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February 2021

C++ Microservices in Docker

Microservices have become a popular way to architect applications, particularly those that compose functionality from a variety of loosely coupled systems and services. While there are a variety of frameworks and tools for implementing a microservice architecture, it isn’t always clear how to expose native code like C or C++ code within a wider microservice system. That’s where HydraExpress comes in.

Why you should use Central Error Logging Services

Logs are vital for every application that runs in a server environment. Logs provide essential information which points to whether the current system is operating properly. Looking through logs, you will gather data on system issues, errors, and trends. However, it is not feasible to manually look up errors on various servers across thousands of log files. The solution? Central errors logging services.

What's new? Winter Release 2021

Winter is clearly over here, the sun is shining, which means it is time to sum up everything that is new in the Tideways Winter 2021 release. Aside from this blog post explaining the new features in detail and the documentation, we also invite you to our 30 minute webinar "New Features and Improvements launched in Winter 2021" scheduled for 4th March 2021, 15:00 Europe/Berlin. The webinar will also include an exclusive intro to two brand new features that are launching into Beta next week.

5 ways the best mobile teams use release trains for increased speed and efficiency

Releasing with speed and confidence is every mobile team’s dream. To help you on that journey, mobile release trains can introduce a quicker release model and faster mobile cycles — making distributed development teams, that work on different parts of an application, become more aligned — regardless of their size.

Guide to Pub/Sub in Golang

If you’ve ever used Go before, the concepts of Publish/Subscribe should be fairly familiar to you. It is much like how goroutines communicate over channels between each other, the idea boils down to allowing for such a channel to have multiple ‘subscribers’ receive messages sent on the channel. This paradigm can be powerful when used right, allowing for a cut down of complexity from both the publisher and subscriber side, as well as fast asynchronous communication.

Writing your scripts in Java and Kotlin with Bitrise

If you are familiar with Bitrise you probably already used the Script Step to do something in your CI workflow. There are multiple options for the language of your script, by default it is a bash script, but the description of the step also mentions Go, Ruby or Python. Although it does not mention Java or Kotlin, I will show you in the next few minutes how to do it!

How to Log the Web Vitals Of a Next.js App Using Bugfender

Next.js is a complete React framework that provides a rich experience for developers in building web applications. You get a fast and reliable refresh on code changes, support for TypeScript and the ability to create a hybrid static and server-side rendered page. The file system and API routing features make it a go-to React solution for server-side applications.

Detailed Beginners Guide To NoSQL vs SQL

While SQL has been the big dog since the 70s in terms of database management, NoSQL has really come into its own since the late 2000s. In fact, NoSQL has become a powerful and important tool for data analysis and data scientists. To that end, we wanted to take a look at what NoSQL actually is, what are the benefits over SQL, and what are the different data models.

ASP.NET Performance: 9 Types of Tools You Need to Know!

One of the best things about being a .NET developer is all the amazing ASP.NET performance tools that can make your life easier. This blog post is a list of the various types of ASP.NET performance tools at your disposal for finding and optimizing ASP.NET performance problems. Depending on the task, some of these tools will be much better than the others.

The Bare Necessities of Live Application Debugging

As R&D managers, we want to make sure our developers are happy and efficient. We want to ensure that they have the bare necessities they require to develop the best applications, whether it be the right desktops, the right headset, the right brand of coffee, and as many cookies as our budget can afford.

Xplenty and Package Version Control

Version Control is a critical component of any software development team, particularly if you're collaborating with a large group of individuals. When done right, Version Control will help you track changes over time, like scheduling specific versions to accommodate the development of new features and bug fixes. You can even rollback to a specific version with ease as you continue testing.

Announcing The 2021 State of Software Code Report

When Cory Virok and I started Rollbar in 2012, we knew something was lacking in how software was being built. Developers continue to get better everyday at building applications — the widespread adoption of microservices architectures and open source are evidence of this. But, we realized something was still holding us back. And that was how we track and fix bugs.

15 Tips for Better Python Performance

Introduced in 1991, Python has grown to become a versatile and reliable programming language for modern computing requirements. Python is a powerful language used in web development, data science, software prototype creation, and much more. One of the best qualities of this language is it’s easy to learn and uniform across many use-cases.

New Leader to a Team? 3 Metrics for Delivering Value.

