Subject: CM WebClient and Matchpoint ALM February 2024 Newsletter

Dev news, updates, and insights

February 2024

In this issue...

  • Article: Vanilla JavaScript, Libraries, And The Quest For Stateful DOM Rendering - Smashing Magazine

  • Watch: Node.js: The Documentary - Honeypot

  • Article: A Deeper Dive Into Log Enrichment - Hackernoon

  • Intelligence

Heads Up

Vanilla JavaScript, Libraries, And The Quest For Stateful DOM Rendering


The web is filled with unfriendly interfaces, causing complex search results, slow speeds, and battery drain. While developers can't control core issues, some choices, especially in client-side JavaScript, play a big role.


Read on for one writer's quest for an improved user experience through better javascript that controls "painting pictures on the screen."


Read on at Smashing Magazine →

Watch

Node.js: The Documentary


In the early 2000s, websites were static with limited interaction and minimal JavaScript use. Developer Ryan Dahl's epiphany about JavaScript led to the creation of Node.js, now powering over 6 million websites. Learn about Node's origins, corporate backing, and its evolution in the upcoming YouTube premiere. Check in on the trailer before the March full documentary debut.


Watch (01:50) →

Heads Up

A Deeper Dive Into Log Enrichment


This comprehensive article by Hackernoon focuses on the separation and decoupling of logging concerns and code from both infrastructure and business code. The piece delves into practical strategies on enriching the logged data by incorporating additional context, offering valuable insights into optimizing logging practices for enhanced efficiency and clarity in software development.


Listen (or Read) at Hackernoon →

 Broadcom Support 


Many enterprises struggle with obtaining Broadcom support for their CA 2E (Synon, COOL:2E) or CA Plex systems


If you're working with an older unsupported release, upgrading you IBM OS, or otherwise under the shadow of lapsed maintenance, we can get you back on Broadcom support based on your unique situtation. We specialize in all sizes of customers.


Fill out our 2 minute form and schedule a no-committment fifteen minute conversation with CM First Group tech.

CM First Support

Current CM First Group customers can access tutorials and submit support tickets at support.cmfirstgroup.com.

CM WebClient and Matchpoint ALM Latest Versions

CM WebClient 1.8.8 is now available (with nightly builds). Click here for the download and release notes.

CM Matchpoint ALM 7.0 Build 004. For details, go here.


We continuously upgrade CM WebClient and CM Matchpoint ALM customers. If you have any questions just send us a note to info@cmfirstgroup.com, or click the link below to contact an office or request a demo.


Click here to request a meeting →


Other CM First Releases


CM evolveIT 11.6
CM M3 2022 Edition
CA Plex 7.2.1 SP005, last supported 7.2.1 (as of January 31, 2022)
→ Details can be found here at Broadcom (login required)
CA 2E 8.7.3, last supported 8.7 (as of January 31, 2022)
→ Details can be found here at Broadcom (login required)
Contact CM First to learn more: info@cmfirstgroup.com

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