News AggregatorDocker Swarm vs. Kubernetes: Who Wins the Container War?Aggregated on: 2023-05-08 13:45:29 As organizations increasingly adopt containerization for their applications, container orchestration platforms have become essential tools for managing and scaling containerized workloads. Two of the most popular container orchestration platforms today are Docker Swarm and Kubernetes.While both platforms share some similarities, they differ in architecture, scalability, high availability, container management, and learning curve. The question of which of these platforms wins the container war is a common one among developers, architects, and IT teams. This article will discuss Docker Swarm vs. Kubernetes and compare their features, strengths, and weaknesses to help you choose the best platform for your specific needs. View more...Write a Smart Contract with ChatGPT MetaMask Infura, and TruffleAggregated on: 2023-05-08 12:30:29 You’ve probably heard that Generative AI has demonstrated the potential to disrupt a huge number of industries and jobs—and web3 is no exception. But how well can ChatGPT create smart contracts? Can using ChatGPT to code smart contracts make you a 10x developer? In this article, we’ll try it out and see. We’ll walk through writing and deploying an Ethereum smart contract using MetaMask, Infura, and Truffle … and we will ask ChatGPT for instructions on how to do everything from the code to the deployment. The goal is to see if we can break down the task of creating a smart contract into a set of simple prompts. Ideally, ChatGPT can parse those prompts and give good (and accurate) answers to them, making us a faster, and better, developer. View more...Commonly Occurring Errors in Microsoft Graph Integrations and How To Troubleshoot Them (Part 5)Aggregated on: 2023-05-07 21:30:29 Microsoft Graph is a powerful tool that allows developers to access various Microsoft services, including OneDrive, SharePoint, Outlook, and more. One feature of Microsoft Graph that is particularly useful for productivity is the ability to read attachment content of To-Do task and event attachments. This allows users to access important information and files directly from their To-Do tasks and events, without having to switch between different applications. If you haven’t read the first parts of this series, here they are: View more...Spring Boot and Time Series Data in ScyllaDBAggregated on: 2023-05-07 20:30:29 The following tutorial walks you through how to use Spring Boot apps with ScyllaDB for time series data, taking advantage of shard-aware drivers and prepared statements. It’s a shorter version of a ScyllaDB University (self-paced free training) lab. About This Spring Boot and Time Series Data Tutorial This tutorial provides a step-by-step demonstration of how to use the popular Spring Boot framework to build a sample stock application. ScyllaDB is used to store the stock price (time series data). The application has several APIs that support the create, get, and delete operations on stocks with the date and price. Additionally, an HTTP API tool, Postman, is used to interact with our application and to test the API functionality. By the end of the tutorial, you’ll have a running Spring Boot app that serves as an HTTP API server with ScyllaDB as the underlying data storage. You’ll be able to create stocks with prices and dates and get a list of stock items. And you’ll learn how ScyllaDB can be used to store time series data. Note that ScyllaDB University offers a number of videos with additional background that are helpful for this lesson. For example: View more...Load Balancer High Availability With CockroachDB and HAProxyAggregated on: 2023-05-07 19:30:29 For reference: Checkout my previous article where I discuss connection pool high availability, "Connection Pool High Availability With CockroachDB and PgCat." Motivation The load balancer is a core piece of architecture for CockroachDB. Given its importance, I'd like to discuss the methods to overcome the SPOF scenarios. View more...Boosting Application Performance With MicroStream and Redis IntegrationAggregated on: 2023-05-07 19:00:29 In today's fast-paced digital world, application performance has become critical in delivering a seamless user experience. Users expect applications to be lightning-fast and responsive, no matter the complexity of the task at hand. To meet these expectations, developers constantly look for ways to improve their application's performance. One solution that has gained popularity in recent years is the integration of MicroStream and Redis. By combining these two cutting-edge technologies, developers can create ultrafast applications that deliver better results. In this post, we will explore the benefits of this integration and how developers can get started with this powerful combination. View more...Spring Boot and Apache Kafka [Video Tutorials]Aggregated on: 2023-05-06 22:00:28 This article has a series of video tutorials about Spring Boot, explore: Use Swagger to make your REST API's documentation interactive and accessible. Custom objects can be sent and received in Kafka topics. How you can consume messages from the Kafka server