Browsers Chrome, Edge, and Firefox, will reach version 100 in the next couple of months. The move to a three-digit version is expected to cause bugs and compatibility issues on certain websites. More: - User-Agent is a string that informs a web page about the visiting browser's name, version number, and the technologies used to respond based on features supported by the browser.
- Last year, Chrome and Mozilla launched experiments to check if a three-digit user-agent could cause issues and found problems on websites created with the Duda website builder, including Slack, HBO Go, and Yahoo.
- Chrome and Firefox will launch their 100 versions on Mar. 29 and May 3, respectively.
- Google and Mozilla have also devised backup plans to mitigate potential issues.
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Reveal, an embedded analytics platform, released its report on obstacles encountered by software engineers in 2021. 2,015 software engineers and IT professionals were surveyed to prepare the report. More: - The survey examined the critical shortage of developers, software skills needed in 2022, interest in new technologies, ways to employ resources to save money, and more.
- The biggest challenge for organizations is recruiting developers with the right skills. Companies are planning to address this issue by increasing the use of low-code/no-code tools and design-to-code platforms.
- The top three challenges for software developers are high client expectations, increased customer demands, and project management challenges in the digital workplace.
- Though developers face digital workspace issues, 54% of the respondents plan to save money in 2022 by migrating to digital workspace platforms.
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JetBrains announced the 9th Episode of Kotlin Heroes hosted by Codeforces. The contest is an excellent opportunity for developers to try out new Kotlin features, learn new things, and solve fun problems using Kotlin. More: - The contest begins with a week of practice sessions starting Feb. 22 through which developers can brush up on their problem-solving skills by solving training problems.
- During the exercises, participants will learn the basics of Kotlin, explore the Koltin playground, and study some of the problems from previous practice rounds.
- The real contest starts on March 1, when participants will have two and a half hours to solve ten different problems using Kotlin.
- The three winners will receive cash prizes of $512, $256, and $128.
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Application development platform for financial market organizations Genesis raised a $200M Series C round. The round was led by Tiger Global Management and saw participation from Accel, GV, Illuminate Financial, Insight Partners, Salesforce Ventures, and Tribeca Early Stage Ventures. More: - The low-code/no-code platform enables financial service companies with more than 50 building blocks, a component-based architecture, and a UI design system to develop software faster.
- The platform's clientele includes RBS, Citigroup, ING Group, and BTON financial.
- The new capital will be used to expand the platform's capabilities, build the developer ecosystem, and its buy-to-build model.
- Genesis has raised a total of $250M, including a $45M Series B round in March last year.
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New Tools and Updates: - Google announced the addition of an authorization feature to the Google Identity Services SDK to provide developers a one-stop-shop for authentication and authorization.
- Windows released the Foldable Navigation Component, an extension of the Jetpack Navigation Component for foldable devices.
- Express.js 5.0 is now in beta, seven years after its first alpha.
- Developers using Square Web Payments SDK can now integrate Afterpay into their checkout with a few lines of code.
- The development team at EdgeDB announced the release of version 1.0 of its open-source, graph-relational database.
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 |  | Sudarshan lives in Toronto, Canada, and is an engineering graduate. He is passionate about business, tech, entrepreneurship, and politics. FUN FACT: Sudarshan worked for the election campaign teams of two heads of state in India. When he is not busy with work, he enjoys hiking, playing cricket, and cooking. | | | | Editor | Eduardo Garcia is a writer and editor based in New York. He is writing an illustrated book about climate change that will be published by Ten Speed Press, an imprint of Penguin Random House. Bylines in The New York Times, The Guardian, Slate, Scientific American, and others. In one of his previous lives, Eduardo worked as a Reuters correspondent in Latin America for nearly a decade. | |
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