Databases Resources

Quick Tip: How to Find SQL Server's Current Language

Need to find out what SQL Server's default language is set to? These two quick tips will show you how to find out.

May 29, 2016

by Nitin Tyagi

· 15,664 Views · 1 Like

JSON is a text-based data interchange format that is lightweight, language independent, and easy for humans to read and write. In the current enterprise, JSON is used for enterprise messaging, communicating with RESTful web services, and AJAX-based communications.

May 25, 2016

by John Thompson

· 208,910 Views · 16 Likes

Test Automation, API Testing, and Service Virtualization in DevOps

We have less and less time to test products before release. How can we keep up with things like continuous deployment and still deliver quality products? Read on to find out.

May 25, 2016

by Erika Barron-Delgado

· 8,935 Views · 5 Likes

Creating a Responsive WebGrid in ASP.NET MVC

Ever wonder what it would take to integrate a responsive layout into .NET's WebGrid control using Bootstrap? Read on to find out the answer.

May 25, 2016

by Jonathan Danylko

· 12,039 Views · 3 Likes

Implement Arduino REST API in IoT Projects

Francesco Azzola demonstrates how to use REST-style requests with an Arduino and LED device and introduces the aREST library.

May 25, 2016

by Francesco Azzola

· 52,296 Views · 7 Likes

What Tools Do You Need for Continuous Delivery?

A 101 crash course on some of the basic categories of tools for DevOps and Continuous Delivery practices.

May 24, 2016

by Badri Srinivasan

· 47,032 Views · 13 Likes

Optimize Spark With Distribute By and Cluster By

How the distribute by and cluster by commands in SparkSQL are great ways to optimize your Spark applications.

May 24, 2016

by deepsense.io Blog

· 31,970 Views · 3 Likes

3 Ways How Specification By Example and Gherkin Improve Collaboration

An excerpt from an upcoming book on how to use Gherkin for specifications and collaboration.

May 23, 2016

by Kamil Nicieja

· 29,773 Views · 5 Likes

An Intro to Encryption in Python 3

Learn how to encrypt and decrypt strings using the PyCrypto and cryptography libraries.

May 22, 2016

by Mike Driscoll

· 42,276 Views · 7 Likes

MySQL "Got an Error Reading Communication Packet" Errors

In this blog post, we’ll discuss the possible reasons for MySQL “Got an error reading communication packet” errors, and how to address them.

May 21, 2016

by Muhammad Irfan

· 72,082 Views · 3 Likes

Tic-Tac-Toe in Angular 2 and Typescript

If a tic-tac-toe game is worth writing, it's worth writing about, complete with activity diagram and test scaffolding.

May 20, 2016

by Jeremy Likness

· 15,462 Views · 8 Likes

Powerful Tactic to Use Exception Mapper in Dropwizard

When developing RESTful web services, people are often confused with handling exceptions. This post will explain a powerful tactic for using exception mapper with the Dropwizard framework.

May 19, 2016

by Thamizh Arasu

· 20,896 Views · 2 Likes

An Introduction to Elasticsearch

How to start querying data and documents with Elasticsearch with a few detailed examples.

May 18, 2016

by Hasan Rahhal

· 20,308 Views · 21 Likes

Why We Didn't Choose Node.js for the DreamFactory REST API Backend

Scaling out using PHP while still building on Google's V8 JavaScript runtime... read on to hear about DreamFactory's decisions when building their REST API backend.

May 18, 2016

by Bill Appleton

· 13,206 Views · 4 Likes

Creating Entities in a Spring Boot/Elide JSON API Server

Learn how to update the application to allow new entities to be created.

May 17, 2016

by Matthew Casperson

· 7,974 Views · 1 Like

Indexing Big Data: Global vs. Local Indexes in Distributed Databases

In the world of distributed databases, it is important to have options for indexing. Otherwise, querying can be unpredictable in latency, and big data can be impossible to query in real-time! Read on for tips on how to best index your database.

Updated May 16, 2016

by Cihan B.

· 16,058 Views · 8 Likes