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In recent years, API use, and reliance on web services has increased. Here's a list of 12 awesome web service testing tools to aid your API and web service journey.

February 24, 2016

by NaveenKumar Namachivayam

CORE

· 299,590 Views · 38 Likes

Choosing a Microservices Deployment Strategy Part 6

Here's part 6 of our microservices architecture, with a focus on deployment strategy!

February 23, 2016

by Chris Richardson

· 44,570 Views · 9 Likes

Stoplight.io: A Very Cool API Modelling and Proxy Tool

Spotlight.io is a new API and modeling tool, and has some neat features. Here's a quick introductory overview of Spotlight, and cool services such as automatic generation of an OpenAPI Spec.

February 22, 2016

by Kin Lane

· 9,396 Views · 5 Likes

Microservice Performance Patterns

Microservices-based systems are increasingly prevalent. Here's a look at five common microservice-specific performance challenges and how to meet them.

February 22, 2016

by Rohit Dhall

· 31,397 Views · 23 Likes

REST API Documentation Using JAXRS-ANALYZER

Here;s a look at REST API documentation with the JAXRS-Analyzer. API documents are by default technical catalogs, and developers must have instructions fir requesting service from platforms or systems.

February 20, 2016

by Sam Sepassi

· 29,516 Views · 18 Likes

Inter-Process Communication in a Microservices Architecture

In part 3 of our building microservices series, let's explore inter-process communication in a microservices architecture!

February 20, 2016

by Chris Richardson

· 129,676 Views · 51 Likes

Real-time Data Pipelines with Kafka Connect

Information about Kafka Connect sourced from Spark Summit East 2016.

February 19, 2016

by Tim Spann

CORE

· 16,114 Views · 5 Likes

Four Easy Steps to Set Up Multi-Store in OpenCart

OpenCart is one of the most popular eCommerce platforms available on the market today. In this article, we will walk through the simple steps involved in setting up the multi-store feature using a single OpenCart installation.

February 19, 2016

by Saumil Shah

· 9,532 Views · 2 Likes

Loading Data Into Azure SQL Data Warehouse

I’m not an ETL expert. In fact, I haven’t done any professional ETL work for several years. My skills are, at best, rusty. With this in mind, I knew I’d have a hard time extracting data from a local database in order to move it up to Azure SQL Data Warehouse. Read on to hear about my journey.

February 18, 2016

by Grant Fritchey

· 14,022 Views · 6 Likes

The Most Important Elements of Cloud-Based Applications

Scalability, security, cost savings, integration/connectivity, and stability/availability are all important elements of cloud-based applications.

February 18, 2016

by Tom Smith

CORE

· 8,750 Views · 3 Likes

Expecting Failures in Microservices and Working Around Them

Learn more about microservice failures, and ways to circumvent failures in this excerpt from "Microservices in .NET."

February 17, 2016

by Christian Horsdal

· 28,300 Views · 7 Likes

Making the Impossible Possible with Tachyon: Accelerate Spark Jobs from Hours to Seconds

Barclays Data Scientist Gianmario Spacagna and Harry Powell, Head of Advanced Analytics, describe how they iteratively process raw data directly from the central data warehouse into Spark and how Tachyon is their key enabling technology.

February 16, 2016

by Henry Powell

· 37,233 Views · 8 Likes

Write JUnit Tests in Spring With Mocked and Real Objects

How to use mocked and non-mocked data to write unit tests using the free and open source JUnit framework.

February 16, 2016

by Saravanan Kandasamy

· 16,532 Views · 7 Likes

Graph Databases 101

Let’s talk about graph databases. Some industry watchers claim that they are the fastest-growing type of database. If so, maybe it’s useful to know more about them. So, let's start with the basics: what is a graph database, and what is it useful for?

February 16, 2016

by Adnan Khaleel

· 14,025 Views · 14 Likes

What’s the Difference Between OLTP and OLAP?

As you plan your analytics and data architecture on AWS, you may get confused between Redshift and Aurora. Both are advertised to be scalable and performant. Both are supposedly better than incumbents. Both have optically inspired names. So, what’s the difference?

February 16, 2016

by Kiyoto Tamura

· 16,961 Views · 4 Likes

Running AWS Lambda Functions in AWS CodePipeline Using CloudFormation

Recently, AWS announced that they’ve added support for triggering AWS Lambda functions into AWS CodePipeline–AWS’ Continuous Delivery service. In this article, I’ll describe how I codified the provisioning of all of the AWS resources in the documentation using CloudFormation.

February 12, 2016

by Paul Duvall

· 17,126 Views · 1 Like

Executives' Perspectives on the Evolution of Data Management

Data management has evolved very rapidly since the introduction of Hadoop and big data.

February 12, 2016

by Tom Smith

CORE

· 5,379 Views · 1 Like

The SOLID Principles in Real Life

You're likely familiar with the SOLID principles. Here's a breakdown of the SOLID principles in a real-world setting.

February 12, 2016

by Erik Dietrich

· 227,409 Views · 110 Likes

Enable Docker Remote API on Docker Machine on Mac OS X

Check out how to enable the Docker Remote REST API on a Docker Machine running on Mac OS X in this neat tutorial!

February 12, 2016

by Arun Gupta

· 9,285 Views · 2 Likes

Create a JSON API REST Service With Spring Boot and Elide

Learn how to make a HSON API REST service using Elide and Spring Boot in this awesome tutorial. The JSON API is a great specification for developers, and is getting much more popular.

February 11, 2016

by Matthew Casperson

· 70,834 Views · 10 Likes

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