installed in Amazon EC2 Instance An example of using Spring Boot with Kafka producers and consumers, along with a REST client, to connect to a Kafka server running on an Amazon EC2 Instance The producer and consumer exchange messages with the Kafka server on the Amazon EC2 Instance Produce code to send Kafka messages to the Amazon EC2 instance server. Spring Kafka consumer and producer example with Spring Boot Send/consume custom objects to/from an Apache Kafka server running on an Amazon EC2 Instance Let's get started! View more...You Love GraphQL – Here’s How To Make Sure Your Organization Does, TooAggregated on: 2023-05-05 23:30:28 How do enterprises start their API modernization journeys? More often than not, it’s with a single developer who recognizes all that production-grade GraphQL API adoption can bring to the table—and decides to act as the catalyst for organizational change. As a fully open-source technology, the GraphQL API query language gives developers more efficient workflows and streamlined access to enterprise scalability. Because GraphQL enables applications to collect all the data they require by making a single API request (and control that data directly), the development pace, simplicity, and stability of working with GraphQL provide night-and-day advantages over legacy REST APIs. For enterprise developers, there’s no real difficulty in setting up GraphQL and getting a server up and running. The challenge usually begins when they need to win their organization’s full backing to achieve a lasting implementation with all the stability and security an enterprise requires from Day One. View more...Five Java Books Beginners and Professionals Should ReadAggregated on: 2023-05-05 23:00:28 There's a good reason why Java is one of the most widely used programming languages: it's very powerful and flexible. Because of its adaptability and power, it may be used in a wide variety of applications, including the development of web applications and Android applications. However, it may be difficult for newcomers to know where to begin since there is so much information out there. But worry not! You won't need to go elsewhere after reading this article. We have compiled a list of the five best Java books for beginners, each of which is simple to read and understand while yet doing an excellent job of explaining the fundamentals of the language. View more...Enterprise Software Integration: How To Build a Unified IT EnvironmentAggregated on: 2023-05-05 23:00:28 As part of the DZone Expert Insights Series — a collection of contributed articles written by industry experts in enterprise software categories — Siarhei Valenda, Head of Automated Information Systems Development at LeverX Group, explains why enterprise software integration is crucial for smooth company operation and how to build a unified IT ecosystem. Siloed enterprise systems have always been a significant obstacle to smooth operation. In practice, software from various suppliers, developed using different technologies, couldn’t ensure this. Instead of operating seamlessly, companies locked access to valuable and relevant data, lost orders, partially completed agreements, and lost revenue opportunities. In 2020, the impact of these issues became far more apparent due to COVID-19 and accelerated Cloud migration. View more...Future of Software Development: Generative AI Augmenting Roles and Unlocking Co-InnovationAggregated on: 2023-05-05 22:30:28 Generative AI is transforming software development by automating tasks, enhancing collaboration, and accelerating innovation. This cutting-edge technology is poised to augment various software roles, creating diverse perspectives and opportunities for co-innovation. In this article, I will delve into the future of Generative AI in software development, discuss the ethical considerations, and summarize the potential impact on the industry. Developers: AI-Powered Code Generation and Collaboration Generative AI will enable developers to focus on more complex, creative tasks by automating mundane coding activities. AI-powered code generation will help developers solve intricate problems more efficiently and accurately. In addition, Generative AI will enhance collaboration among team members by suggesting code snippets or assisting with debugging, making it easier for developers to work together on large-scale projects. While AI-generated code promises increased productivity, developers must remain vigilant in reviewing and verifying its quality, ensuring adherence to best practices, and addressing potential biases or security vulnerabilities. View more...Green APIs: How Cloud Can Help Embed Sustainability Into Your Enterprise AppsAggregated on: 2023-05-05 22:30:28 The world has awoken; global business and government leaders have recognized that the global climate is changing. The United States Senate voted 98–1 in early 2015 that "climate change is real and not a hoax." With a papal encyclical on climate change, Pope Francis has taken unprecedented steps to influence climate action. Academics are continuing their research into energy forecasts — a recent Stanford study demonstrated that it is possible to convert the United