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5 Reasons You Need an API Experience Layer

The more services you're integrating, the more you need an API experience layer. Read about where experience layers can benefit you.

May 24, 2017

by Ross Garrett

· 9,487 Views · 2 Likes

Prometheus Monitoring With Grafana

How you construct your Prometheus monitoring dashboard involves trial and error. Grafana makes this exploration very easy and Prometheus has good built-in functionality.

May 24, 2017

by Daniel Berman

· 35,416 Views · 4 Likes

An Introduction to Code Coverage

In this article, you'll learn how to get started with code coverage, how to find the right tool, how to calculate it, and what percentage you should aim for.

May 24, 2017

by Sten Pittet

· 58,835 Views · 22 Likes

Drag and Drop Testing for Web Apps With Katalon Studio

Drag and drop is a fairly popular approach for websites to improve their UX. However, it can be challenging to implement automation tests for drag and drop components.

May 23, 2017

by Hieu Mai

· 9,354 Views · 12 Likes

SQL Server Database Cloning on AWS

Database clones are great for Dev and Test environments, allowing devs to work with lightweight images in preparation for cloud deployments.

May 23, 2017

by Paul Stanton

· 5,923 Views · 3 Likes

What Is N-Tier Architecture?

Multi-tier architecture can help you build more secure, flexible, and easy to manage software through more efficient development.

May 22, 2017

by Angela Stringfellow

· 42,839 Views · 9 Likes

What Is Spring Boot Auto Configuration?

This dive into auto configuration in Spring Boot covers its uses and benefits as well as an example REST service and details of how to debug it.

May 22, 2017

by Ranga Karanam

CORE

· 94,975 Views · 9 Likes

Create Microservices and Set Up a Microservice Architecture With MariaDB, Docker, and Go

During this post, we talk about what microservices are, the architecture of a photo-sharing app, how to bootstrap the app, and how to scale parts of the application.

May 22, 2017

by Bjorge Staijen

· 8,300 Views · 16 Likes

Spring Security: Basic Authentication Example

Learn the basics of Basic Authentication, and how to use Basic Authentication to add security to your Spring Boot application.

May 21, 2017

by Gaurav Rai Mazra

· 40,502 Views · 4 Likes

Exposing Web Services (CXF) With Mule ESB

This article shows the steps for building and exposing web services on the CXF framework using Mule ESB, with code and a video tutorial.

May 20, 2017

by Jitendra Bafna

CORE

· 24,127 Views · 6 Likes

Imitating Pure Continuous Integration in Branching Workflows

Feature branching remains controversial among continuous integration enthusiasts; here are a few ways to find the middle ground.

May 20, 2017

by Sarah Goff-Dupont

· 5,344 Views · 3 Likes

SAP SQL Injections

SQL injections are some of the most common types of attacks. Read on to learn what vulnerable code looks like, and how to defend against these attacks.

May 19, 2017

by Alexander Polyakov

· 10,167 Views · 2 Likes

The Parrot Sequoia API Is Nice and Simple for IoT

For drone developers, it's hard to beat the Parrot Sequoia API in terms of simplicity and ease of use. Check out the devices paths and see how you can get started.

May 19, 2017

by Kin Lane

· 5,633 Views · 3 Likes

Locking Files in Java

Time to get to know your locks! Whether you need blocking or non-blocking locks or want to know more about how they work, this quick example will set you straight.

May 19, 2017

by Arun Pandey

CORE

· 88,139 Views · 36 Likes

Fighting Service Latency in Microservices With Kubernetes

Sometimes when moving to a microservices-based architecture, latency creeps in. What can you do to fight it and keep it down? Look at some suggestions using Kubernetes.

May 19, 2017

by Bilgin Ibryam

· 12,432 Views · 5 Likes

Exposing Business Logic as REST API

In this article, you'll get a step-by-step explanation of the various tools and code used to expose business logic as a REST API.

May 19, 2017

by Soumyajit Basu

CORE

· 20,586 Views · 11 Likes

Remembering Clean Architecture

Before picking a framework or a language, agree with your team on architecture. This sample Spring Boot app walks through a refactoring focusing on clean architecture.

May 19, 2017

by Mahan Hashemizadeh

· 30,428 Views · 39 Likes

Strict Transport Security in ASP.NET MVC: Implementing RequireHstsAttribute

Learn how to better protect your web applications using a simple, and easy-to-use ASP.NET Core attribute, RequireHsts, which requires your browser to use HTTPS.

May 18, 2017

by Tomasz Pęczek

· 14,527 Views · 1 Like

AWS CloudTrail Log Analysis With the ELK Stack

CloudTrail is a useful tool for monitoring access and usage of your AWS-based IT environment. You can find lots of valuable information in the data with Kibana.

May 18, 2017

by Daniel Berman

· 10,196 Views · 2 Likes

A Glossary of 37 Modern Data Center Terms You Need to Know

Whether you're a network engineer or a software developer, being familiar with terms used to discuss data centers is important to any modern technology career.

Updated May 18, 2017

by Rob Whiteley

· 11,415 Views · 2 Likes

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