Tag: App development
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Serverless API on AWS, Azure and GCP - Deployment and benchmark
Posted on June 1, 2023, Level intermediate Resource Length long
In this article, author has created a serverless Express API and deployed it on AWS, Azure, and GCP to evaluate each platform's performance. After conducting load tests using K6, I found that Azure and AWS performed comparably well (slightly better for Azure), while GCP lagged due to significant cold starts (up to 5 seconds when speaking to a Database). By Aurélien BETTINI.
Tags apis app-development azure gcp aws
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Headless WordPress with GraphQL and SvelteKit
Posted on May 31, 2023, Level intermediate Resource Length long
Headless WordPress + GraphQL + SvelteKit as any other stack where you have a backend (data store), a frontend (the website), and a way to connect the two. In this case, the backend is WordPress, the frontend is SvelteKit and the way to connect the two is GraphQL. By Justin Ahinon.
Tags apis app-development web-development php javascript
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CQRS facts and myths explained
Posted on May 30, 2023, Level intermediate Resource Length long
Older but still relevant article dealing with question of technical patterns and how they are filled with myths and mishaps. Quite often, this happens to CQS and CQRS. By Oskar Dudycz.
Tags event-driven oop app-development messaging programming software-architecture
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LangChain has added Cypher Search
Posted on May 26, 2023, Level intermediate Resource Length medium
With the LangChain library, you can conveniently generate Cypher queries, enabling an efficient retrieval of information from Neo4j. By Tomaz Bratanic.
Tags apis app-development search database data-science
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Keep parts of your GraphQL Introspection Query hidden
Posted on May 25, 2023, Level intermediate Resource Length medium
Using directives and plugins in Apollo Server 4 to customize the introspection query output. Once you have created your first schema and your GraphQL server is up and running, it makes sense to implement precautions to prevent it from being compromised by bad actors. By Florian Fuchs·
Tags apis app-development restful devops
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Web app performance root cause analysis with Application Insights
Posted on May 24, 2023, Level beginner Resource Length medium
Having the ability to identify clear root cause for incidents in production workloads is valuable, the best way to prevent future incidents is to understand what caused past ones. Of course you can have a good set of load tests but still, incidents in production environments can happen and it's crucial to have available data that can help to understand what happened so application can be improved and prevent replications. By LuisLopes.
Tags web-development app-development performance azure frontend
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Building and training your first neural network with TensorFlow and Keras
Posted on May 20, 2023, Level intermediate Resource Length medium
Learn how to build and train your first Image Classification model with Keras and TensorFlow using Convolutional Neural Network. By Aryan Garg.
Tags data-science big-data app-development analytics
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Building and deploying MySQL Raft at Meta
Posted on May 19, 2023, Level intermediate Resource Length medium
At Meta, we run one of the largest deployments of MySQL in the world. The deployment powers the social graph along with many other services, like Messaging, Ads, and Feed. Over the last few years, we have implemented MySQL Raft, a Raft consensus engine that was integrated with MySQL to build a replicated state machine. By Anirban Rahut, Abhinav Sharma, Yichen Shen, Ahsanul Haque.
Tags sql database cloud software-architecture app-development
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How to build an NFT gallery using QuickNode's GraphQL NFT API
Posted on May 18, 2023, Level intermediate Resource Length medium
A step-by-step tutorial on building an interactive NFT Gallery using QuickNode's GraphQL NFT API, icy.tools, JavaScript, Next.js, and Tailwind CSS. By Aayush Gupta.
Tags blockchain apis cloud fintech app-development
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How to mock HTTP APIs with MockServer
Posted on May 17, 2023, Level intermediate Resource Length medium
This post covers step-by-step instructions on how to use MockServer to mock an HTTP API, as well as an overview of limitations one may encounter. As the name suggests, MockServer is a powerful tool that allows developers to mock HTTP APIs, making testing much easier and more efficient. It aims to solve the problem of testing APIs that are still in development or not yet available, allowing developers to continue working without being held up by dependencies. By Kasper Siig. Kasper Siig.
Tags app-development apis cloud agile web-development
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How to enable HSTS for enhanced web security in Apache
Posted on May 13, 2023, Level intermediate Resource Length medium
HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) is a web security policy mechanism that helps to protect websites against protocol downgrade attacks and cookie hijacking. It allows web servers to declare that web browsers (or other complying user agents) should interact with it using only secure HTTPS connections, and never via the insecure HTTP protocol. This article will guide you on how to implement and optimize HSTS in Apache for improved web security. By Rahul.
Tags app-development infosec web-development apache ssl
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Dissecting Npm malware: Five packages and their evil install scripts
Posted on May 11, 2023, Level intermediate Resource Length medium
Packages published on npm can declare pre and post-install hooks, which are scripts that run, well, pre or post-install. That is to say, when the npm CLI installs a package, it also runs those scripts on your machine. By Gabi Dobocan.
Tags app-development infosec web-development nodejs javascript