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Time of India
17 hours ago
- Time of India
Ctrl + Alt + Create: GitHub Spark Builds Apps Without Code
Today, with high-speed tech, ideas are only worth something if you can execute on them fast, and that's precisely where GitHub Spark comes in. This no-code tool, introduced by GitHub, vows to completely democratize app development by empowering anyone-yes, anyone-to create production-ready full-stack applications without coding a single line. Suppose you're a non-technical founder, a product team short on resources, or just a creative individual eager to turn an idea into reality. In that case, Spark turns the conventional development approach upside down. What Is GitHub Spark? GitHub Spark is a browser-based no-code builder infused natively into the GitHub platform. The tool lets users design frontends visually using preconfigured components, specify backend workflows, link APIs, and handle databases - all in a drag-and-drop environment. Consider it your Figma, VS Code, Postman, and Heroku all bundled up together. Explore courses from Top Institutes in Please select course: Select a Course Category Technology Cybersecurity Finance PGDM Others Management Data Science Design Thinking healthcare Operations Management CXO Public Policy Data Science Healthcare MBA MCA Digital Marketing Leadership Project Management Product Management Degree Skills you'll gain: Duration: 12 Weeks MIT xPRO CERT-MIT XPRO Building AI Prod India Starts on undefined Get Details But Spark isn't amateur hour - it produces actual, editable code behind the scenes that resides in your GitHub repository. Developers can take a project, modify the logic, or implement intricate functionalities where necessary. It's the ideal blend of usability and scalability. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like The Simple Morning Habit for a Flatter Belly After 50! Lulutox Undo Why Spark Is a Game-Changer Classic full-stack app development is heavy on resources. You require a frontend engineer, backend engineer, database designer, and usually DevOps assistance. That's at least 4 experts to get just an MVP out. GitHub Spark breaks this chain of dependencies because it presents one platform that can do everything - visually. This not only reduces time-to-market by a huge margin but also decreases the costs of operation. Non-technical founders can test ideas quickly, teams can iterate quickly, and companies can prototype internally without having to spin up entire dev teams. Live Events Features like Drag and drop UI builder: Build gorgeous, responsive interfaces from a set of components, Visual Backend Logic: Configure workflows, API connections, and logic with ease using flowcharts, Built-in GitHub Integration: All applications are automatically committed to a connected GitHub repository in real-time, AI Integration: Seamlessly add AI agents with OpenAI or Hugging Face APIs, Data Layer: Connect to Firebase, Supabase, Airtable, or standard SQL databases in a matter of clicks and One-Click Deploy: Deploy your app live in minutes with GitHub Pages or your chosen cloud provider. Collaboration Without Friction Spark is not only a one-person builder tool. It has been built with collaboration in mind. Several people can collaborate on the same app in real time, add comments, and push changes—just as you would with Google Docs or Figma. Since the platform syncs all of this with GitHub, your CI/CD pipelines, version history, and issue tracking stay current. This puts it as a strong instrument not only for startups but also for enterprise teams that want to reduce time invested in internal tools, dashboard builds, and quick prototyping. Pricing: How Much Does It Cost? GitHub Spark is now available in three plans: Free Tier: One active project, 500 API calls/day, GitHub integration, and community support. Pro Plan ($19/month): Unlimited projects, custom domains, higher API limits, premium templates, and GitHub Actions integration. Enterprise Plan (Custom Pricing): For teams and organizations, features role-based access control, SSO, advanced analytics, priority support, and compliance features. Versus the expense of even one developer hire, Spark is a steal - particularly for early-stage startups or lean teams. GitHub Spark is perfect for startup founders creating MVPs without tech hires, product managers rapidly prototyping features, and educators making app development more accessible for students. It's also ideal for hackathon teams requiring quick execution and enterprise teams empowering non-tech staff to develop internal tools without IT dependence. GitHub Spark is not another addition to the no-code space - it's a paradigm shift. It combines the strength of GitHub's ecosystem with the ease of drag-and-drop app building. It's not like most other no-code platforms that lock you in proprietary sandboxes. Spark offers you real code, real version control, and real scalability. In a time where agility, innovation, and velocity define success, Spark empowers builders to ship faster, cheaper, and smarter.
