12/14/2021 Maik Krause in Insides
2021 is and was an exciting and eventful year in many respects - despite or even because of the ongoing pandemic situation. A lot has happened at Cloudogu as well. But one of our big highlights was certainly the launch of our new myCloudogu forum, which gives our community a home.
Read more12/14/2021 Daniel Huchthausen in Technology
Recently, the Log4Shell or LogJam vulnerability in the Apache Log4j library was discovered and the story has even made the mainstream news. Since millions of systems are affected and attackers are actively exploiting this vulnerability, affected systems need to be secured immediately. We have all the important information about it here.
Read more11/30/2021 Eduard Heimbuch in Technology
Learn how to develop your own plugin for SCM-Manager. In this final part of our series we want to finish our plugin by creating the frontend, connecting it to the backend and finally releasing it. To connect the backend to our frontend we will use the REST API and HAL-Links. Also, we will integrate our custom links into the footer and add a new config to manage them with frontend extension points.
Read more11/08/2021 Eduard Heimbuch in Technology
This is the second part about plugin development in SCM-Manager. After finding out how SCM-Manager plugins work in general, let's go one step further and create a completely new plugin step by step. We will show you how to set up your first plugin and how the different layers in SCM-Manager work. Starting with the backend, we will look at persistence and the REST-API.
Read more09/17/2021 Daniel Huchthausen in Quality
Terms like DevOps or DevSecOps have become an integral part of our industry. In other words, agile software development that is focused on security is one of the most important approaches to modern development. Or is it?
Read more09/17/2021 Tatjana Ksienzyk in Insides
Until the very end, the implementation of this year's Java Forum Nord was uncertain. The organizers waited for the current handling regulations of Lower Saxony to fight the pandemic. Then at the end of August the decision: It will take place!
Read more09/08/2021 Matias Madou in Quality
These are exciting times, with digital transformation bringing new disruptive technologies that impact the way we work, sleep, eat and how we spend our personal time. For developers, this fast paced world offers plenty of opportunity to be part of something great. The chance to make their mark on a project that would affect others for decades to come. But as these new opportunities emerge, so do new risks.
Read more09/07/2021 Eduard Heimbuch in Technology
If you have installed SCM-Manager before, you may have noticed how simple and small it is compared to other source control management solutions. One main reason for this is that tons of features are excluded from your default installation and can be easily added as plugins. But the currently available plugins are just the tip of the iceberg as you can simply write your own plugins using the powerful plugin API.
Read more09/02/2021 Daniel Huchthausen in Quality
The world’s reliance on software is already great and will continue to grow. That's why the security of applications will also become increasingly important. This development is further reinforced by the global pandemic, as more businesses and services have increased their online availability. The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), for example, has reported a 300% increase in cybercrime since the beginning of the pandemic: This shows that with the growing reliance on software and applications, the risk of attacks is also increasing.
Read more07/28/2021 Philipp Ahrendt in EcoSystem
The principle of good software is to present as many complex relationships as possible in an easily understandable way. Thus, our Cloudogu EcoSystem looks pretty simple even though it hides extensive operations under the surface. Nevertheless, the Cloudogu EcoSystem provides a surprising number of user interfaces. Even though we observe usability conventions to the best of our ability, yet some functionality requires explanation. Therefore, we decided to build a comprehensive, public documentation and guide as docs.cloudogu.com.
Read more06/17/2021 Daniel Huchthausen in Quality
The regularity of media reports on cyberattacks shows that security is, or should be, a key issue for software development teams these days. Learning methods like micro-learning and gamification help to raise awareness and knowledge about security issues. The new Secure Code Warrior plugin for SCM-Manager integrates these approaches into the review process.
Read more05/19/2021 Daniel Huchthausen in DevOps
Is the hype around DevOps justified? Dr. Peer Faßnacht, Head of Customer Services at Cloudogu GmbH, says "yes" – if a few prerequisites are met. Read the interview with the magazine "IT Mittelstand" here.
Read more04/21/2021 Johannes Schnatterer in DevOps
Continuous delivery (CD) is an agile software development approach that has proven to be a suitable way to reliably and repeatably produce high-quality software in short cycles. The use of containers and the cloud, e.g., on platforms such as Kubernetes (K8s), offers many opportunities to make CD processes more robust and simpler. One such option is GitOps. This article provides some concrete examples to illustrate the differences between classic CD pipelines (CIOps) and GitOps processes.
Read more03/17/2021 Johannes Schnatterer in DevOps
If you want to switch from classic CI/CD environments to GitOps, then you can choose from any of a large number of available tools. However, it is not always easy to tell which features they support and how suitable they are for your project at first glance. Help in making a decision.
Read more03/04/2021 Daniel Huchthausen in Methods
Prototyping is a great way to get an impression of how a product or idea could look like. In manufacturing you can use e.g. 3D printers to create prototypes. In software development you still have to code but you can apply different principles compared to developing a "real" product. We want to give a short introduction into software prototyping, because it can help you to develop better software, faster.
Read more02/23/2021 Christopher Hablitzel in EcoSystem
DevOps combines previously assigned tasks and roles at a company on the basis of agile working methods, automation and cross-functional cooperation in order to create a common basis for value creation. This post describes the phases and processes of this so-calles “DevOps life cycle“.
Read more01/27/2021 Axel Lütgering in Methods
Event storming is an interactive, group-based, dynamic brainstorming method based on the ideas of domain-driven design. The method calls for experts, developers, stakeholders, and customers to come together and jointly articulate a large picture of a business process and through the process of lively discussions arrive at a common language and common understanding.
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