States to 100 percent renewable energy by 2050 — which is influencing the Solution Project, a social awareness campaign to transition the world to 100 percent clean, renewable energy. The benefits of driving value creation for all stakeholders and assisting in the achievement of the UN's 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) extend beyond good corporate citizenship. According to a recent Accenture study, the "Twin Transformers" — companies that find new value at the intersection of digital technologies and sustainability — will be the most successful businesses of the future. They are 2.5x more likely to outperform their peers when powered by these twin engines of growth. View more...Building a Data Warehouse for Traditional IndustryAggregated on: 2023-05-05 22:00:28 This is a part of the digital transformation of a real estate giant. For the sake of confidentiality, I'm not going to reveal any business data, but you'll get a detailed view of our data warehouse and our optimization strategies. Now let's get started. View more...Top Five Challenges To Consider When Building Your Mobile Testing StrategyAggregated on: 2023-05-05 21:45:28 The number of mobile devices operating worldwide will likely reach 18.22 billion by 2025. As the number of mobile devices continues to rise, so do customer expectations for seamless mobile experiences. High-performing applications increase customer satisfaction. This underscores the importance of organizations integrating mobile testing into their comprehensive testing strategy, building out mobile and web experiences in parallel. However, creating an effective and efficient end-to-end mobile testing strategy is not an easy feat. There are five major challenges that development teams typically face as they build and execute their mobile testing strategy. But fortunately, there are solutions to each of these challenges. Managing Tests Across Devices Device management is the first step in any team's mobile testing process and is a critical step to ensure you’re delivering the best end-user experience. Managing devices can feel cumbersome at the onset, as there are 30+ different types of mobile manufacturers and two primary operating systems each, with a long list of older supported versions. However, investing time and resources upfront to adequately manage devices will help deliver quality throughout the testing process and ultimately save your team time down the road. View more...Agile Transformation — Gaining Executive Leadership SupportAggregated on: 2023-05-05 21:45:28 As an executive leader, I know Agile can produce great results. Why would I not want to jump on board the bandwagon? My organization can do more with the same amount of people. All we need to do is change some processes that we use. I encourage or direct my groups to implement a new framework to accelerate all the above improvements and come back to me with a budget for what it will take. The opposite side of the coin can also be proper. Why would executives expect that implementing Agile would take this level of change? Did anyone tell them how the organization needs to change and how much they will need to be involved in the transformation? Probably not. View more...Choosing the Right Azure Storage ServiceAggregated on: 2023-05-05 21:15:28 Azure Storage is Microsoft's cloud-based storage solution. It goes beyond traditional file storage, offering a comprehensive range of modern storage services. In this article, we will explore the various services available and their specific use cases, enabling you to select the service that best suits your needs. Azure Blob Storage: Storing Unstructured Data With Ease Azure Blob Storage is a powerful and scalable storage service designed specifically for storing unstructured data. Whether it's images, videos, documents, backups, logs, or any other type of file, Blob Storage provides a cost-effective and reliable solution for managing vast amounts of data in the cloud. View more...Efficient Sharing Data in AnsibleAggregated on: 2023-05-05 20:45:28 In certain scenarios, you may need to retrieve data from a cloud provider or perform complex calculations, which can be time-consuming. Let’s assume you use an API for launching a virtual machine, and then you would like to reuse data and share among other roles. We assume, in the beginning, we don’t know the IP address of the machine. Once we know the IP, we want to launch configuring only one machine. For different reasons. It might be the speeding up of the execution and the desire not to waste time. Example 1: YAML - name: Configure frontends hosts: frontends gather_facts: no roles: - Create users - Setup sshd - name: Configure backends hosts: backends gather_facts: no roles: - Create users - Setup sshd View more...Unleashing the Power of Generative AI: A Game-Changer for Next-Generation Recommender SystemsAggregated on: 2023-05-05 20:15:28 Recommender systems have become indispensable tools for users seeking relevant and personalized content in today's information-saturated landscape. Generative AI, a rapidly advancing subfield of artificial intelligence, holds the potential to revolutionize recommender systems by overcoming their limitations and enhancing their capabilities. This article delves into the various ways generative AI can contribute to more efficient, versatile, and accurate recommender systems. 