Business Insider
5 days ago
- Business
- Business Insider
Internal Microsoft memo details plans for major update to its flagship coding service, as AI-powered rivals gain ground
Microsoft is working on a major upgrade of its flagship software-development product Visual Studio, a sign the tech giant is responding to intense competition from new AI coding tools, according to an internal memo viewed by Business Insider. Microsoft has a free, open-source code editor called VS Code that rivals such as Amazon and Windsurf have used to build competing developer tools. Visual Studio, meanwhile, is a paid Integrated Development Environment, or IDE, that offers more features to help developers write, debug, edit, and deploy code — and manage entire projects. Jay Parikh is the relatively new executive who leads Microsoft's CoreAI organization, which oversees developer tools including Visual Studio. Parikh emailed his team in April, describing plans for the "next major release" of the product, which he called "Visual Studio 18." Business Insider viewed a copy of the memo. The last major upgrade to Visual Studio was released in 2021. Microsoft has been working on this new version for a while already. The company started "early dogfooding," where tech employees test their own products, to prepare for a general release, according to the memo. Parikh didn't disclose a timeline for the release, but a Microsoft blog earlier this year dropped a hint. "Stay tuned for more details later this summer about what's coming next for Visual Studio," the post stated. The new Visual Studio will be packed with AI features, partly in response to rival services that are more AI-focused, according to a person familiar with the plans. Please help BI improve our Business, Tech, and Innovation coverage by sharing a bit about your role — it will help us tailor content that matters most to people like you. Continue By providing this information, you agree that Business Insider may use this data to improve your site experience and for targeted advertising. By continuing you agree that you accept the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . Microsoft's AI coding assistant, GitHub Copilot, recently lost share in a key part of the developer market to Cursor, according to data cited in recent note from Barclays. Amazon just launched its own IDE called Kiro. Business Insider reported earlier this year that Amazon designed Kiro to tap into AI agents to analyze user prompts and existing data, generating code in "near real-time." Microsoft said it provides regular updates to the current version of Visual Studio, which is version 17 (not version 18 that Parikh described in his memo). For example, in July, the company rolled out a revamp, 17.14.9, that added new AI features, such as support for Anthropic's latest models and updates to Model Context Protocol, or MCP, an industry standard that helps models connect with external data sources.
Forbes
14-07-2025
- Business
- Forbes
Kiro Development Environment Is A Big Shift In AWS Developer Strategy
New Kiro projects can leverage vibe or spec-based coding. Over the past 12 months we have seen more activity in developer tools than in the previous 15 years. This is largely due to generative AI and its ability to automate application development at all levels. The innovation has been rampant, with AI usage evolving from coding assistants led by GitHub Copilot to next-gen vibe coding tools like Cursor and Windsurf (all, coincidentally, built on top of Microsoft's open source VSCode IDE). Interestingly, AWS has not gained much momentum among developers for its contributions to the AI development movement. And that's too bad, since AWS was the first company to adopt a multi-model strategy with its Bedrock API; it was one of the first to adopt MCP; and it even had agentic coding functionality before GitHub Copilot did, as I covered in May. Probably needless to say, the AWS team was frustrated by this; they recognized that maybe a new and more aggressive developer strategy was required. Which brings me to its new release — Kiro — which is arguably the biggest shift in developer strategy for AWS in years. (Note: AWS is an advisory client of my firm, Moor Insights & Strategy.) What Is Kiro? Kiro is a new IDE built upon a fork of VSCode and, like a lot of other IDEs, it's vibe-friendly. But that definition is too limited when we consider the grounding assumptions that led to the development of Kiro. Pre-release build of Kiro welcome screen Does The World Really Need Another IDE? I was approached in April to join a small group of non-AWS people to learn about and try Kiro before it went into preview mode. To be honest, my first reaction was 'Why do we need yet another IDE?' — and it took me a while to figure out my answer. After using Kiro and having further discussions with the team, I realized that Kiro does have a place and a perspective deserving of consideration from the enterprise. My rationale is as follows. When I speak with devs today about vibe coding, I hear two conclusions. First is that vibe is great for building demos and MVPs, but the technology and tools aren't yet robust enough for scalable production code. Second is that the leading tool vendors of the vibe movement are startups that may ultimately end up being acquired by companies without enterprise credentials. Clearly, AWS has the scale and enterprise experience to address both of those concerns. And AWS's experiences with AI development suggest that enterprise-grade vibe is a worthy and achievable goal. But the true mark of success will be enabling next-generation AI apps to be built with higher quality and bigger scale. Scale will come from better tools and access to services, which the Kiro team is suggesting they can achieve. Quality may require a different approach to vibe. When I met with the Kiro team, I complained about the overemphasis on a single developer working with basic prompts. High-quality applications that get real-world adoption are the product of many stakeholders that provide very solid requirements for building not just code but also test plans. The fact is that when considering an enterprise app, a developer needs a mountain of different artifacts to shape the work