Whether you're deploying to production, running tests on CI, or creating a standardized dev environment, containers are handy. In this article, Geshan shows us how to containerize an existing Laravel app with docker.

Every once in a while when browsing through open-source code, you will probably have come across internal functions that are either imported implicitly with use function array_map; like here in Doctrine or prefixed with the global namespace separator, for example \is_string($foo) like in Symfony. Curious beings as we are, you might wonder as did I: Why are they doing this? Do function calls not automatically fall back into the global namespace?

In our previous blog posts covering our in-house Security Orchestration, Automation & Response (SOAR) application, we described the basic building blocks for the system and the steps we took to orchestrate interactions between a number of security tools. While building orchestration, we already introduced a significant amount of Automation powering features like threat intelligence collection and event polling.

You might think that each marketer uniquely implements their landing page. However, there is a formula for landing page optimization, and following best practices will get you a healthy conversion rate. Even if you want a one-of-a-kind landing page, using tried-and-true principles will improve your results.

The NoSuchFieldError is an error in Java that occurs when a specified field does not exist. It is thrown when an application attempts to access or modify a field of an object or a static field of a class but the object or class no longer contains that field. The NoSuchFieldError only occurs during runtime if the definition of a class has changed incompatibly. Since it is thrown at runtime, it does not need to be declared in the throws clause of a method or constructor.

Interested in taking your product to the next stage of growth but have missing metrics? We understand that as a startup, companies are laser focused on getting their product out the door. Founding teams today don’t want to (or need to) create their own user management, billing, or other analytics tools. By forging partnerships with best-in-breed providers, startups can take advantage of these analytical tools without wasting engineering manpower to create in-house toolkits.

What’s the most crucial part of building a website? Of course, you need to create a stunning user interface (UI) that grabs and retains the attention of new visitors. Also, you need to publish a diverse array of high-quality content to establish your website’s authority and credibility. Then there’s the aspect of brainstorming new marketing strategies to drive organic traffic to your website.

We recently talked to Angie Jones in a podcast episode dedicated to best practices in software testing. In this article, drawing on our previous discussion, we’ll share her thoughts about the main factors to consider to build a comprehensive test automation strategy.

API monetization is a great way to recoup your investment into your API programs. Without direct monetization, you’re dependent on other sources of capital to grow the program, such as other profit centers or venture capital. If you’re not directly monetizing your APIs, you could be leaving money on the table. This can be especially true if you don’t have any limits in place and lean on the honor system.

In this blog post, you can find a list and description of dependencies and other host Specs inside package.json. The dependencies in your project's package.json allow the project to install the versions of the modules it depends on. By running an install command inside a project, you can install all of the dependencies listed in the project's package.json, meaning they don't have to be (and rarely should be) bundled with the project itself.

In this post we will share show you how you can use some of the new Developers Tools that have been added recently to Google Chrome. Google Chrome Dev Tools is a set of powerful tools that help developers to build better webs.

Node.js is a backend JavaScript runtime built on Chrome's V8 engine that's asynchronous and event-driven by nature. It's relatively simple to create a REST API with Node.js and use frameworks like Express.js. With this simplicity comes a lot of flexibility. However, you can get side-tracked on what patterns to follow when building scalable network-driven applications. This article focuses on some of the patterns and best practices to follow when building Node.js applications.

Debugging is hard, and in some places—like in the cloud, production, or Java Spring—it’s even harder. Moreover, debugging isn’t just about finding or fixing bugs in code. It also allows developers to better understand existing codebases by allowing them to see the flow of the entire application when starting work on a project they’ve just joined, or to refresh their memory before beginning to code new features.

Software prototyping is a commonly known term that carries with it various myths. If we remove all misconceptions and present a simple definition, a software prototype is merely a base product that closely resembles the appearance and functionality of the final software product. However, this is not the case with all types of prototypes. First, you have high-fidelity (HiFi) prototypes that represent the same functionality as the final software in the truest sense.

Choosing the right method to store your data can be a critical decision early in the development process. When deciding on which type of database to choose for your project it really comes down to the data structure you wish to use rather than the specific product or provider. In this blog post, we are going to look at relational and non-relational databases and explore the differences and use cases for both.

Do you need a way to increase your website traffic? Is running your Facebook ads too expensive for you? If so, then we’ve got the perfect solution! Referrals are the best way to get new customers, and they don’t cost anything. Learn how you can use referrals on your own or combine them with other marketing methods to take your business to the next level. Do you want more customers but are not sure where to start? Have no fear!