1. Background: Generative AI and Recommender Systems Generative AI models, including Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) and Variational Autoencoders (VAEs), excel at generating novel, high-quality data by learning from existing samples. Their ability to create new data can significantly benefit recommender systems, which rely on data to understand user preferences and make accurate suggestions. View more...Integrating Customer 360 Systems With GPT APIs: A Technical Architecture PerspectiveAggregated on: 2023-05-05 20:15:28 Customer 360 is a comprehensive approach to understanding and managing customer data across multiple touchpoints. It is essential for organizations to have a holistic view of their customers' interactions, preferences, and needs in order to deliver personalized experiences and services. Integrating AI-powered language models like GPT APIs can significantly enhance the capabilities of Customer 360 systems, adding value through natural language processing, text generation, and data analysis. This article dives into the technical architecture of integrating GPT APIs with Customer 360 systems, exploring various integration approaches, architectural components, and use cases. Understanding GPT APIs GPT (Generative Pre-trained Transformer) APIs are a set of web services that provide access to powerful AI language models. These models, like OpenAI's GPT series, have the ability to generate human-like text, analyze content, and make predictions based on input data. In the context of Customer 360 systems, GPT APIs can be used for tasks such as customer sentiment analysis, content generation, and automating customer support responses. View more...What Developers Need to Know About the Price Checker AppAggregated on: 2023-05-05 19:45:28 Mobile apps and tools have become an integral part of our daily activities; the apps and tools development industry is steadily becoming very lucrative. Developers leave no stone unturned to ensure governments, organizations, and individuals conduct less stressful transactions. According to Statista, the number of mobile devices worldwide should hit 18.22 billion in 2025; the statistics show that more people are reverting to mobile devices and will need relevant tools to carry out their daily routines. One critical area people need tools for is making their purchases, as most purchases are online. View more...Surviving SVB's Collapse and Outsmarting Uber with Kyte's Head of Product and Engineering, Nick CobbAggregated on: 2023-05-05 19:45:28 It hasn't been smooth sailing for startups this year. As this week's guest Nick Cobb puts it, "You can add bank runs to the list of things founders have to deal with." Of course, it hasn't been easy going for engineering leaders either. That's why Nick, the VP of Engineering and Head of Product at Kyte, sat down with us to discuss how to build an engineering culture with a bias toward action, why he deleted his team's staging environment, and what it takes to outmaneuver his former employer, Uber. View more...Apache Kafka + Apache Flink = Match Made in HeavenAggregated on: 2023-05-05 17:30:28 Apache Kafka and Apache Flink are increasingly joining forces to build innovative real-time stream processing applications. This blog post explores the benefits of combining both open-source frameworks, shows unique differentiators of Flink versus Kafka, and discusses when to use a Kafka-native streaming engine like Kafka Streams instead of Flink. The Tremendous Adoption of Apache Kafka and Apache Flink Apache Kafka became the de facto standard for data streaming. The core of Kafka is messaging at any scale in combination with a distributed storage (= commit log) for reliable durability, decoupling of applications, and replayability of historical data. View more...Server-Side Rendering in Rust: A Dall.E Use-CaseAggregated on: 2023-05-05 16:30:28 Last week, I decided to see the capabilities of OpenAI's image generation. However, I noticed that one has to pay to use the web interface, while the API was free, even though rate-limited. Dall.E offers Node.js and Python samples, but I wanted to keep learning Rust. So far, I've created a REST API. In this post, I want to describe how you can create a Web app with server-side rendering. The Context Tokio is a runtime for asynchronous programming for Rust; Axum is a web framework that leverages the former. I already used Axum for the previous REST API, so I decided to continue. View more...Top Six React Development ToolsAggregated on: 2023-05-05 01:00:26 React, a popular JavaScript library for building user interfaces, has gained widespread adoption among web developers due to its flexibility, performance, and reusability. As React applications become more complex, having the right tools in your arsenal can greatly enhance your productivity and streamline your development workflow. View more...Protecting Your Server Room: 5 Best Practices for Physical SecurityAggregated on: 2023-05-05 00:15:26 Welcome to the world