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7 posts from January 2019
Where eagles snap – A closer look
By Igor Ljubuncic, 31 January 2019
A couple of weeks ago, we talked about snap security, taking a journey through the eyes of a developer and handing over to a user who wants to install...
Our new team practices site, and the democratic repository behind it
By Robin Winslow, 26 January 2019
A month ago, we published our web and design team practices website, from the repository that we’ve been building up for nearly two years now. I’ll try to...
Zero to Snap – Rev up your packaging
By Alan Pope, 24 January 2019
Software developers often have enough to worry about. Their focus is creating the best application they can, often without having to consider packaging. We...
What will be the biggest development trends in 2019?
By Canonical, 21 January 2019
What’s the most popular programming language today among software developers? It’s still JavaScript, with over 10M users globally. Python has reached 7M...
Where eagles snap – snap security overview
By Igor Ljubuncic, 17 January 2019
Quite often, security and functionality are two opposing forces. Vendors are trapped in a zero-sum game between providing their users as much freedom in the...
Fresh Snaps from December 2018
By Martin Wimpress, 14 January 2019
Another month passes and we’ve got a collection of applications which crossed our “desk” (Twitter feed) during December 2018. Take a look down the list, and...
Snap up your development – Tools for making the snap trek easier
By Igor Ljubuncic, 10 January 2019
Software development is what happens in between users and bug reports. Niccolo Machiavelli In an ideal world, developers would be able to create new...