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It's All About Security at GitHub Universe Day 2
It's day two at GitHub Universe 2019. Today is all about security. The day two keynote saw many announcements related to securing code including GitHub Security Lab, CodeQL, GitHub Security Advisories, automated security updates, GitHub Advisory Database, token scanning, and more.
11-14-2019
Postman Adds API Visualizer to Help Contextualize Data
With API design often dictating the provision of machine-readable data, Postman notes the difficulty with visualization of this data in a manner that is easily digestible by humans. With the announcement of Postman Visualizer, the company hopes to solve this.
11-13-2019
GitHub Universe 2019 Full of Product Announcements
GitHub's annual developer conference, GitHub Universe, takes place this week in San Francisco. Per usual, the conference is full of GitHub product news. Particular announcements to note this year include the general availability of Actions and Packages and the beta release of GitHub mobile.
11-13-2019
Daily API RoundUp: Western Union, Currency Quake, Elebase, PlanSource, eMoney
Fourteen APIs have been added to the ProgrammableWeb directory in categories including Payments, Financial, and Monetization. Highlights include new APIs from Western Union, an API for comparing currencies, and an API for managing employee benefits. Here's a rundown of the latest additions.
11-12-2019
Amazon Announces October Updates to Alexa ASK
Amazon added many tools and features to the Alexa Skills Kit (ASK) in October. From new languages and personalization capabilities, to better metric data and expanded regional support, check out a complete list of updates below. Amazon publishes monthly updates on the Alexa blog.
11-12-2019
TikTok Introduces Share to TikTok SDK
TikTok is expanding the editing platforms from which content providers can publish to TikTok with the Share to TikTok SDK. At launch, seven platforms are available for integration including Enlight Videoleap, Plotaverse, PicsArt, Momento GIF Maker, Medal.tv, Fuse.it, and Adobe Premiere Rush.
11-11-2019
Daily API RoundUp: Terbine, Nexthink, Liopa, Rev.ai, One Identity
Thirteen APIs have been added to the ProgrammableWeb directory in categories including Internet of Things, Transcription and Identity. Included in this roundup is an API that helps application users to read lips and an API that returns the world's IoT data. Here's a rundown of the latest additions.
11-10-2019
Argus API Streamlines Commercial Real Estate Data Integration
Altus Group, commercial real estate software and solution provider, announced its Argus API. Argus is a suite of APIs that connects third parties to Altus group solutions through the Argus cloud. To launch, Altus group has partnered with a group of commercial real estate tech providers.
11-08-2019
Google Cardboard Now Open-Source
Although usage for the product has significantly decreased since its introduction at Google I/O, and Google is no longer actively building the Google VR SDK, Google believes Google Cardboard provides a great deal of value to the budding VR industry.
11-07-2019
Knotel Experiences Success and Challenges Implementing Microservices using Apollo Federation
During Day 1 of the GraphQL Summit in San Francisco, Victor Quinn, Head of Engineering at Knotel reported in an exclusive interview with ProgrammableWeb that his company has achieved success and also had challenges using Apollo Federation to transform the way company uses GraphQL.
11-06-2019
TypeScript is Now Airbnb's Official Language for Web Development
Brie Bunge, Front-End Engineer at Airbnb told the audience that Airbnb has adopted TypeScript as its standard language for Web development. TypeScript provides a level of reliability and programming efficiency which is difficult to achieve when programming only with JavaScript.
11-05-2019
Stripe Launches a Command Line Interface
Stripe introduced a CLI. The CLI should eliminate all the back and forth between terminal, code editor and dashboard that developers are accustomed to when developing and testing Stripe integrations. The CLI includes webhook and API log testing as well as API object creation and updates.
11-05-2019
Apollo GraphQL Announces Tighter Integration for Language Server Protocol
At the GraphQL Summit James Baxley, Engineering Manager of the Open-Source and Solutions Architecture Team at Apollo GraphQL announced new initiatives for CLI and Editor Tooling during an exclusive interview with ProgrammableWeb. These improvements are a result of ongoing end-user feedback.
11-04-2019
Habito Launches API for UK Remortgaging
Habito launched an API that partners use to leverage Habito's remortgaging algorithms. Habito has the ability to search over 20,000 products for the best options available for borrowers looking to remortgage. With the API, partner companies can include this functionality in their apps and sites.
11-04-2019
11 Top APIs for Animals
If a developer wanted to create applications that are focused on pets, livestock, wildlife or other animals, they need look no farther than the Animal category on ProgrammableWeb for the best APIs. In this article we offer details about the most popular API choices from the Animal category.
11-03-2019
Daily API RoundUp: Mattermost, Breaking Bad, Code42, Quire, Fidel
Seventeen APIs have been added to the ProgrammableWeb directory in categories including Payments, Security, and TV. Highlights include an API that returns data about the Breaking Bad TV show, and an API for Mattermost team messaging platform. Here's a rundown of the latest additions.
11-02-2019
Apollo GraphQL CEO Predicts the Rise of Omni Channel API Development
The CEO of Apollo GraphQL predicted the rise of Omni Channel API development in an interview with ProgrammableWeb during the GraphQL Summit 2019 in San Francisco CA. Schmidt pointed out that the trend in application development is to move toward interaction styles that are natural to the end-user.
11-01-2019
Facebook Introduces v5.0 of Graph and Marketing APIs
Facebook introduced v5.0 of both its Graph and Marketing APIs. Most of the changes were to the Marketing API. The Marketing API includes a brand new API: the Ad Volume API. The API will help advertisers understand the number of ads they are running, and help comply with upcoming policy changes.
11-01-2019
Hasura Brings Declarative Programming to GraphQL API Development
During Day 1 of GraphQL Summit, Tanmai Gopal, CEO, and co-founder of Hasura introduced his company’s declarative approach to creating GraphQL APIs during an exclusive interview with ProgammableWeb. Hasura is an open-source solution that provides complete support for the GraphQL specification.
10-31-2019
Apollo Client 3.0 Enhances Cache Management for GraphQL APIs
At the GraphQL Summit, being held in San Francisco, Matt DeBergalis, Co-Founder, CTO at Apollo announced the release of the Apollo Client 3.0. Apollo Client is a development tool that reduces the labor involved in creating client-side GUI applications that interact with server-side GraphL APIs.
10-31-2019