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If I could sum up the amount of time I've wasted in meetings over the span of my career, it would be staggering! I've been in countless frustrating meetings where rabbits were chased down endless roads with no hope of return, dead horses were beaten beyond recognition, or the loudest…
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Laravel is one of the hottest frameworks for backend and full-stack development of Web applications today. It boasts a large number of quality features out-of-the-box, but it's still easy to learn the basics. The community is vast, and there are tons of free resources available on the Internet.
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It can be very satisfying to build an application "the hard way", using few conveniences. This approach helps you understand core development principles and the inner workings of everyday abstractions. That's why today, you'll build an application from the ground up using Java Servlets with a login form.
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The choice of a database management system is usually an afterthought when starting a new project, especially on the Web. Most frameworks come with some object-relational mapping tool (ORM) which more or less hides the differences between the different platforms and makes them all equally slow. Using the default option…
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Vue.js is known as a "progressive framework for building user interfaces". There's a lot to unpack in this simple statement. It's easy to get started with Vue.js, with a minimal feature set, and then layer in more of the framework as you need it.
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Have you ever spent hours trying to figure out why your newly-installed database, web server, or Python library won't work? If this sounds familiar, you likely understand the joy of software containers. Forget all those fruitless Stack Exchange searches trying to solve your configuration and dependency problems. Just install a…
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Have you worked with Spring Boot Actuator yet? It's an immensely helpful library that helps you monitor app health and interactions with the app - perfect for going to production! Spring Boot Actuator includes a built-in endpoint for tracing HTTP calls to your application - very useful for monitoring OpenID…
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So you're interested in using single sign-on (SSO) for your ASP.NET MVC apps? You've come to the right place. There are lots of reasons for using SSO for custom apps owned by the same organization. Better user experience. Less development time. Improved security. Those are all great reasons.
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Java turned 24 years old on May 23, 2019. That's pretty old for a programming language. The fact that it's still widely used and runs many of the world's largest organizations is nothing short of incredible. But it has a unique impression problem among languages in that it means two…
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Do you ever wish you had a virtual scrap of paper you could use to write notes in the cloud? I'll show you how to build a simple ASP.NET Core app to keep track of your notes, plus how to use .NET Core's OAuth 2 authentication middleware to secure access…
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Cosmos DB is a planet-scale database capable of holding billions of records ("documents" using Cosmos jargon) without significant detriment to performance. In this article, you will learn how to use Azure Cosmos DB - a key-value store solution - your ASP.NET app instead of a relational database.
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In this post, you will learn how to build a simple REST API using Eclipse MicroProfile and secure it using JSON Web Token (JWT) authentication. You'll also use a free developer account from Okta to configure an OAuth 2.0 / OpenID Connect (OIDC) application as the OAuth provider, with role-based…
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