The unsupported major.minor version error is thrown in Java when a class is compiled using a higher version of the Java Development Kit (JDK) but executed on a lower version of the Java Runtime Environment (JRE). The exact cause is printed on the version e.g. in the case of major.minor version 52.0, the class is compiled using JDK 8 since major version 52 corresponds to Java SE 8. This error can usually be fixed by running the application on the same (or higher) JRE version as the JDK.

Bringing you closer to DevSecOps, the brand new 'Scan with AppSweep' Step on Bitrise makes your apps more secure with continuous security assurance.

WebTransport is a new specification offering an alternative to WebSockets. For applications that need low-latency, event-driven communication between endpoints, WebSockets has been the go-to choice, but WebTransport may change that. WebSockets is a technology that enables bidirectional, full-duplex communication between client and server over a persistent, single-socket connection. This allows for low-latency, realtime updates, and the creation of richer communication and gaming applications.

We are happy to announce our latest addition of out-of-the-box analytics support for software lifecycle DevOps tools: Welcome to the Humanitec Insights connector! Humanitec is the Internal Developer Platform (IDP) that does the heavy lifting of Role-based access control (RBAC), Infrastructure Orchestration, Configuration Management and more. Humanitec’s API platform enables everyone to self-serve infrastructure and operate apps independently.

Modern web UIs are complex. Traditional layout/template/partial techniques are not always the best fit. ViewComponent seeks to provide a better way. It's a framework for creating reusable, testable & encapsulated view components that integrate seamlessly with Rails. In this article, Abiodun Olowode shows us how to use ViewComponent to make our Rails views more manageable.

In a world in which digital transformation is spreading like wildfire, it’s hard for the government to win public trust with bad digital services. In fact, the federal government lags the private sector on customer satisfaction, scoring lower than any other industry or sector studied according to research firm Forrester.

When the global vaccine rollout began in December 2020, many organizations, public and private, projected a safe return to the office by late 2021. But with the rise in COVID-19 cases that resulted from the Delta and Omicron variants, millions of people put these plans on hold, pushed them back, or otherwise adjusted.

Low-code is becoming an increasingly common tool for developers. IDC predicts that the global population of low-code developers will grow at three times the rate of the general developer population over the next four years. For developers, low-code is the beginning of a new era in software development. Rather than replacing other methodologies, it’s a powerful tool to add to your app development toolkit. But what does low-code mean for professional developers?

From the standpoint of understanding and complexity of learning, the idea of execution context has been projected as an advanced JavaScript concept in several circumstances. Yes, if not mastered with the right examples in the proper order, this may appear complex. Every newcomer to JavaScript should understand why confidence in this fundamental concept is so vital. The most fundamental aspect of the JavaScript programming language is the execution context.

Fintech is one of the fastest-growing mobile app categories in the U.S. To stand a chance as a fintech startup, you need to make sure that your fintech app delivers a top-notch experience. Read about the three main things you need to do to get there!

I struggled with two aspects of software development as a junior engineer: structuring large codebases and writing testable code. Test-driven development is such a common technique that is often taken for granted, but it's not always clear how code can be made fully testable. I remember reading examples where an author would cleanly unit test a function, and in principle, it made sense. But real code doesn't look like those examples.

Metered Billing has finally arrived in Moesif and we are super excited to be rolling out this latest feature. We have worked hard to deliver a smooth and simple way to monetize your APIs by allowing usage that is tracked in Moesif to be metered and billed by your favorite billing providers. Moesif can calculate and send usage data to a billing provider so your customers can be billed accurately, based on their usage.

There is a common saying in the software development field: “Repetition is the root of all software evil.” The more you repeat yourself in code, the more likely you are to make mistakes or cause yourself issues down the line when you come to update things. The aim is to keep things DRY!

Most applications need background jobs for mailers, regular clean-ups, or any other time-consuming operation that doesn't require a user to be present. Several gems support job queues and background processing in the Rails world — Delayed Job and Sidekiq being the two most popular ones. In this post, we will take a detailed look at Delayed Job and Sidekiq, including how they fare against each other. Let's go!

In this chapter, we'll give you a kickstart introduction to effectively using package.json with Node.js and npm. The package.json file is core to the Node.js ecosystem and is a fundamental part of understanding and working with Node.js, npm, and even modern JavaScript. This file is used as a manifest, storing information about applications, modules, packages, and more.

Every step of an organization’s customer journey plays a role in overall customer satisfaction. But for insurers facing increased competition from emerging insurtechs, the digital claims experience is perhaps the most crucial to get right. According to EY Global’s Consumer Insurance Survey, 87% of policyholders say the claims experience directly impacts their decision to remain with their insurance provider. To up the ante even further, insurtech funding has been increasing exponentially.