and the app itself. In other words, the idea of someone just whipping up an app in a vibe-fueled vacuum is out of step with reality. The team agreed, and that is why spec-driven development is more central to the Kiro experience. When you start a new folder, you can choose to work off of a spec or the prompt. And you can easily upload a wide range of artifacts to create the spec. I also was impressed with the Kiro team's take on using vibe to work with existing codebases. All too often, we see vibe in the light of starting at a Day 0 prompt, but again, in reality most developers spend most of their time working with code that is already established. Having its own IDE opens up the Kiro team to have a lot more influence on the overall experience. Kiro includes: new windows for agent development such as accessing MCP servers; Agent Hooks, which are triggers to invoke agents or code; and agent steering, which is a way to globally inject context and scope into agents. These types of features were not available when limited to the plug-in-only model. Or a different way to look at this is that Kiro may be a vibe-oriented AI IDE, but you can still do all of your other work on it the way you'd like — as opposed to using a suite of different tools for different projects. Kiro Has Real Potential There's a lot to like about Kiro, especially if you are an enterprise developer. Yes, other vibe tools have a lot of similar capabilities, but I think the combination of vibe's ease of use combined with enterprise-class services is powerful. That said, this is a preview product and, as I have written before, preview products are in preview for a reason. So, after a few hours of testing and meeting with the team, here's what I would like to see next from them. While I was initially skeptical, I am impressed by what I have seen so far with Kiro. I also am impressed that AWS was able to deeply consider where it wanted to go with developers and divorce itself from some long-held assumptions. There is a long path ahead, but I am excited to hear more about how Kiro matures and especially look forward to seeing what we learn at the AWS re:Invent show later this year.
Business Wire
07-07-2025
- Business
- Business Wire
CFP Consulting Inc. Launches FRONT-END.AI Worldwide – AI-Powered HTML Generation Tool
TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CFP Consulting Inc. is proud to announce the global launch of an AI-powered low-code tool designed to streamline front-end development for web engineers worldwide. is a generative AI tool specialized in website design that accelerates front-end development by automatically generating HTML from design data. It converts Figma designs into HTML code directly within Visual Studio Code (VS Code). By combining our patented "AI that understands design" (granted in the US, Japan, and China) with the latest large language model (LLM), it provides semantic code that significantly reduces work time. This enables engineers to focus on more creative tasks. Service Website: VS Code Plugin: Key Features of Advanced Adaptability to Design Structures By exporting design comps, assets, and JSON files in a single batch via the Figma plugin, 'AI that understands design' automatically generates HTML and partial CSS within VS Code; no need to tidy up the layer structure. Available Worldwide With a simple account registration, anyone around the world can access directly within VS Code. High Accuracy with Generative AI (LLM) Leveraging an LLM, automatically generates semantically rich, structurally sound HTML code. The resulting code is highly readable and maintainable, contributing to even greater efficiency in front-end development. Free Trial Plan Available A trial plan is available to explore the full potential of The trial allows up to 5 uses of the service with access to the same core features as the paid plans. Simple Credit Card Payments Users can easily upgrade to paid plans with secure credit card support. How to Get Started To start using follow these steps: Complete account registration at After plugin installation and account registration, can be accessed directly within VS Code to begin using the Trial Plan. About CFP Consulting Inc.
Business Insider
27-06-2025
- Business
- Business Insider
YouTube (GOOGL) Hopes to Improve User Interactions with Two New AI Features
YouTube (GOOGL), the top video streaming platform in the world, has just announced two new AI features designed to improve the way that users find and interact with videos. One of the new tools is a carousel-style display that appears during search results. This AI-powered feature shows short video clips and descriptions created by content creators. For instance, if someone searches 'best beaches in Hawaii,' they will see a scrollable row of video previews, like 'best snorkel spots' or 'volcanic beaches,' along with helpful summaries and suggestions. Confident Investing Starts Here: For now, the carousel feature will only be available to YouTube Premium members in the U.S., and it will focus on searches related to shopping, travel, or things to do in a certain location. YouTube also shared that it will start offering its conversational AI tool to some non-premium users in the U.S., after receiving positive feedback from Premium members. This AI tool can answer questions and recommend more videos without pausing or stopping the one that is already playing, therefore making the experience smoother for users. Separately, parent company Alphabet launched Gemini CLI, which is a new open-source AI tool that lets users access its Gemini AI model directly through the command line. Designed to be fast and easy to use, it's great for coding, but also handles tasks such as content creation, research, and task management. Google has also integrated Gemini CLI with its Gemini Code Assist tool, so that developers on any plan—free or paid—can use AI-driven coding features in both VS Code and the terminal. Is Google Stock a Good Buy? Turning to Wall Street, analysts have a Strong Buy consensus rating on GOOGL stock based on 29 Buys and nine Holds assigned in the past three months. Furthermore, the average GOOGL price target of $199.20 per share implies 14.8% upside potential from current levels.