of server rooms — the beating heart of every digital enterprise. Whether you're an entrepreneur or a seasoned IT professional, you know that the security of your server room is of utmost importance. Without adequate physical security measures, your servers are vulnerable to theft, vandalism, and damage from natural disasters. Within the realm of safeguarding server rooms, a multifaceted approach to physical security is necessary, encompassing four distinct strata of fortification: namely, perimeter security, facility controls, computer room controls, and cabinet controls. The following are various physical security practices that may effectively preserve the sanctity and security of server rooms. View more...ClickHouse: A Blazingly Fast DBMS With Full SQL Join Support — Under the Hood — Part 2Aggregated on: 2023-05-05 00:15:26 In our previous post, we reviewed the SQL JOIN types that are available in ClickHouse. As a reminder: ClickHouse comes with full SQL Join Support. In this post, we’ll explore the internals of join execution in ClickHouse, so that you can optimize joins for queries used by your applications. Here, you’ll see how ClickHouse integrates these classical join algorithms into its query pipeline in order to execute the join types as fast as possible. View more...Generating MongoDB Annotations for Java POJOs from JSON Schema Using the JSONSchema2Pojo PluginAggregated on: 2023-05-04 23:30:26 MongoDB is a popularly used NoSQL database that stores data in a document format. Each record in MongoDB is a collection of key-value pairs. JSONSchema2Pojo is a popular Java tool that generates Java classes from JSON schema, which are typically used for data serialization and deserialization. While this plugin generates Jackson annotations for serialization and deserialization by default, it's also possible to utilize it for generating custom annotations. In this article, we will demonstrate how to generate MongoDB annotations using this plugin. When working with MongoDB, Java objects are commonly used to represent collections and documents. To insert data into MongoDB using the Spring framework, it's necessary to generate POJO classes based on the collection schema. The Spring framework is a popular Java framework used to build backend applications and provides support for MongoDB integration. View more...Three Tips for Success as Product and Engineering GrowAggregated on: 2023-05-04 23:30:26 Building a new version of your product is an exciting endeavor, but it can also be an overwhelming one. In the earliest days of a startup, there tends to be little formal structure in place, which is usually for the best! Everyone’s wearing numerous hats and just trying to get the product and company off the ground. It’s a time of innovation and creativity. When we built the first version of our product, we didn’t have a dedicated product team. That changed with version two, bringing new opportunities and challenges along with it. Through trial and error, we moved through several iterations of workflow, communication, and reporting. The key was balancing input from both the engineering and product teams while also balancing planning and innovation. We learned a lot from this endeavor and, in addition to successfully updating our core offering, gained some important insights about how to set yourself up for success even (and especially) as your company grows. View more...Building and Deploying Serverless Applications With OpenFaaSAggregated on: 2023-05-04 23:30:26 Serverless computing is gaining more and more popularity in the software development industry these days. It provides a way to build and deploy applications without worrying about the underlying infrastructure. One of the most popular open-source serverless platforms is OpenFaaS. In this article, we will discuss the basics of building and deploying serverless applications with OpenFaaS. What Is OpenFaaS? OpenFaaS (Functions as a Service) is an open-source framework that allows developers to build and deploy serverless functions on any cloud or on-premises infrastructure. It is built on top of Docker and Kubernetes, which means it can be deployed on any platform that supports Docker containers. OpenFaaS provides a simple and easy-to-use interface for developers to write, package, and deploy serverless functions. View more...How To Run the Latest Version of PostgreSQL Using DockerAggregated on: 2023-05-04 22:00:26 What Is PostgreSQL? PostgreSQL, commonly referred to as "Postgres," is an ORDBMS that prioritizes extensibility and adherence to standards. Its main purpose as a database server is to securely store data and retrieve it upon request from software applications, whether they are on the same machine or on a network. Postgres is capable of handling workloads of varying sizes, ranging from small single-machine applications to large, internet-facing applications with multiple users. Additionally, recent versions of Postgres offer database replication for enhanced security and scalability. PostgreSQL is a highly versatile database management system that adheres to the SQL:2011 standard and follows the ACID compliance model, which ensures reliable and accurate data