Some of the main challenges that monolith applications face are having low availability and handling service disruptions. This is where the use of Apache Kafka for asynchronous communication between microservices can help you avoid bottlenecks that monolithic architectures with relational databases would likely run into.
With new technologies emerging all the time and old technologies constantly evolving, it’s essential that organizations keep up and adopt them to stay ahead of their competitors. This is why the role of a chief technology officer was designed and is very crucial.
If you hang around developers long enough you will start hearing the word REST very often and so we begin our adventure by giving a simple definition of the term. The REST acronym stands for Representational State Transfer, which is an architectural design. So it follows that when developers use the words RESTful, what is being referred to is an application that implements the REST architectural design.
At any point in your business life cycle, the CTO’s major objective is to make sure your business needs are reflected in your product through the best possible use of technology. So let’s start with breaking down what an interim CTO is and why a startup would need one in place of a business-focused CTO.
Over the past few years, we have been hearing more about the wealth of data we humans generate. This has progressively grown into the concept that if you have enough of this data and you are able to piece together some meaning from it, then you can achieve everything from predicting the future to curing all human ills.
Every developer understands the advantages of having clean, easy to read and understand coding. Which is where tools like QuerySet and Manager come into play when using Django. They embed basic DRY and KISS principles that most forget about when using ORM in many frameworks. This has lead to the use of Fat Models which might seem fine in the first place but can lead to complications down the road.
When you hear the words "Server-side Programming" a number of languages are going to come to mind. But amongst that list are two that are very much loved and respected by programmers worldwide. These are obviously PHP and Python. The debate on which to use for any core web application has raged on since the very beginning.
MongoDB is considered the most famous of NoSQL databases out there. It is the go-to tool used by Javascript developers when it comes to the creation of code that combination with Express, Angular or React, and Node.
Almost 30% of companies outsourced IT services, and 78% are satisfied. Software development outsourcing can bring big benefits to your business, but there are significant risks and challenges when negotiating and managing outsourcing relationships. Here, we present 10 outsourcing best practices you should adhere to when outsourcing software development.
The stakes are high when you’re investing significant capital, resources, and time into an outsourced software development project. In fact, 31% of outsourcing software projects either fail completely or get canceled. In the following 10 steps, we'll guide you through the process of how to choose a software development company for your project.
The internet is filled with great codes. They form the bedrock on which various infrastructures are built. Even the very platform you are reading this on is built with a dedication to creating great codes. While the average user isn’t going to take note of this, good developers, on the other hand, are always seeking to make their applications (and hence, their coding) better.
If you need web scraping, Python is the go-to language for you. But knowing that it’s the right language to use does not mean we should start coding from scratch. Instead, we have two very appealing options to choose from.