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Apple moves WebKit to GitHub
WebKit project team cites numerous benefits to using GitHub including its large community of developers and powerful automation capabilities.
Visualizing the Hacker News API with HCL and SQL
Use Steampipe and GitHub Actions to create a ‘dashboard as code’ for exploring thousands of Hacker News stories, right up to the current hour.
GitHub Copilot users feel more productive
A GitHub study finds that developers who accept more Copilot suggestions at least feel more productive, while actual programmer productivity is hard to measure.
GitHub Copilot AI coding assistant is now generally available
Copilot is available via subscription for commercial developers, free to students and maintainers of popular open source projects.
GitHub adds supply chain security tools for Rust language
GitHub’s supply chain security features including the advisory database, Dependabot alerts, and dependency graph are now available for Rust Cargo files.
GitHub Enterprise Server adds code security, automation features
Update to GitHub’s software for managing repositories on private servers features GitHub Container Registry access, Dependabot security alerts and updates, and reusable workflows.
GitHub will require two-factor authentication for all coders
All users who contribute code to GitHub-hosted repositories must enable one or more forms of 2FA by the end of 2023.
GitHub enhances secret scanning for tighter code security
GitHub Advanced Security now allows developers to scan code for tokens, keys, and other security secrets as they push the code to a repository.
What is Git? Version control for collaborative programming
Invented for Linux kernel development, Git version control now powers millions of projects across the globe. You can use it with or without GitHub.
A simple automated build pipeline for Node.js
Even simple and early-stage projects benefit from automated build pipelines. Here’s an easy way to set up CI/CD with Node.js, Jenkins, and Git.
What should HashiCorp do now?
Going public may open the company up to being acquired by one of the big players, and GitHub is the cautionary tale.
GitHub previews enhanced code search
The popular code-sharing site also introduced improved code navigation for Python, with support for additional languages to come.
GitHub will require 2FA for some NPM registry users
Mandate will apply to maintainers and admins of top packages on the JavaScript registry, in response to two recent security incidents.
GitHub: Dev productivity is back to pre-pandemic levels
2021 State of the Octoverse report shows developers aren’t returning to the office; JavaScript, Python remain the hottest languages.
GitHub introduces code review controls
New controls in the popular code-sharing site are designed to deal with ‘drive-by‘ pull request approvals and ‘spammy’ change requests.
GitHub Copilot adds Neovim, JetBrains IDE support
GitHub also announced Copilot support for multiline code completions in languages such as Java, C, C++, and C#.
CodeSee launches codebase onboarding portal for open source developers
OSS Port community site taps CodeSee Maps for visual walkthroughs of open source codebases, aiming to ease the onboarding process for would-be contributors.
