Software Development Archives - The Institution of Analysts and Programmers

CATEGORY: CAREERS IN IT, Education & Academia, IAP Prize Winners, Software Development

UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER

28.04.2026 Uni Focus In order to raise awareness of the wealth of training excellence throughout the UK we take a closer look at what’s on offer at top universities, especially with regard to their computer sciences offer. So far we’ve featured Plymouth, Lincoln and South Wales. This time we’re looking at The University of Manchester. […]

CATEGORY: Software Development

COMPUTER LANGUAGES

07.04.2026 Computer Languages How many computer languages are there? You may have noticed that over the past few years, via a weekly social media post, we’ve been making our way through the many different computer languages, and there are plenty more to choose from so we’ll keep going! There is no official count but it […]

CATEGORY: Career, In The Press, Innovation, Software Development

GAME DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT

10.03.2026 Game Design & Development Working As A Game Designer & Programmer The role involves conceptualizing game mechanics, narratives, and characters, while implementing them directly in engines such as Unity or Unreal. Responsibilities include prototyping features, optimizing performance, debugging, and collaborating closely with artists to bring creative visions to life, with a strong emphasis on […]

CATEGORY: IAP People, Innovation, Safeguarding, Software Development, TSFdn

TRUSTWORTHY SOFTWARE FOUNDATION

03.03.2026 About the Trustworthy Software Foundation In 2020, the TSFdn became a subsiduary of the Institution of Analysts and Programmers. The current Chief Executive of the TSFdn is Alastair Revell, Director General of the IAP. Virtually every aspect of our lives is touched by information technology. Our daily lives and industrial processes are now heavily […]

CATEGORY: AI, CAREERS IN IT, Innovation, Software Development

IS THIS A NEW ERA FOR SOFTWARE DEVELOPERS?

20.01.2026 Claude Code: The Next Phase in AI Coding Accelerate Development. Automate Tasks. Understand Complex Projects. Claude Code is an advanced AI-powered command-line tool from Anthropic (www.anthropic.com) that functions as an intelligent coding agent. It enables developers to automate development tasks, debug and understand codebases, and build features directly from the terminal using natural language. […]

CATEGORY: Safeguarding, Security, Software Development, WEBINARS

INFORMATION SECURITY WEBINAR

22.07.2025 Information Security – the issues and challenges. Chris Myers gives a thought-provoking presentation about Artificial Intelligence and ethical developments. He begins by asking: “How do we know that the information provided by AI is true, accurate, and non-biased?”. Chris looks into the warning from the ‘Godfather of AI’ Yoshua Bengio, who sounds the alarm […]

CATEGORY: IAP People, In The Press, Software Development

WHY STANDARDS ARE SO IMPORTANT

10.06.2025 Chinese solar inverters are cause for growing concerns regarding cybersecurity risks. Europe and the USA have growing concerns over the cybersecurity risks posed by Chinese-made photovoltaic inverters. Undisclosed communication devices, so called ‘kill-switch’ components, have been found on Chinese-made solar power inverters. A report warns that a cyberattack could potential destabilize the power grids […]

CATEGORY: Cyber Attack, In The Press, Security, Software Development

DESIGNING RESILIENT SOFTWARE

12.05.2025 Cyber Attack Awareness. M&S, the Co-op and Harrods have all been recent victims of cyber attack. Software Developers Beware In the spirit of ‘improving software for society’, the IAP urge software developers to raise their awareness around cyber security in order to create and design more resilient software to combat cyber attack. Avoid using […]