transactions. It utilizes multi-version concurrency control (MVCC) to avoid locking issues and provides immunity to dirty reads and full serializability. PostgreSQL supports a wide range of SQL queries using advanced indexing methods not available in other databases. It also offers features such as updateable views, materialized views, triggers, foreign keys, support functions, and stored procedures. Furthermore, PostgreSQL is highly extensible and offers a plethora of third-party extensions. It can also migrate data from major proprietary and open-source databases using standard SQL support and migration tools. The software's extensibility allows it to emulate many proprietary extensions through built-in and third-party open-source compatibility extensions, such as those for Oracle. View more...CPU Optimization in Virtual EnvironmentAggregated on: 2023-05-04 21:30:26 In recent years, virtualization has become an increasingly popular way of managing computing resources, enabling users to run multiple operating systems and applications on a single machine. While virtualization offers many benefits, such as better resource utilization and greater flexibility, it can also pose challenges when it comes to optimizing the performance of the CPU. In this article, we will explore some of the key factors that can impact CPU performance in virtual environments and offer tips for optimizing CPU utilization. View more...Build an Automated Product Classifier Using Open Source Tools and Amazon SageMakerAggregated on: 2023-05-04 21:30:26 In the world of e-commerce, product reviews are essential for fostering client trust and loyalty. However, manually reading through tens of thousands of user evaluations to identify recurring themes and sentiments may be a time-consuming and daunting endeavor. Here comes the role of automatic product classifiers. Using machine learning techniques, an automated product classifier may categorize user reviews based on specified categories or feelings. In this blog article, we will discuss the process of developing an automated product classifier using a pre-trained machine learning (ML) model, Hugging Face, and Amazon SageMaker. The automated product classifier will read user reviews to evaluate if they could be valuable to other users. We will examine the advantages of this method and present a step-by-step tutorial for constructing your own automatic product classifier. How Do You Define a ‘Useful’ Product Review? If you visit an online retail website and look at a product, you’ll see reviews of that product from people who have bought it. On Amazon.com, for example, reviewers can rate the product out of 5 stars and leave a comment about it. Other users of the site can read these reviews and highlight if they found the review useful. View more...ChatGPT Integration With Analytic Database Enables Conversational QueriesAggregated on: 2023-05-04 19:45:26 Kinetica has just introduced the first analytics database to integrate with ChatGPT. This gives users, even “citizen data scientists” and business owners, the opportunity to ask any question about their proprietary data. I was able to ask Nima Negahban, co-founder and CEO at Kinetica, some questions leading up to the release of their new offering. View more...Are Recommender Systems Fair? A Critical Look at the Challenges and SolutionsAggregated on: 2023-05-04 19:45:26 Recommender systems have become an integral part of our daily lives, powering the personalized recommendations that we receive on social media, e-commerce platforms, and streaming services. These systems are designed to make our lives easier by suggesting products, services, and content that are relevant to our interests and preferences. However, as powerful as these systems are, they are not perfect, and there are concerns about their fairness, especially in terms of how they impact marginalized groups. In this article, we will explore the concept of fairness in recommender systems, the challenges involved in achieving fairness, and the approaches that have been proposed to address these challenges. View more...NewRelic Logs With Logback on Azure CloudAggregated on: 2023-05-04 18:45:26 Those who work with NewRelic logs for Java applications probably know that the user of an agent might be the most flexible and convenient way to collect log data and gather different application metrics, like CPU and memory usage and execution time. However, to run a Java application with the agent, we need access to an application execution unit (like a jar or Docker image) and control an execution runtime (e.g., an image with JVM on Kubernetes). Having such access, we can set up Java command line arguments, including necessary configurations for the agent. Though, Azure Cloud-managed services, such as Azure Data Factory (ADF) or Logic Apps, do not have "tangible" executed artifacts nor execution environments. Such services are fully managed, and their execution runtimes are virtual. For these services, Azure suggests using Insights and Monitor to collect logs, metrics, and events to create alerts. But if your company has a separate solution for centralized log collection, like NewRelic, it could be a challenge to