For my sixth birthday, my father brought home a globe of the world. It is the best birthday present I have ever received. We had been reading Stefan Zweig’s masterful book on Magellan together, and together, we traced our fingers along the vast, boundless oceans of our world. We lived in a small, tiny apartment, but with that gift, my imagination soared beyond the confines of our cramped home.

Caching is an essential tool for making web apps go fast. It's easy to implement but difficult to get right. In this article, Ashley Allen shows us how to implement caching using Laravel's built-in system, which supports multiple back-ends like Memcached and Redis.

It’s fair to say that the pandemic has not only wreaked havoc on how individuals live their daily lives but also on how they work. The global changes led to an immediate shift to remote working and unfortunately, not all enterprises were prepared for it. Companies did not have adequate time to prepare and allocate necessary security resources to ensure strong network and device protection for employees working remotely.

The SecurityException is a runtime exception in Java that is thrown by the security manager to indicate a security violation. The SecurityException is an unchecked exception and does not need to be declared in the throws clause of a method or constructor.

While they may seem similar at first glance, Developer Experience (DX) is not just “User Experience (UX) for developers”. Rather, DX is an extension of UX focused on users who build with technical languages and tooling. DX follows the same core principles of UX but extends it by recognizing that technical details and mechanical processes can be understood and utilized efficiently by a developer.

Workflow Recipes provide ready-made solutions for common Workflow tasks. To make your life easier, you can find a range of different Recipes along with examples of entire Workflows.

Guest writer Milica Aleksic shares her tips for making the switch from web to mobile development using React Native.

When looking for modern languages for software development, you might have noticed that Java isn’t exactly the freshest solution out there. But it’s used in virtually all of IT, from client to server, web to mobile, and even machine learning and analytics. Plus, it comes with a good amount of experience spread throughout its communities. For over a decade now, the ecosystem around a JVM has no longer been just about the Java programming language.

Today, npm is a cornerstone of modern web development, whether used exclusively with Node.js as a package manager or as a build tool for the front end. Understanding npm as a tool —particularly the core concepts— can be difficult for beginners. As such, we've written up this guide for getting a grasp on npm, especially for those who are entirely new to Node.js, npm, and the surrounding ecosystem.

There are many testing methods that DevOps teams employ to ensure that they can accurately (or near accurately) gauge the success of their work. Every company that creates software knows that they have to deploy a series of tests on their product before deploying it for the masses.

Arithmetic is at the core of every program and every programming language in existence. From integer and floating-point arithmetic all the way down to bitwise and pointer arithmetic, these mathematical operations translate into machine instructions which execute with thundering speeds and manipulate the state of software applications used across all sorts of different domains.

President Joe Biden just signed a sweeping executive order aimed at modernizing government and improving customer experience and service delivery at federal agencies.

One of the most important factors when choosing a finance app is user experience. We reveal five important UX processes that fintech apps use to remain competitive and why traditional banks should adopt these methods to minimize the loss of valuable customers.

Deno is a JavaScript and TypeScript runtime similar to Node.js, built on Rust and the V8 JavaScript engine. It was created by Ryan Dahl, the original inventor of Node.js, to counter mistakes he made when he originally designed and released Node.js back in 2009. Ryan's regrets about Node.js are well documented in his famous'10 Things I Regret About Node.js' talk at JSConf EU in 2018.

In the software development lifecycle (SDLC), deployment is the final step. It’s the step where we host the product/application/app to make it available for our users and customers. Where all the team’s hard work over days, months and years finally pays off. Usually we ship a product (or app) to a customer’s location and help deploy it on the customer’s premises. Alternatively, we deploy the app in-house and make it accessible to whoever needs to use it.

Track your build and test performance to get unstuck, get on track and accelerate your pipelines. Visualize performance and identify bottlenecks by using historical build and test performance tracking. Today, we introduce Build Insights Pro, a new awesome extension to help you achieve more.

The concept of microservices has been popular for several years. As a result, many developers, companies have started building their applications using a microservices architecture. There are several reasons why a company or developer would want to move to microservices, including building a scalable application, maintaining the developer’s productivity without relying on each other, etc. Your teams start to build microservices by containerizing applications etc.

While Elixir is a functional programming language, it is different from most of the other popular functional languages like Haskell, Scala, OCaml, and F#. Elixir pragmatically handles concurrent systems with high fault tolerance. In other words, Elixir is an FP language because this naturally fits it, and not for its own sake. So, porting idioms blindly from Haskell to Elixir can lead to undesired results.

