in their jobs. A third of respondents reported feeling more secure than last year, and 41% reported no significant change.

– The top three technical skills developers want to learn are web development, artificial intelligence/machine learning, and game development.

– The top three skills sought by recruiters are web development, devops, and database software development.

– The main challenges in developers’ jobs include unplanned changes in their schedule, unclear guidelines, and lack of technical knowledge on the part of team members.

– 59% of developers do not have a university degree in computer science. Nearly a third believe they are mostly self-taught.

– Most teams are now a hybrid between remote and on-site work. Only 15% work on-site 100% of the time.

– Freelance programming jobs are becoming increasingly popular.

Developers can download the latest versions by joining the beta testing program through Apple’s Developer Center. Public beta releases are released after their developer counterparts. They are available through the Apple Beta Software Program.

The first iOS 16.3 and iPadOS 16.3 betas have build number 20D5024e, replacing build 20C65. The first beta of watchOS 9.3 has build number 20S5626e, replacing build 20S361. The tvOS 16.3 build number and HomePod Software Version 16.3 build is 20K5626c, up from build 20K362.

In the iOS 16.3 update, which is currently only available to developers, there is support for a security key, a new feature that Apple announced just a few days ago and which provides better account protection.

Once installed, watchOS 9.3 can be downloaded from the dedicated Apple Watch app on iPhone by going to General and then selecting Software update. To update to the new software, the Apple Watch must have 50% battery life, be on the charger, and be within range of the iPhone it’s paired with.

AppleInsider and Apple advise users not to install beta operating systems or beta software in general on major devices because of the risk of problems that could lead to data loss. To be more secure and safe, testers should use secondary or non-essential hardware and make sure they always have sufficient backups of their critical data.