integrate managed services with an external logging framework. View more...Why APIs Will Be This Year’s Most Targeted ServiceAggregated on: 2023-05-04 17:45:26 Cybersecurity threats are front of mind for many organizations, and with good reason. Cybercrime is rising and is expected to reach a staggering $10.5 trillion annually by 2025. API exploits are an all-too-common approach and will be the most targeted service in 2023. The Rise of APIs APIs are the unsung heroes in a digital-first world, facilitating many critical aspects of our personal and professional lives. Now more than ever, APIs are the backbone of business operations as organizations embrace cloud-based models and use apps for critical business functions. View more...Building and Deploying Microservices With Spring Boot and DockerAggregated on: 2023-05-04 16:30:26 Building and deploying microservices with Spring Boot and Docker has become a popular approach for developing scalable and resilient applications. Microservices architecture involves breaking down an application into smaller, individual services that can be developed and deployed independently. This approach allows for faster development, easier maintenance, and better scalability. Spring Boot is a popular Java framework for building microservices. It provides a simple, efficient way to create standalone, production-grade Spring-based applications. Docker, on the other hand, is a containerization platform that allows developers to package their applications and dependencies into lightweight containers that can run on any platform. View more...Building a Flask Web Application With Docker: A Step-by-Step GuideAggregated on: 2023-05-04 15:30:26 Flask is a popular web framework for building web applications in Python. Docker is a platform that allows developers to package and deploy applications in containers. In this tutorial, we'll walk through the steps to build a Flask web application using Docker. Prerequisites Before we begin, you must have Docker installed on your machine. You can download the appropriate version for your operating system from the official Docker website. Additionally, it would help if you had a basic understanding of Flask and Python. View more...Why Backup Jira: Is There Any Risk of Data Loss?Aggregated on: 2023-05-04 15:00:26 If you work in IT, then you definitely know why using such tools as Jira is more than a must. Let’s look at the numbers that Atlassian gives us… over 65K companies worldwide rely on Jira Software. Unfortunately, though, have they caught themselves on the thought that it is safe enough? What will the CTO, IT manager, or software house owner do if the Atlassian outage takes place? Well, an outage isn’t the only risk that leads to data loss… But let’s come to this issue a little bit later, and now let’s heat up the importance of data protection by figuring out why Jira is so necessary for our development process. How Do Teams Benefit From Jira? Jira greatly simplifies task management and takes on project managers’ requirements, like workflow estimation, project analytics, and many more. View more...How to Handle SSL Certificates In Selenium WebDriver?Aggregated on: 2023-05-04 13:30:26 We often access a website on our browser, which works fine. But when you try to access the same while automating it using Selenium WebDriver, the website is not loaded, and the browser shows a security error like “The connection is not secure” or “This connection is Untrusted.” The reason for this is the missing SSL certificates used to add a layer of security to the website. View more...Continuous Integration in AWS Using Jenkins Pipelines: Best Practices and StrategiesAggregated on: 2023-05-04 01:30:26 Developing and releasing new software versions is an ongoing process that demands careful attention to detail. The ability to monitor and analyze the entire process is critical for identifying any potential issues and implementing effective corrective measures. The concept of continuous integration becomes relevant at this point. View more...Revolutionize JSON Parsing in Java With ManifoldAggregated on: 2023-05-03 21:30:26 Java developers have often envied JavaScript for its ease of parsing JSON. Although Java offers more robustness, it tends to involve more work and boilerplate code. Thanks to the Manifold project, Java now has the potential to outshine JavaScript in parsing and processing JSON files. Manifold is a revolutionary set of language extensions for Java that completely changes the way we handle JSON (and much more). Getting Started With Manifold The code for this tutorial can be found on my GitHub page. Manifold is relatively young but already vast in its capabilities. You can learn more about the project on their website and Slack channel. To begin, you'll need to install the Manifold plugin, which is currently only available for JetBrains IDEs. The project supports LTS releases of Java, including the latest JDK 19. View more...Kubernetes Add-On Lifecycle Management With SveltosAggregated on: 2023-05-03 21:30:26 Kubernetes itself is not a complete solution. To build a production cluster, you need various additional add-ons. If you are managing multiple clusters, that is