Software Design and Architecture Resources

This look at Lightbend's OpenTracing displays how you can monitor and trace your Akka actors and visualize that data with Zipkin or Jaeger.

July 27, 2017

by Hugh McKee

· 9,144 Views · 5 Likes

RESTful API Security

John Vester discusses the importance of API security and security adoption measures like authentication, API keys, access control, and input validation.

July 26, 2017

by John Vester

CORE

· 280,863 Views · 32 Likes

Prometheus Monitoring: Pros and Cons

Read about the features, design, and scalability in Prometheus open source monitoring that might be pros or cons when choosing it as a solution.

Updated July 26, 2017

by Frederick Ryckbosch

· 25,287 Views · 3 Likes

When Short Methods Pay Off: JIT Inlining

Want a quick guide to see whether your methods are ready for inlining? Here are a couple of easy rules, with a snippet example, to help you out.

Updated July 26, 2017

by Grzegorz Mirek

· 12,876 Views · 9 Likes

Spring Cloud Config (Part 1)

This series' kickoff examines how you can use Spring Cloud config to store your config in your environment, adhering to 12 Factor App design.

July 26, 2017

by Enrique Recarte

· 22,689 Views · 13 Likes

How to Use the SQL Helper Class to Create Web APIs

Learn how to easily use the SQL Helper Class, which interacts with a database with help from connection strings, to create Web APIs by using Visual Studio 2017.

July 26, 2017

by Thiruppathi Rengasamy

· 19,521 Views · 1 Like

Some Image-Based Exploits With Their Prevention

We take a look at image-based exploits that are common to websites, in this case, those that are backed by PHP. We also look at what devs can do to prevent them.

July 25, 2017

by Anurag Jain

· 4,261 Views

Azure Resource Policies (Part 1): Built-In Policies

RBAC is fine for basic access, but Azure's resource policies give you fine-tuned control with what users can do with that access.

Updated July 25, 2017

by Sam Cogan

· 5,763 Views · 2 Likes

Java Memory Consumption in Docker and How We Employed Spring Boot

If your Docker container is consuming far too much memory to achieve optimal performance, read on to see how one team found a solution.

Updated July 24, 2017

by Serhii Povisenko

· 103,809 Views · 61 Likes

How to Use the Kafka Streams API

The Kafka Streams API allows you to create real-time applications that power your core business. Here's everything you need to know about it!

July 23, 2017

by Anuj Saxena

· 111,807 Views · 15 Likes

Hyper-V and Windows AutoLogon

The ability for build and release agents to automatically login in order to complete UI-interacting integration tests is important. Windows developers, read on.

Updated July 22, 2017

by Ricci Gian Maria

· 9,241 Views · 1 Like

How to Create a Database Seeder in Spring Boot

Learn how to seed the database on application startup. Seeders can help you create default admin accounts or other default data required by your application.

July 22, 2017

by Seun Matt

CORE

· 35,014 Views · 8 Likes

Running Code With Spring Cloud Function on AWS Lambda

Spring Cloud Function is here! Let's get a simple function working with the serverless titan that is AWS Lambda and API Gateway.

July 22, 2017

by Gyula Lakatos

· 52,078 Views · 27 Likes

These Packers Are Not From Wisconsin

Sorry Green Bay, we're actually talking about the method cyberattackers use to hide or obfuscate malware when attacking a system.

July 21, 2017

by Christopher Lamb

· 2,073 Views · 1 Like

What You Need to Know About Debugging Under COBOL’s TEST Compiler Option

We take a look at some recent changes made to the use and format of the TEST compiler option in COBOL, as well as how those changes could affect your debugging practices.

July 21, 2017

by Bob Yee

· 6,078 Views · 1 Like