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Laravel is one of the most popular PHP frameworks in use today. Version 8 was released in September 2020, and while the bulk of the framework hasn't changed, each of the three most recent versions have included updates to the authentication pattern.
Read more about Comparing Authentication in Laravel Versions 6, 7, and 8
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When it comes to developing .NET apps, Visual Studio has historically been the default choice for .NET developers for two main reasons:
Read more about Rider for C# - The Best Visual Studio Alternative IDE
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As developers, we love open source projects. It can be an easy way to get functionality into your application without having to write it yourself. Plus, it feels good to send a pull request to fix a bug or add a feature. This year for Thanksgiving, the team thought we…
Read more about Five Open Source Projects We're Thankful For In 2020
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As a big fan of open source, I'm loving the fact that .NET Core is cross-platform. It opens up endless possibilities, from hobby projects, experiments, and proofs of concept, to massive high-load production applications that run on cost-effective infrastructure with high security and scalability. I usually get the simplest and…
Read more about Install .NET Core Apps on Linux in 5 Minutes
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The Okta CLI is a new tool we've created here at Okta. It's designed to streamline the process of creating new Okta accounts, registering apps, and getting started. Wwwhhaaattt, you might say?! That's right, it's super awesome!
Read more about Spring Boot and Okta in 2 Minutes
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React.js is one of the most popular front-end javascript frameworks today. For most of its life, React has connected to REST APIs to fetch or save data on a server. GraphQL is a query language that aims to replace REST APIs by providing consumers with a clear description of the…
Read more about Quickly Consume a GraphQL API from React
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In this tutorial, you're going to use Spring Boot and Spring Data to build a fully functioning web service with ridiculously little effort. You're also going to use Okta to secure the web service using professional, standards-compliant OIDC JWT authentication. All of this will be bootstrapped by the Okta CLI.
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GraphQL is a query language for APIs that provides a clear description of the data and allows clients to specify what data they need, Benefits of using GraphQL include: reduced overhead,improved performance, and reduced risk of potential errors as the API evolves. If the API enhances its functionality, existing clients…
Read more about Build a secure GraphQL API with Node.js
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Python has a number of different frameworks for building web applications. The choice of framework limits the choice of available web servers. Java also has a number of web frameworks but they are all based on the common servlet API which means that any framework can run on any web…
Read more about The Definitive Guide to WSGI
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Next.js is a React framework that aims to provide the best development experience. It is feature rich, including hybrid static and server rendering, TypeScript support, built-in CSS support, API routers, and much more.
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Here's a thought exercise for you: How will we develop software in the near future? Below, I'll lay out what I think that looks like. Some of the things in this post exist in some form already. And some things don't exist... yet.
Read more about The Development Environment of the Future
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Building a web application involves a lot of moving pieces. You have a backend server handling API calls, a frontend application running business logic, and you need to somehow make sure both are in sync and secure.
Read more about A Quick Guide to Security with Vaadin Fusion and Spring Boot
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