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API Summit 2024 Keynote: Powering Modern Developer Platforms with APIs

Powering Modern Developer Platforms with Konnect Revisit one of our sessions from API Summit 2024! In this keynote, Reza Shafii, SVP of Product of Kong, presents how an API Management platform empowers developers. Joined by presenters from Thrivent and Boston Consulting Group, learn how we are continuing to update Kong Konnect and how companies are using Konnect to maximize developer productivity.

Introducing Workflow Approvals in Choreo

In software application development and deployment, teams typically work collaboratively and require managers to approve certain actions. Companies often adopt external systems like ticketing services, chat applications, external workflow tools such as Jira, or rely on manual emails to manage this coordination. These approaches can disrupt developer workflows.

WHERE vs PREWHERE in ClickHouse

ClickHouse is a high-performance, columnar database designed for analytics and big data applications. One of ClickHouse's standout features is its ability to perform filtering directly on compressed data, enabling faster results compared to traditional relational databases. While working with ClickHouse, you will often encounter the WHERE and PREWHERE clauses, both of which are used to filter data. But what is the difference between WHERE and PREWHERE, and when should you use one over the other?

A Developer's Guide to Continuous Performance Testing

Today’s fast-paced development environments require new approaches to testing. Enter continuous performance testing. Unlike traditional performance testing, automated continuous performance testing is part of every build, monitoring the application continuously under increased load. With continuous performance tests, organizations with lots of users can expect to improve the customer experience, prevent major outages, and find and resolve issues faster.

Data integrity in Ably Pub/Sub

When you publish a message to Ably Pub/Sub, you can be confident that the message will be delivered to subscribing clients, wherever they are in the world. Ably is fast: we have a 99th percentile transmit latency of <50ms from any of our 635 global PoPs, that receive at least 1% of our global traffic. But being fast isn’t enough; Ably is also dependable and scalable. Ably doesn’t sacrifice data integrity for speed or scale; it’s fast and safe.

Java String Methods: A Guide With Examples

Strings are important concepts in programming and are data types that allow storage of character sequences. String methods are built-in functions that are called on a string to either get information or manipulate data. In Java, strings are treated as immutable data, therefore their values cannot be changed. To work with strings and perform operations on them, you need to understand string methods in Java and how they work.

Introducing the New DreamFactory Chrome Extension API Tool!

We’re thrilled to announce the launch of our brand-new DreamFactory API Tools Chrome Extension, designed to make API development faster and more efficient than ever before. This powerful tool brings all your favorite API testing capabilities right to your browser, allowing you to easily generate cURL commands, manage HTTP headers, and test endpoints on the fly. Whether you're working with REST APIs or handling JSON payloads, our extension streamlines your workflow, saving you time and effort.

How to build a serverless web application

Serverless technology allows you to build and deploy efficient, scalable, and modern web applications. By going serverless, you can eliminate the need for server management and save time and money. In this tutorial, you'll learn how to utilize the power of serverless by building a full-stack web application using different technologies. If you are ready to take your web development skills to the next level and build a serverless web application, let's get started!

Understanding setImmediate() vs process.nextTick() in Node.js

Node.js is a powerful runtime environment that allows you to handle asynchronous I/O operations efficiently using its event-driven architecture. Asynchronous operations in Node.js rely heavily on the event loop, and understanding how certain functions like process.nextTick() and setImmediate() interact with the event loop is essential for building fast, responsive applications.