Tag: Product and design
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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 product-and-design architecture-and-apis cloud-and-infrastructure leadership-and-career frontend-and-mobile
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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 product-and-design security-and-privacy frontend-and-mobile data-and-analytics
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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 product-and-design security-and-privacy frontend-and-mobile backend-development
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Redis performance tuning: How to optimize Redis for high-traffic applications
Posted on May 10, 2023, Level intermediate Resource Length medium
Redis is a widely-used in-memory data store that is known for its speed and flexibility, making it ideal for building high-performance applications. However, with its increasing popularity and the explosion of high-traffic applications, it becomes crucial to optimize Redis to keep up with the growing data demand. By Jatin Sharma.
Tags product-and-design frontend-and-mobile software-engineering
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Introducing storage on Vercel
Posted on May 6, 2023, Level beginner Resource Length short
Vercel KV, Vercel Postgres, Vercel Blob, and Vercel Edge Config are now available. Driven by the need for both performance and personalization, frameworks are becoming server-first and edge-first. By vercel.com.
Tags product-and-design frontend-and-mobile architecture-and-apis data-and-analytics
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The REST API Handbook – How to build, test, consume, and document REST APIs
Posted on May 5, 2023, Level intermediate Resource Length long
This tutorial aims to show you an example of how you can fully implement a REST API. We'll cover basic setup and architecture with Node and Express, unit testing with Supertest, seeing how we can consume the API from a React front-end app and finally documenting the API using tools such as Swagger. By Germán Cocca.
Tags product-and-design architecture-and-apis cloud-and-infrastructure devops-and-ci-cd frontend-and-mobile
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Distributed cloud-native graph database with NebulaGraph Docker extension
Posted on May 4, 2023, Level intermediate Resource Length medium
Graph databases have become a popular solution for storing and querying complex relationships between data. As the amount of graph data grows and the need for high concurrency increases, a distributed graph database is essential to handle the scale. Finding a distributed graph database that automatically shards the data, while allowing businesses to scale from small to trillion-edge-level without changing the underlying storage, architecture of the service, or application code, however, can be a challenge. By Wey Gu and Ajeet Singh Raina.
Tags product-and-design devops-and-ci-cd leadership-and-career data-and-analytics
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How to deploy the different SAP BTP development environments
Posted on May 3, 2023, Level intermediate Resource Length medium
SAP Business Technology Platform (SAP BTP) is a platform focused on turning data into actionable business plans, particularly by leveraging tools found in an intelligent enterprise. SAP BTP contains many solutions, tools, and products under its umbrella. In this post, we'll look at the deployment options for the different SAP Business Technology Platform development environments. By SAP PRESS.
Tags product-and-design miscellaneous leadership-and-career cloud-and-infrastructure
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How to build Angular search functionality with GraphQL?
Posted on May 2, 2023, Level intermediate Resource Length long
In this tutorial, you will learn how to build a fullstack Angular application that uses GraphQL to fetch data from a server. The application we'll build together will display a list of blog posts fetched from a GraphQL API using Apollo Client, including search functionality. To create the GraphQL API, we will use StepZen, a GraphQL API platform that allows you to build and deploy a GraphQL API in minutes. By Roy Derks.
Tags product-and-design frontend-and-mobile backend-development architecture-and-apis
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Optimizing your app for network reachability
Posted on May 1, 2023, Level intermediate Resource Length long
Network Reachability is a vital aspect of apps that use some networking capabilities. Your users won't always have a good internet connection, so optimizing your app for bad networking conditions is essential. By Antoine van der Lee.
Tags product-and-design frontend-and-mobile leadership-and-career
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How to choose the right type of TLS/SSL certificate
Posted on April 28, 2023, Level beginner Resource Length medium
From the server administrators of highly technological organizations, to product managers of financial institutions, down to the one-man startups that just want to secure their shopping cart, the same question pops up: "If TLS/SSL certificates all do the same thing, what type should we get?" By Digicert.
Tags security-and-privacy cloud-and-infrastructure leadership-and-career product-and-design
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Simplified data pipelines with Pulsar transformation functions
Posted on April 24, 2023, Level intermediate Resource Length medium
They provide a low-code way to develop basic processing and routing of data using existing Pulsar features. Using functions in the cloud is a very efficient way of creating iterable workflows that can transform data, analyze source code, make platform configurations, and do many other useful jobs. As you develop a function you will quickly realize a need for a solid foundation of utilities and formatting. By Christophe Bornet.
Tags product-and-design data-and-analytics