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TazWorks Launches New API and Integrations
TazWorks, a provider of a screening platform for CRAs and background screening professionals, today announced the general release of its next-generation API, TazAPI Advanced. TazWorks' new JSON-based API is fully documented and includes an intuitive development portal.
12-11-2020
Google Announces Updates to the Search Console API
Google has been steadily improving the infrastructure behind the Google Search Console API to ensure that users are able to fully leverage all of the powerful features available in the Search Console. This week, the company announced that it will be further updating the API.
12-10-2020
MuleSoft Composer Allows Non-Developers to Participate in Enterprise Innovation
MuleSoft has announced a new solution that is built on top of its existing Anypoint Platform and aims to allow non-developer employees to participate more directly in building what the company sees as the future of enterprise integration. MuleSoft Composer offers a no-code integration environment.
12-02-2020
How to Make Use of gRPC Libraries and Frameworks
While gRPC brings a lot of power to enterprise-level distributed computing, it's not an easy technology to implement. Fortunately, there are projects that provide the necessary framework to do this. This article focuses on a detailed examination of the Node.js implementation of gRPC.
10-14-2020
apilayer’s mediastack Offers Real-Time News Data via API
apilayer, a provider of APIs and SaaS applications for developers, has launched a new product called mediastack that provides API access to news data that can be integrated into live news feeds, data analytics platforms, and trend analysis applications.
09-23-2020
These are the Best Tools to Help Developers Build Progressive Web Apps
Progressive Web Apps are built from common web technologies but offer an experience rivaling a native app. A number of big brands such as Adidas, Lancome USA and others have trasnformed their sites to PWAs. This article looks at some of the tools developers can use to build PWAs.
09-10-2020
Google Announces Business Application Platform for No-Code Application Development
Google Cloud Platform has announced a new solution aimed at enabling citizen developers to automate processes and create applications in a no-code environment. The new Business Application Platform intends to help enterprise customers modernize legacy apps and create new business channels.
09-09-2020
Four Tips Developers Should Follow When Building Location-Based Apps
Apps that use location data present challenges to developers. Users expect seamless experiences with up-to-date, reliable data – a significant design and engineering challenge. How can developers deliver stellar user experiences? Here are four best practices for building location-based apps.
09-02-2020
Google Releases Alpha Version of Jetpack Compose
Google has released an alpha version of Jetpack Compose. It’s a modern UI toolkit that helps developers build apps across Android platforms. It provides native access to platform APIs. Ultimately, the goal is less code, more interactive tools, and Kotlin APIs. V1.0 is expected in 2021.
08-27-2020
Four Methods You Can Use to Train Employees on API Basics
Investing in digital training has become a necessity for businesses. In this post, we’re going to set out four methods that you can successfully implement in your effort to train your employees on API basics. You can choose just one of them, or attempt all four. It depends on your situation.
08-25-2020
Client-Side Metrics for the Java v2 AWS SDK Now in General Availability
Idk.dev, provider of programming & DevOps tutorials has announced the general availability of Client-Side Metrics for the AWS SDK for Java v2. This SDK, which was initially announced in preview on July 7th, is now in version 2.14.0 and is designated for use in production environments.
08-18-2020
IBM's OpenAPI Comment Parser Brings API Reference and Code Development Together
IBM has introduced OpenAPI Comment Parser. The new offering brings API reference creation and code development into the same environment. The theory is that API references will improve, and stay updated, if developers don’t have to bounce back and forth between their code and the API reference.
08-07-2020
Android 11 Reaches Final Beta
Android 11 beta 3 is here and with it Google is calling upon all developers to update their apps accordingly. The official Android 11 release is mere weeks away at this point, and it is important for apps to be compatible with the new features in Android 11. Here's what you need to know.
08-06-2020
Facebook Introduces v8.0 of Graph and Marketing APIs
Facebook just announced v8.0 of its Graph and Marketing APIs. Per usual, the new releases include some breaking changes, feature updates, and deprecations. The company is pointing developers to the Platform Initiatives Hub to stay up to date with all company plans and programs.
08-05-2020
GitHub Modifies Authentication Methods for REST API
GitHub has announced that beginning on November 13th, 2020, they will require that developers using the GitHub REST API use token-based authentication. This will now be required for all authenticated operations in replacement of the previously allowed account password access.
07-31-2020
Cloudflare Introduces Cloudflare Workers Unbound
Cloudflare announced Cloudflare Workers Unbound. Workers Unbound is a serverless platform for developers with a specific focus on flexibility, performance, security, ease of use, and pricing. Users can run complicated workloads across the Cloudflare network and pay only for what's used.
07-27-2020
Google Improves Paging API with Kotlin
Google released a new version of the Paging API. The company says Paging API 3 is a complete overhaul of the library based on Kotlin. Google incorporated the changes asked for by developers, which include simpler handling of errors, wider list transformations, and support for list separators.
07-22-2020
Why COVID-19 Makes App Security More Important than Ever
The COVID-19 pandemic is causing many businesses to turn to their mobile apps for survival. Development teams are under more pressure than ever to deliver new and updated apps while cybercriminals are responding with more advanced, targeted attacks. App security is now more critical then ever.
07-17-2020
Daily API RoundUp: Apple News, Ordnance Survey, Tiingo, Allmyles, eSignly
Ten APIs have been added to the ProgrammableWeb directory in categories including News, Cryptocurrency, and Financial. Highlights include an API for getting news about stocks, an API for aggregated travel booking, and an updated Amazon Advertising API. Here's a rundown of the latest additions.
07-11-2020
Apple Expands App Store Connect API Functionality
Apple has announced new capabilities that are now available for the App Store Connect API. Using the API developers will now be able to better manage app store product pages, update app versions, and monitor performance. Additionally, developers will now be able to manage account resources.
07-07-2020