The President of the USA has a 100 days to prove himself. You only have 90 if you have taken over a new leadership position. If you can’t build a suitable positive new momentum during this time, there might be hard work ahead of you or your leadership might even be doomed to failure. — The First 90 Days: Proven Strategies for Getting Up to Speed Faster and Smarter

Relationship Goals: Ignite Your Dev-Product Relationship

The R&D team at every company is made up of a variety of personalities- developers, tech leads, team leads, you name it. The Product team is also quite a diverse group and is usually made up of creative UI/UX designers and product managers. When you throw them together, you get a meaningful relationship that creates magical features for top-notch products.

NodeSource brings C++ API to N|Solid!

NodeSource is excited to announce C++ API - Beta! 🥳 With this new API, you will be able to use all the features and power of N|Solid with your own C++ code. In case you missed it, NodeSource also launched JS API which allows you to have all the metrics and functionality of the N|Solid console using your own JavaScript code programmatically.

The Best Podcasts for Developers

Check out the web story version: The 8 Best Podcast For Developers. Software developers probably form one of the most tight-knit professional communities on the planet. Despite the enormous diversity within the industry, it is very easy to find common interests like coding trends, personal development, entrepreneurship and design. Most of us at Bugfender are software developers ourselves and one of the channels we use to share our interests are podcasts.

How to Steer Clear of Application Performance Bottlenecks

We are living in a time where a difference of a mere couple of seconds can make you lose your business to another company with a faster, more easily accessible web application. In such a highly competitive space, it is important to squeeze out the maximum amount of performance from your application’s software stack and hardware infrastructure.

PagerDuty integration with N|Solid

In the latest version of NSolid v4.4.2 NodeSource introduced the new PagerDuty integration that allows users to configure message notifications that are automatically triggered when your Node.js application experiences critical performance, lifecycle, and/or security events in production. This ensures DevOps professionals looking after applications running in production, can be notified on time about new performance and security issues.

The Complete Guide to Microservices

Microservices, also known as microservices architecture, refers to a method of designing and developing software systems. Microservice architecture is becoming increasingly popular as developers create larger and more advanced apps. The goal is to help enterprises become more Agile, especially as they adopt a culture of continuous testing. Here are the basic features of microservices.

Developer Tooling for Kubernetes in 2021 - IntelliJ, VSCode, Gitpod, and Lens (Part 3)

Over the last few days, I have been hard at work writing an up to date comparison of Kubernetes tooling (check out the first and second posts if you haven’t already, which cover tools that help you reproduce issues locally). Going through the sprawling Kubernetes ecosystem and curating the knowledge that would be the most interesting to fellow developers and engineering managers has been no small task. That’s why section 3 will cover the heart of cloud-native development: the IDE.

Developer Tooling for Kubernetes in 2021 - Docker, BuildKit, Buildpacks, Jib, and Kaniko (Part 4)

Over the last few blog posts, I have covered critical elements of developer tooling for Kubernetes and how things are looking in 2021. As we continue to dive into that discussion, we must not forget the process of building container images. Of course, most of us create our images by writing Dockerfiles and building them with the Docker engine. And yet, more and more teams are adopting newer alternatives.

Improving Node.js Application Performance With Clustering

When building a production application, you are usually on the lookout for ways to optimize its performance while keeping any possible trade-offs in mind. In this post, we’ll take a look at an approach that can give you a quick win when it comes to improving the way your Node.js apps handle the workload. An instance of Node.js runs in a single thread which means that on a multi-core system (which most computers are these days), not all cores will be utilized by the app.

Node By Numbers 2020

2020 has been a remarkable year, full of change and reinvention. Yet one thing remains the same, NodeSource Node.js binary downloads keep increasing month by month, providing millions of users around the world with the power of Node.js. Node By Numbers 2020 gives us important insights into the usage of Node.js across Linux environments and the Node.js community in general.

How to Debug Your Site Performance With Chrome

It’s now more than 30 years since the first website was born. Its purpose, you ask? To provide information about the World Wide Web, of course. In the three decades that have elapsed since then, we’ve created around 6 billion more websites. Some, like that inaugural site about the internet itself, are devoted to providing information. Others allow us to buy and sell products. Others give us access to photos, videos and other forms of media.