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NEWS WATCH AWS Amplify Studio now generally available AWS recently announced the general availability of Amplify Studio, a visual interface that works to simplify front- and back-end development for web and mobile applications. The platform was first presented as a preview during AWS re:Invent 2021. With this, users gain access to an integration with Figma, helping designers and frontend developers to work collaboratively on design and development tasks. The GA version also offers new features such as support for UI event handlers, component theming, and improvements in how users can extend and customize generated components from code. Additionally, Amplify Studio extends on the ease of configuration that is provided by AWS Amplify by bringing it to front-end developers who can then use it to work with prebuilt and custom UI components for those applications.
Node.js 18 release updates V8 JS engine The latest release includes an update to the V8 JavaScript engine, global fetch enabled by default, and a core test runner module. The V8 engine has been upgraded to version 10.1. This latest version is part of Chromium 101. Upgrading to this latest version unlocked features like the findLast and findLastIndex array methods, improvements to the Intl.Locale API, the Intl.supportedValuesOf functions, and improved performance of class fields and private class methods. The implementation for global fetch is based on undici-fetch. The team is working to make the implementation as close to spec compliant as possible, but since it requires things not present in backend networking, certain aspects of the spec were omitted. Currently the global fetch API is experimental and will remain so until more test coverage can be added. Node.js 18 will be the cur-
People on the move n Ivanti has announced that as of April 25, Dennis Kozak will serve as its new chief operating officer. He will be overseeing the company’s marketing, global sales, customer experience, and operations. His previous roles include leadership positions at Avaya and CA Technologies. n Sanjay Poonen has joined service mesh company Tetrate as a new strategic advisor. Poonen previously was COO at VMware and president at SAP. He also held software engineering roles at Microsoft and Apple earlier in his career. n Blackbaud has appointed Sudip Datta as its chief product officer. He will oversee the company’s product portfolio, which includes product life cycles, roadmaps, and strategy. He previously led AIOps and observability at Broadcom, was vice president of products at Oracle, and held positions at IBM and Fujitsu-ICL.
rent Node.js release for the next six months and will be promoted to Long-Term Support in October 2022. At this point the release will be renamed with the codename Hydrogen and will be supported until April 2025.
Sysdig releases new vulnerability prioritization feature Sysdig announced the release of Risk Spotlight, a vulnerability prioritization feature based on runtime intelligence. The feature enables teams to reduce vulnerabilities by 95% and allows developers to focus on shipping applications faster, according to Sysdig. It also delivers vulnerability details such as CVSS vector from multiple sources, the fix version, and links to publicly available exploits to manage vulnerability risk at scale. The feature provides a single view of vulnerability risk across a container lifetime from build to runtime. Developers will also receive a package-centric view of vulnerabilities along with the fixes and upgrades that they need to apply.
CodeGym launches donation program to help Ukrainians Since Russia’s initial attack on Ukraine, 53% of Ukrainian citizens have lost their jobs and over 4.5 million have been forced to flee the country, according to CodeGym, the Ukrainian online course for learning Java programming. The company is matching every purchase of monthly and yearly subscriptions with two donations to Ukrainian residents in order to help
those who are suffering start a new career in IT. For a limited time, CodeGym can offer 5,000 unemployed Ukrainians free access to the company’s Java educational platform to help them get back on their feet and start fresh with a new career.
TIBCO updates WebFOCUS platform With the release of TIBCO WebFOCUS 9.0.0, the company announced stronger data access, AI/ML capabilities, and developer tools. One new feature, TIBCO WebFOCUS Container Edition provides users with a scalable, microservices-based platform for container-based deployments. It offers on-demand compute and parallel processing with which customers can scale their environments and run multiple tasks concurrently. Also with the addition of Hub, users can access content and data across any device through a workspace and applications directory to simplify data access. The Hub can visualize recent and important data contained in a personalized home screen for faster access. Key enhancements to TIBCO WebFOCUS Designer capabilities now include the streamlined ability to create, manage, and stage datasets when authoring content.
GitHub’s Dependabot alerts code calls a vulnerability Dependabot alerts use GitHub’s precise code navigation engine to determine if a repository directly calls a vulnerable function. The new feature marks a shift in how GitHub curates
