Ever since I started to learn how to code, CSS has excited me. As a very visually rewarding style sheet language, it has always been an instantly gratifying language to work with. The CSS landscape at the moment is ever-changing. There are many new features that have been released recently, so I thought I’d have a look around and summarise those that caught my eye, concisely in this post.
Google's Cloud Functions let developers run their code in production in a scalable way without worrying about the minutiae of server administration. In this article, Subomi shows walks us through building a real-world service using GCF.
A browser will preserve your history eternally if you need to return to a possibly forgotten part of the internet that you visited once upon a time. Significant others, friends, co-workers, professors, and even the authorities can all use it against you. It makes no difference if you've never looked at the website's content. Simply paying a visit these days can be enough to elicit indignation, blackmail, or whatever other form of retaliation you fear.
One of the beauties of working with APIs is their convenient and practical ways to share data and applications. APIs have enabled a transformational shift from an interface that relied on custom integrations to now a relatively streamlined process. That said, because of their agile framework, some companies have overlooked the importance of providing a great developer integration experience and are not taking the necessary steps to help drive the Time To First Hello World.
DevSecOps combines the responsibilities of development, security and operations in order to make everyone accountable for security in line with the ongoing activities conducted by development and operations teams. DevSecOps tools serve to assist the user in minimising risk as part of the development process and also support security teams by allowing them to observe the security implications of code in production.
An exception is an unwanted or unexpected event that occurs during the execution of a program which changes its normal flow. Exception handling is the mechanism to respond to and investigate the occurrence and cause of an exception. Generally, exceptions are of two types - checked and unchecked.
Building stable and robust software is one of the primary goals of any software development project. While it is crucial to keep your code error-free for that, the real strength of your application comes from its foundation—the architecture of your code. SOLID is one of the most popular collections of software design principles. Its goal is to help you avoid common pitfalls and plan your application’s architecture from a very high level.
