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Even though some have (falsely) predicted that the rise of social media would mean the end for blogs — blogging is still very alive and kicking: according to Ahrefs, about 22,000 people in the US search Google for “How to start a blog” each month. Still, blogging has changed quite a bit in the last decade and it requires more forethought and planning than it did in the days you could simply throw up a basic website, write whatever you wanted, and still get a decent amount of traffic.

Playwright is one of the most used frameworks for end-to-end testing of web applications; it supports all modern browsers and has broad community support. If you are considering testing your web applications, this is a tool to consider. Whatever your test execution strategy may be, do not forget to consider visibility and the integration capabilities of the tools you wish to add to your tool belt.

For developers and QA engineers, Black Friday and Cyber Monday are a game of watching how much weight the ice can take before it cracks. Learn how uptime goes beyond performance testing, and what you can do to prepare for the worst. In the United States, Thanksgiving is right around the corner. For many of us, this serves as a chance to see family, play some football, and stuff ourselves with an unholy amount of food.

Notifications are a typical cross-cutting concern shared by many web applications. The Noticed gem makes developing notifications fantastically easy by providing a database-backed model and pluggable delivery methods for your Ruby on Rails application. It comes with built-in support for mailers, websockets, and a couple of other delivery methods. We'll also examine the merits of using the CableReady gem for triggering system notifications in your Ruby on Rails application. Let's get into it!

Architecting a maintainable, readable, and reliable codebase is important not only for the people who will work on the code after you, but also for your own sanity. I’ve worked on dozens of production Node.js backend services and will share my experience of architecture pitfalls to avoid when building yours.

When we talk about e-commerce, we are focusing on providing valuable information through the content, services, and experiences. While B2C has better performance when using a PIM system, B2B needs it most as it gives the business the option to specify the precise workflow and all crucial product information for an effective B2B marketing plan.

We’d all love more efficiency in our lives. If it were possible to eliminate the time we spend waiting in lines at the grocery store, checking in at the airport, or making our way home in rush hour traffic, the world would be a happier place. Some inefficiency is inevitable. But in business, we don’t have to accept it all. There are ways to root out the causes of many inefficiencies in business processes, minimizing, if not eliminating them. The way to do this is with process mining.

With the rise of the wide spectrum of web and mobile platforms catering to only one has become a restrictive compromise for online business owners. As this only allows them to reach out to a limited spectrum of target users with their products and services. This can constrain businesses in terms of their growth and accessibility. One of the best ways to solve this is to adapt cross-platform programming methods.

Eneria, a subsidiary of the Monnoyeur Group, is a leader in energy production and motorization solutions. As the exclusive Caterpillar dealer in France, they have developed notable and unique expertise in the field of generator sets, Caterpillar generators, inverters, and engines. As a well-established industry leader with over 870 employees across dozens of departments, Eneria knows the pivotal importance of interdepartmental communication — not just between employees, but between data.

Developers are always looking for new ways to make their applications more secure and efficient. Blockchain APIs are one way to do this. A blockchain API is an application programming interface that allows developers to interact with a blockchain. By using a blockchain API, developers can access the data and functionality of a blockchain without having to build their own blockchain platform. This can save time and resources, as well as provide a more secure environment for development.