Security should be a core competency of every developer. Follow these 10 steps to bring security into every phase of the software development life cycle. In 2024, cyber criminals didn’t just knock on ...

This year saw nearly every software tooling vendor incorporate (or plan to incorporate) a generative (genAI) “copilot” capability into their tools. And there’s good reason for them to do so, as ...

The profession is changing in another way, too. A growing share of the world’s engineers come from emerging markets. There is no standard definition of a developer, but one way to assess this is to ...

One area where generative AI tools have shown real potential is assisting developers in creating software, as well as the testing platforms and documentation that go along with it, according to a new ...

Software engineering is among the many fields being changed with the fast progress in large language models (LLMs). In a few years, LLMs have evolved from advanced code autocomplete tools to AI agents ...

Software is hitting its peak electrification moment, and the traditional software developer’s role is shifting quickly as a result. Jeff Bezos once said that in the early days of electrification, ...

The necessity of professional certifications is debated, with many software developers pooh-poohing their relevance when it comes to securing a job. But in a competitive job market, anything that can ...

A.I. tools from Microsoft and other companies are helping write code, placing software engineers at the forefront of the technology’s potential to disrupt the work force. By Steve Lohr Steve Lohr has ...