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• Why embed analytics and data visualisations in apps

  Embedding analytics in apps is a smart way to expose decision-making capabilities directly in employee workflow and customer-facing apps.

• How cloud-native apps and microservices impact the development process

  Best practices such as code refactoring and using microservice design patterns help software developers working at high velocity.

• Why embed analytics and data visualisations in apps

  Embedding analytics in applications is a smart way to expose insights and decision-making capabilities directly in employee workflow and customer-facing apps.

• Welcome to the client-serverless revolution

  Growth of rich mobile and edge apps is requiring developers to build applications in new ways. Client-serverless is the way of the future.

• Why Salesforce scooped up team chat pioneer Slack

  Slack’s popular business chat app will be integrated with Salesforce’s cloud tools, serving as the front end for its Customer 360 portfolio.

• Unexpected Office web apps in Windows 10's Start menu said to be a bug

  A source close to Microsoft said that Office apps that unexpectedly appeared in the Windows Start menu were due to a bug that's being fixed.

• 5 things CIOs want from app developers

  Balance the trade-offs between innovation and reliability by keeping code stable, delighting users, and avoiding tech for tech’s sake.

• Edge computing and 5G give business apps a boost

  It’s not just cutting-edge apps that can benefit from edge computing and 5G networks.

• How BT is shifting its engineers into the fast lane

  BT’s head of software engineering excellence lays out the telco’s route to streamlining development, modernising applications, automating deployments.

• Apple updates App Store review guidelines, but frustrated developers are unlikely to be satisfied

  As the release of iOS 14 draws near, Apple is clarifying what developers can and can not do in their apps.

• How to work with the Python list data type

  Use Python lists to store data in one-dimensional rows, access them by indexes, and sort them any which way you like.

• Sizing up the state of application security, according to the statistics

  Companies are moving toward a DevSecOps approach to application development, but problems remain with security testing ownership.

• How to package Python apps with BeeWare Briefcase

  Take advantage of BeeWare Briefcase to make Python programs that are a snap to deploy and easy to redistribute.

• Microsoft Office the most targeted platform to carry out attacks

  The number of attacks carried out using the popular suite has increased in the past two years as browsers become harder targets.

• Teams adds own apps as Microsoft Lists nears completion

  Microsoft has continued its drumbeat of enhancements to Teams and other collaborative apps by announcing new features and readying others for deployment.