Government organizations rely on cross-functional collaboration and workflows to procure anything and everything they need to meet their missions. Every dollar must be accounted for and reported on to ensure transparency for constituents. The US federal government alone committed 10.1 trillion USD in spending in FY21—and this doesn’t even account for state and local government spending or any international, federal, or local procurement dollars.

In 2020, Growmotely released a study and found out that 74% of business professionals expect remote work to become standard. The same study found that 97% of employees don’t want to return to the office full-time. Another striking statistic is that 61% of employees prefer being fully remote. With these kinds of statistics, it is only reasonable to expect that remote work will continue to become a new normal for many corporations, even those that are less modern and more traditional.

S3 is an excellent way to store files scalably and reliably. This article by Jeff Morhous will show you how to use S3 to store files uploaded to a Rails app.

Over the past decade, a technology revolution has led to the growth of smart manufacturing. This trend was enabled by the increased availability of cloud computing resources, rapid mobile device proliferation, and the adoption of Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) devices. These solutions benefit manufacturers in many ways, but they also bring challenges. Often, companies implement technologies to solve individual problems rather than bringing them into a harmonious ecosystem.

WSO2 passed many key milestones in 2021: by year-end, we had over 700 customers in nearly 90 countries, our annual recurring revenue (ARR) grew 31% to reach $63.3 million, and we achieved a net dollar retention (NDR) of 109%. We also expanded the team from 550 to over 900 employees in less than two years and hired several key senior leaders.

Whether you’ve never heard of regex before, or use it in your code all the time, one thing is almost certain…it is not that easy to read! Case in point: /^#?({3})$/ Thankfully the Visual Studio team at Microsoft have included several handy features inside the code editor to help using regex a little less painful.

Most web applications use a data store of some kind, often a relational database. When a web app becomes successful, it can become all too easy to start "hoarding" data in the database. But hoarding data leads to the unbounded growth of database tables (both row count and stored data size). While this works fine to a certain point, it is very useful to prevent some data bloat — or, if you cannot prevent it, to plan for your infrastructure ahead of time to adequately manage growth.

Rookout’s Live Debugger is a product that’s created for developers, by developers. As such, our R&D team knows firsthand the actual challenges that developers face daily when debugging in production. It is a constant struggle to gain an understanding of what’s happening in their complex environments without accidentally breaking something, waiting for another deployment, or having to write additional lines of code.

Python was created by Guido van Rossum in the early 90's and is an interpreted, high-level programming language that is used by coders of all types. It is a widely-used programming language because of its readability and the fact that it is easy to learn for novice programmers. It supports multiple programming paradigms, including object-oriented, functional, and imperative/procedural styles.

The moment you type something on a keyboard, read a file from a disk or download a file over the internet, a stream of information (bits) flows through different devices and applications. If you learn to work with these streams of bits, you'll be able to build performant and valuable applications. For example, think of when you watch a video on YouTube. You don't have to wait until the full video downloads.

ESG stands for environmental, social, and governance. ESG investing refers to the consideration of these three factors alongside financial factors in the investment decision-making process, according to MSCI. ESG has evolved over the years and has recently made headlines as consumers become more aware of the environmental and societal impact of their investments.

The Agile methodology has benefited software development for many years, enabling collaboration through an iterative process that speeds time-to-market and normally results in higher quality applications. But what is the Agile software development methodology? While it’s likely that most readers are already familiar with Agile, others may just be starting out in their development careers.

For the last few months at work, I’ve been involved in quite a lot of data analysis work. Using monitoring tools such as Splunk the business has identified that a small portion of web and mobile users trying to access certain parts of their account details have been getting either extremely slow responses, or the calls are simply failing.

See how you can use the new integration of Autify and Bitrise to create and run tests by simply interacting with your iOS app on Autify.

Flow Engineering is the science of creating, visualizing and optimizing the flow of value from your company to the customers. In the end that is the million-dollar (likely more) challenge of most product companies: How to we create value in the form of product and services and ship those to our customers as quickly, sustainably and frictionless as possible.

As you probably know, WordPress is the most popular and highly efficient content management system that is used to build and host websites all over the world. Its efficiency is precisely what made it so widely recognized among the tech world, and it seems like it will become even more desired in years to come.

2021 was another great year for WSO2. Although it was business as usual in the new norm, the results were exceptional. The company acquired 145 new customers and achieved revenue growth of 31% YoY. We started our journey towards radically simplifying the creation of digital experiences for our customers by introducing new cloud platforms.