Tag: Apis
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How to set up TypeScript with Express
Posted on October 13, 2025, Level intermediate Resource Length long
Explore how to enhance your Express applications with TypeScript's powerful features for scalability and error prevention, culminating in a deployment guide using Kinsta's hosting. By Jeremy Holcombe.
Tags restful how-to software apis javascript
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Build a RESTful API with Flask and Python: Step-by-step guide
Posted on October 11, 2025, Level intermediate Resource Length medium
Build an efficient RESTful API using Flask and Python with this comprehensive step-by-step guide covering everything from CRUD operations to performance optimization. By codezup.com.
Tags restful how-to software apis
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A (very) brief history of Erlang
Posted on August 1, 2025, Level beginner Resource Length medium
I first encountered Erlang in 2017 while working with RabbitMQ, a message broker built on Erlang. Its ability to handle high concurrency, fault tolerance, and real-time execution made it ideal for our ETL process. Erlang was born at Ericsson in 1986 to power telecom systems demanding "nine-nines" availability (99.9999999% uptime). Open-sourced in 1998, it gained traction beyond telecom, influencing modern messaging apps like WhatsApp and Discord. By James Seconde.
Tags erlang elixir apis app-development web-development
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How to build an API: A complete guide to creating secure and scalable APIs
Posted on March 24, 2025, Level beginner Resource Length long
APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) are the backbone of modern software applications, enabling seamless communication between different systems. Whether you're building a web app, or mobile service, or managing complex data, learning how to build an API is essential for creating scalable, efficient systems. APIs can be categorized into several types based on their architecture, such as REST, GraphQL, and SOAP, each with specific use cases. By @geeksforgeeks.org.
Tags apis web-development app-development infosec json
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A comprehensive guide on API developments
Posted on March 17, 2025, Level beginner Resource Length medium
Are you struggling to understand how to build an API from scratch? This guide will equip you with everything you need to know about API development. APIs are the backbone of modern software, enabling applications to communicate, share data, and integrate seamlessly. From social media platforms to e-commerce websites, APIs are everywhere.Are you struggling to understand how to build an API from scratch? This guide will equip you with everything you need to know about API development. APIs are the backbone of modern software, enabling applications to communicate, share data, and integrate seamlessly. From social media platforms to e-commerce websites, APIs are everywhere. By @goodcore.co.uk.
Tags apis web-development app-development servers json
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A brief history of SQL and the rise of graph queries
Posted on March 13, 2025, Level beginner Resource Length medium
GQL addresses the need for sophisticated queries that reflect the increasingly complex and connected nature of data in the real world. The benefits of graph databases not only exist in providing more intuitive and powerful ways to visualize and interrogate data relationships but also in storing and processing data more efficiently. By Jocelyn Hoppa.
Tags apis cloud app-development software-architecture servers
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How to use GPT to analyze large datasets
Posted on October 30, 2024, Level intermediate Resource Length medium
Absorbing and then summarizing very large quantities of content in just a few seconds truly is a big deal. As an example, a while back I received a link to the recording of an important 90 minute business video conference that I'd missed a few hours before. By David Clinton.
Tags big-data machine-learning apis ai azure database cloud
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Gmail rolling out Gemini-powered contextual smart replies
Posted on October 26, 2024, Level intermediate Resource Length medium
Following the announcement at I/O 2024, Google is now rolling out Contextual Smart Replies to Gmail for Android and iOS. Compared to Smart Reply, which dates back to 2017, the contextual version is "meant for detailed responses." Gemini "can analyze the context of an email" and suggest replies that are "tailored to your conversation." By Abner Li.
Tags miscellaneous google apis ai
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Why (and how) APIs and web applications are under siege
Posted on August 8, 2024, Level intermediate Resource Length medium
Attackers are increasingly targeting web applications and APIs, with a nearly 50% year-over-year growth in web attacks, driven by the increased adoption of these technologies, which significantly expanded organizational attack surfaces, according to an Akamai report. By Mitch Mayne.
Tags infosec devops apis restful
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Build a blog using Django, GraphQL, and Vue
Posted on April 29, 2024, Level beginner Resource Length long
This tutorial will take you through the process of building a Django blog back end and a Vue front end, using GraphQL to communicate between them. By Philipp Acsany.
Tags restful json web-development apis python nosql
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Build an API for your front end using Pages Functions
Posted on April 17, 2024, Level intermediate Resource Length short
In this tutorial, you will build a full-stack Pages application. Your application will contain a front end, built using Cloudflare Pages and the React framework and a JSON API, built with Pages Functions, that returns blog posts that can be retrieved and rendered in your front end. By @cloudflare.com.
Tags cloud microservices serverless software-architecture apis devops
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How to build a custom API Gateway with Node.js
Posted on April 16, 2024, Level intermediate Resource Length short
In the era of microservices, where applications are divided into smaller, independently deployable services, managing and securing the communication between these services becomes crucial. This is where an API gateway comes into play. By Iroro Chadere.
Tags devops microservices software-architecture apis learning