Tag: Frontend and mobile
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DevOps for Node.js engineers: Building and publishing JavaScript application artifacts
Posted on January 21, 2022, Level beginner Resource Length medium
An artifact is a single portable file that allows us to deploy our application. It usally is an archive of the project with its dependencies (or not) but could also be a executable binary file. By Florian Goto.
Tags backend-development frontend-and-mobile product-and-design
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Privacy fines: GDPR sanctions in 2021 exceeded $1 billion
Posted on January 20, 2022, Level beginner Resource Length medium
Privacy regulators in Europe last year imposed known fines totaling more than 1 billion euros ($1.2 billion) under the EU's General Data Protection Regulation, bolstered in part by two record-breaking sanctions, according to the law firm DLA Piper. But sanctions approach varies widely across 31 countries complying with privacy law. By Mathew J. Schwartz.
Tags security-and-privacy leadership-and-career frontend-and-mobile miscellaneous data-and-analytics
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GraphQL as a migration strategy for REST APIs
Posted on January 13, 2022, Level intermediate Resource Length medium
Traditional API architectures like SOAP and REST have been powering the web for a long time. But over the past five years, a change towards a more flexible and frontend-driven approach to API protocols has started, using GraphQL. But moving from a traditional API architecture like REST towards GraphQL can be challenging. Not only does your team need to adapt to GraphQL, but it also means you could be losing your investment in your current API architecture. By Mark Smallcombe.
Tags architecture-and-apis how-to devops-and-ci-cd frontend-and-mobile cloud-and-infrastructure
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How to build a GraphQL data layer for REST microservices
Posted on January 10, 2022, Level intermediate Resource Length medium
GraphQL is a great technology for microservices because you can use it as a data layer for these microservices. One use case is to combine the data from all these services into a single, unified API. By Roy Derks.
Tags architecture-and-apis frontend-and-mobile backend-development data-and-analytics
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How serverless saved money on my heating bill
Posted on January 5, 2022, Level beginner Resource Length medium
Built a serverless application as a weekend project to help me save money on my heating bill. In doing so, I experienced something great about building websites in 2022. By Cameron McHenry.
Tags data-and-analytics architecture-and-apis frontend-and-mobile backend-development product-and-design cloud-and-infrastructure how-to
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Fundamentals of functional programming with React
Posted on December 31, 2021, Level intermediate Resource Length medium
Understanding the concept of functional programming is a valuable skill for React developers. It is an important topic that most React beginners often overlook, making them encounter problems when understanding how React makes some of its decisions. By Ibadehin Mojeed.
Tags software-engineering frontend-and-mobile backend-development
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Comparing SPAs to SSG and SSR
Posted on December 22, 2021, Level beginner Resource Length medium
What are the differences between Single Page Apps (SPA), Server Side Rendered Sites (SSR), and Static Site Generator based sites (SSG)? How do they compare in performance, SEO, developer experience, and flexibility? In this article, we give you an in-depth comparison of SPA, SSR, and SSG to help you make an informed decision on which strategies to use for your next front-end project. By Jacob Jackson.
Tags frontend-and-mobile backend-development
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Principles & best practices of REST API design
Posted on December 21, 2021, Level beginner Resource Length long
This best-practices article intends for developers interested in creating RESTful Web services that provide high reliability and consistency across multiple service suites; following these guidelines; services are positioned for rapid, widespread, public adoption by internal and external clients. By Love Sharma.
Tags architecture-and-apis frontend-and-mobile software-engineering how-to
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Why lazy coding practices will ALWAYS cost you more in the long run
Posted on December 19, 2021, Level beginner Resource Length long
The idea of clean code gained popularity with the publication of Robert Cecil Martin's "Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship" in 2008. However, the principles of clean code date back to the beginning of software development, and Martin's book is an essential manual for people who aim for cleanly written code. It's a programming classic, and if you're serious about coding, you should read this book cover to cover! By Ritesh Shah.
Tags frontend-and-mobile architecture-and-apis business-and-emerging-tech cloud-and-infrastructure leadership-and-career
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Zero days explained: How unknown vulnerabilities become gateways for attackers
Posted on December 17, 2021, Level beginner Resource Length medium
A zero day is a security flaw for which the vendor of the flawed system has yet to make a patch available to affected users. You can't patch these holes—but you can still protect yourself. By Josh Fruhlinger.
Tags security-and-privacy product-and-design frontend-and-mobile devops-and-ci-cd leadership-and-career
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Async & await at the edge with ReactPHP
Posted on December 16, 2021, Level intermediate Resource Length short
PHP 8.1 is out and the hip new feature for non-blocking and asynchronous programming in PHP are fibers. In this post we're going to explore them and see how we at ReactPHP will start with them at the edge. By Cees-Jan Kiewiet.
Tags cloud-and-infrastructure architecture-and-apis backend-development product-and-design frontend-and-mobile
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3 ways to use load tests beyond performance
Posted on December 7, 2021, Level beginner Resource Length medium
Most teams use load testing only for performance or stress tests. But they can also help uncover infrastructure issues early. Read on to see how load tests can help make your entire system more resilient at its foundation. By Dennis Martinez.
Tags testing-and-quality cloud-and-infrastructure miscellaneous software-engineering leadership-and-career frontend-and-mobile