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Software Testing through the Lens of Energy Management

I’m a software tester who observed that certain activities were getting me excited, while other simpler, shorter activities were draining and took a lot longer to get me motivated enough to even pick them up . This article is an experience report of how I discovered my personal energy system and superimposed it on a video game model, which also applies to the world of software testing.

Claudiu Stoianof
on Dec 13, 2022
.NET

Moving to .NET 7 MSMQ Alternatives

No MSMQ support is available in the new versions of .NET; if it’s time to move, this article presents a few considerations on what that transition can look like. It will explore some of the available options. By the end, you should see that even though it may be tough, there is a pathway forward.

Irwin Williams
on Dec 12, 2022
Cloud

Colliding Communities, Cloud Native, and Telecommunications Standards

What happens when an ecosystem driven from the bottom up collides with a community characterized by top-down development? The 5g broadband cellular network standard by the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), the Network Function Virtualization (NFV) standard by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI), and the Service Function Chain RFC (request for comments) are examples.

W. Watson
on Dec 07, 2022
Cloud

Using Serverless WebSockets to Enable Real-Time Messaging

This article reviews some of the most common live-user experiences with examples, discusses event-driven architectures to support real-time updates, and introduces common technology choices.

Matthew O’Riordan
on Dec 01, 2022
Development

PHP 8 - Classes and Enums

In this article, we will review new PHP 8 features related to classes, including enums, used to specify an enumerated list of possible values for a type; the new readonly modifier for a class property, which makes the property unmodifiable after its initialization; and constructor parameter promotion, useful to assign a constructor parameter value to an object property automatically.

Deepak Vohra
on Nov 28, 2022
Culture & Methods

Extinguishing IT Team Burnout through Mindfulness and Unstructured Time

Burnout is taking a toll on IT and creating serious skill shortages. How can you keep your IT team engaged, productive, and happy? Mindfulness and unstructured time are delivering tangible business benefits that positively impact the bottom line, all while driving worker satisfaction and well-being.

Niraj Shekhar
on Nov 25, 2022
Java

Java Champion Josh Long on Spring Framework 6 and Spring Boot 3

Microservices show where Java lags behind other languages. Reactive programming provides a concise DSL to express the movement of state and to write concurrent, multithreaded code with better scaling. Developing in Spring Boot works well even without special tooling support. Josh Long is excited about Project Loom, Java optimization in Project Leyden, and Foreign-Function access in Project Panama.

Josh Long Karsten Silz
on Nov 24, 2022
Development

Who Moved My Code? An Anatomy of Code Obfuscation

In this article, we introduce the topic of code obfuscation, with emphasis on string obfuscation. Obfuscation is an important practice to protect source code by making it unintelligible. Obfuscation is often mistaken with encryption, but they are different concepts. In the article we will present a number of techniques and approaches used to obfuscate data in a program.

Michael Haephrati Ruth Haephrati
on Nov 09, 2022
Development

Build, Test, and Deploy Scalable REST APIs in Go

In this article, we'll look at how to use the gin framework to create a simple Go application. We will also learn how to use CircleCI, a continuous deployment tool, to automate testing and deployment.

Oghenevwede Emeni
on Nov 02, 2022
Cloud

Polyglot Microservices Communication Using Dapr on AKS

Dapr is a useful tool for solving several challenges engineers might face. It allows engineering organizations to gain productivity by training developers on a common set of tools and techniques. It also helps adopt standardization in development, deployment, and debugging.

Gaurav Malhotra
on Oct 20, 2022
Web Development

Separation of Concerns in Node.js

In Node.js you can structure your code however you want. There is no "correct way". You have the option of writing all of your code in a single app.js file or creating multiple files and placing them in different folders. Most developers, however, would recommend structuring your projects by grouping related data together rather than having it all together.

Oghenevwede Emeni
on Oct 19, 2022
Development

PHP 8 — Attributes, Match Expression and Other Improvements

PHP 8 is a major update to PHP that introduces several new features and performance optimizations. In this first article of the PHP 8.x Article Series, we are going to introduce a number of new features including attributes, match expression, instanceof operator, new operator, a new JIT compiler, and more.

Deepak Vohra
on Oct 18, 2022

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