not an easy task. Sveltos is an open-source project that provides declarative APIs allowing the deployment of Kubernetes add-ons across multiple Kubernetes clusters. Both Helm charts and resource YAMLs can be passed to Sveltos. View more...Here’s What Defines 2023 for Mac App DevelopersAggregated on: 2023-05-03 21:00:26 For the seventh year in a row, Setapp surveys Mac developers about the state of the industry. From AI to app distribution challenges, developers share their take. As app developers, we know that knowing what everyone else is doing is key to effective work and bringing useful products to market. This year, Setapp talked to 701 developers from across the globe about app distribution, development, AI (yes, including ChatGPT), the impact of global events, and future plans. View more...The Benefits of Implementing GitOps in Your CI/CD PipelineAggregated on: 2023-05-03 21:00:26 If you are thinking about incorporating GitOps into your digital transformation strategy, it is likely that you are seeking to simplify your internal production environment procedures. In this article, we will present the advantages of GitOps and demonstrate how it promotes proper delegation of workflow responsibilities within teams and enhances transparency throughout the development process. Implementing Continous Deployment with GitOps Cloud-native applications are now being implemented with Continuous Deployment by companies using GitOps. GitOps can simplify the deployment of cloud-native applications in real-time by providing a single source of truth for declarative infrastructure and workloads, thereby helping software development teams. GitOps is an operational framework that utilizes DevOps and is considered to be a best practices tool for improving infrastructure automation in DevOps. View more...Why Developers Should Care About FinOpsAggregated on: 2023-05-03 21:00:26 As the world of cloud computing continues to evolve, the need for effective FinOps strategies is becoming increasingly important. In this article, we will explore the critical role of developers in effective FinOps strategies and the benefits of FinOps for technical expertise and career growth. Defining FinOps: Why Developers Are Critical to the Equation Let's begin by briefly revisiting the definition of FinOps. View more...Getting Started With Prometheus Workshop: Using Advanced QueriesAggregated on: 2023-05-03 20:30:26 Are you looking to get away from proprietary instrumentation? Are you interested in open-source observability but lack the knowledge to just dive right in? This workshop is for you, designed to expand your knowledge and understanding of open-source observability tooling that is available to you today. View more...Zipping up the Lambda Architecture for Faster PerformanceAggregated on: 2023-05-03 20:30:26 The Lambda architecture has been common practice in big data processing. The concept is to separate stream (real-time data), and batch (offline data) processing, and that's exactly what we did. These two types of data of ours were processed in two isolated tubes before they were pooled together and ready for searches and queries. Then we run into a few problems: View more...Privacy Risk of ChatGPT for Software DevelopersAggregated on: 2023-05-03 20:30:26 ChatGPT is a relatively new technology that is set to revolutionize how software developers interact with AI. With its ability to generate code autonomously from text, ChatGPT could drastically reduce development time and complexity while allowing developers an unprecedented level of control over their projects. However, despite the advantages it provides all users, one question persists: what privacy risks does chatGPT introduce for software developers? According to ExpressVPN, no matter what type of tool or solution you use for software development projects, data privacy is significantly important to protect your data from marketing companies and malicious persons. View more...What Are Events? Always 'Decoupled'Aggregated on: 2023-05-03 18:45:26 In January 2021, I wrote that Event Driven Architecture (EDA) should be "Always Asynchronous." At precisely the same time, I argued that "the concept that we are actually trying to explain when we use the term 'Asynchronous' — within the context of EDA — might be better termed: 'Monologueous Communication'" (where no response is ever required). Nonetheless, 'Asynchronous' remains the dominant term in use today, and it was never certain that 'Monologueous Communication' was a good replacement. As the months have passed, however, I see more and more clearly how using the term 'Asynchronous' represents a major obstacle to our shared comprehension of EDA. Let me give you an almost unbelievable example that I witnessed from the CTO of the global computing giant AWS at its recent re: Invent Summit in December 2022. Of course, it goes without saying that the CTO of AWS is as well placed as anyone in the world to explain to an ignorant public was 'Asynchronous' actually means, for which reason I find this example so incredibly useful (please do not take it as a pointless exercise in AWS-bashing). View more... |
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