Deployment Resources

Testing a Node.JS Application Within a Docker Container

Learn how to take advantage of the Docker image layering model to run unit or component tests in a Docker container without polluting the production software.

November 29, 2016

by Nahshon Una-Tsameret

· 56,974 Views · 8 Likes

SDK Patterns for Accelerating API Integration

In this article, James Higginbotham explains what an SDK is, the differences between SDKs and helper libraries, and four different SDK patterns for API providers.

November 29, 2016

by James Higginbotham

· 5,322 Views · 2 Likes

Optimum Database Connection Pool Size

Want to figure out the best size for your connection pool? Here's how the math pans out, courtesy of some simple logic.

November 28, 2016

by Anubhav R Mulchandani

· 41,254 Views · 5 Likes

Real-World Problems Solved By DevOps

Improved quality, speed to market, and reduced cycle times with automation are just a few of the major issues that DevOps can handle.

November 28, 2016

by Tom Smith

CORE

· 16,810 Views · 3 Likes

Logging Docker Containers With AWS Cloudwatch

This post describes how to set up the integration between Docker and AWS and then establish a pipeline of logs from CloudWatch into the ELK Stack.

November 28, 2016

by Daniel Berman

· 9,648 Views · 3 Likes

A Review of Template Engines: What Next After Velocity?

With Velocity deprecated, let's take a walk through some other popular template engines to see what works best where.

November 28, 2016

by Miro Wengner

· 80,847 Views · 7 Likes

Health Checking Your Docker Containers

Are your containers feeling under the weather? Struggling to get out of bed? See how you can build in health checks to make sure your containers are fighting fit.

November 25, 2016

by Arun Gupta

· 52,337 Views · 9 Likes

HDFS Cheat Sheet

This article serves as a quick hands-on guide and tutorial to the most useful HDFS commands for managing HDFS files from the command line.

November 24, 2016

by Tim Spann

CORE

· 37,642 Views · 5 Likes

PyGitHub Quickstart Examples

Helpful examples can make up for a lack of documentation. In this article, Chase Seibert shares some of his example code.

November 24, 2016

by Chase Seibert

· 9,841 Views · 1 Like

Android Development: Drawing Text on a Canvas

In this post, we take a look at a common need when making Android apps: how to put text directly onto a Canvas. Read on to find out how it's done!

November 23, 2016

by Kevin Hooke

· 9,868 Views · 1 Like

Get to Know Netflix's Zuul

Here's a look at what Zuul can offer your applications, ranging from authentication and security to routing to resiliency and more.

November 22, 2016

by Rafael Salerno

· 85,607 Views · 19 Likes

Developing a Facebook Chatbot With AWS Lambda and MongoDB Atlas

Learn how to program your own chatbot with the helping hands of AWS Lambda and MongoDB's DBaaS, Atlas.

November 21, 2016

by Jason Ma

· 6,703 Views · 7 Likes

Why Do Microservices Need an API Gateway?

With the growth of API-centric IT initiatives, API gateways and management layers are common place. Should we consider an API gateway for microservices?

November 20, 2016

by James Higginbotham

· 27,997 Views · 16 Likes