Set up on Chrome’s JavaScript V8 engine, Node.js is an open-source JavaScript runtime environment. It works from the back-end across various platforms to carry out code (in JavaScript) independent of a web browser. Using Node.js, software developers can now use … Read More
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Why Should You Learn GoLang?
In the last few years, web development has seen the noteworthy rise of a new programming language called Go (or GoLang). However, given the existence, and sufficiency of other programming languages such as Java and Python, you might find yourself … Read More
Why Should You Develop With Python?
Python has increased in popularity during the past few years. It has even surpassed Java. This programming language grew in demand due to the rise in machine learning. A lot of developers use python for data analysis and web application … Read More
What Is OpenTelemetry and Why Should You Care?
OpenTelemetry is an impartial and standard way to gather the required data for applications, along with their supporting infrastructures and services. The most advanced data available now are spans and traces, while automated instrumentation, metrics, and additional languages are still … Read More
Debugging & Root Cause Analysis
ColdFusion Java
Changing FusionReactor’s “Slow Request Threshold”, Why and How
You may have noticed in the FusionReactor UI that requests which are “slow” have their duration show up in red in the FusionReactor UI. The default is 8 seconds, but what if you would prefer to lower that duration to … Read More
What are the 5 things you should ALWAYS check before you release your application?
What are the 5 things you should ALWAYS check before your app’s next release? Releasing a new app or website can be stressful. Whilst most dev teams have a QA process, the team often needs to go a little deeper … Read More
A Detailed Guide To Finding The Best VPNs For iOS-iPhone and iPad
As an iPhone or iPad user, getting an error message such as ‘unable to verify app or untrusted enterprise developer’ might not sound new to you. These are system errors signifying a revoked application. Now, what if this was an … Read More
Multithreading and Multiprocessing
Multithreading and Multiprocessing: Selecting the right approach for your development Why are multithreading and multiprocessing used? Simultaneously executing programming tasks before now had always been daunting. But today, many programming languages support Multithreading and Multiprocessing, which aids concurrent execution of … Read More
How to debug in production
How to debug in production Debugging in production has always been something that we try our best to avoid, with multiple QA phases, staging environments, and automation to stop production bugs. Despite this, occasionally a bug will find its way … Read More
Are Subscription Services Really The Future Of Gaming Industries?
Over the years, the gaming industry has gradually transitioned from a linear model of selling products to gamers, to a dynamic subscription model. Subscription services seem to be the face of the new era of games. Thanks to gaming subscription … Read More
Samsung vs Huawei vs Apple Battle for Top Smartphone Maker in 2021
The year 2020 wasn’t a propitious year for many of us. Especially for the top smartphone makers ̶ Samsung, Huawei, and of course, US tech giant— Apple, who were looking to increase their market share value. The race to the … Read More
Watermarking PDFs In Lucee 5.3.7 Without Using CFPDF
Watermarking PDFs In Lucee 5.3.7 Without using CFPDF Recently, I’ve needed to add a watermark to PDFs but struggled with Lucee’s current implementation in 5.3.x.. Watermarking PDFs In Lucee 5.3.7 without using CFPDF is usually pretty straightforward, via <code> <cfpdf action=”addwatermark” … Read More
Why Load Test ColdFusion Apps (4 Reasons)
By Michaela Light, CEO of TeraTech Let’s make sure that your new ColdFusion app doesn’t crash immediately after launch – by effective load testing. In this article, we will look at 4 reasons why load test ColdFusion Apps. You will … Read More
The Difference Between Spring Framework vs. Spring Boot
What is the difference between Spring Framework vs. Spring Boot? When it comes to building Java-based applications, the Spring Framework and Spring Boot are two popular options. Both frameworks are developed and maintained by the Spring community and provide a … Read More
Why Do I Need an Application Performance Monitor (APM) Tool?
Why Do I Need an Application Performance Monitor (APM) Tool? Application Performance Monitoring (APM) is a technique that is a must-have for every serious-minded DevOps team. When it comes to employing the best practices for present-day software development, application Performance … Read More
What is the Difference Between Observability and Monitoring
Observability Vs. Monitoring: Why a Developer needs Both Given the complexity of distributing the evolving cloud-based services and infrastructures across a diverse range of users, IT service providers consistently observe and monitor metrics, datasets, and logs. Establishing system reliability and … Read More
What is observability
What is Observability: What Every Developer Should Know The ability to always know what a system does goes beyond trying to figure out if a particular functionality is operational or not. Having observability will enable you to determine what specific … Read More
Finding and fixing Spring Data JPA performance issues with FusionReactor
Finding and fixing Spring Data JPA performance issues with FusionReactor For several years, Spring Data JPA has established itself as one of the most commonly used persistence frameworks in the Java world. It gets most of its features from the … Read More
Basic Load Testing With Locust
Basic load testing with Locust No-one likes to get caught out with scaling issues. Your app or site goes viral, or you simply get a tonne of unexpected traffic through a favourable blog post, and without some preparation, all hell … Read More
