Microservices have gained a lot of traction in the last few years. Ever since the dawn of time, monolithism – packaging all your modules into one colossal codebase – was the default way to go when building software applications. However, as applications have had to cater to increasing volumes (of millions) of users over the internet over the last decade, scalability and flexibility have become ever more critical.

Imagine that a customer reports an error on one of your websites. When you check the logs or tracking tool, it just says script error and nothing else. Does it sound familiar? Such errors are difficult to debug because they do not contain additional information about what and where they went wrong.

Building stable and robust software is one of the primary goals of any software development project. While it is crucial to keep your code error-free for that, the real strength of your application comes from its foundation—the architecture of your code. SOLID is one of the most popular collections of software design principles. Its goal is to help you avoid common pitfalls and plan your application’s architecture from a very high level.

Have you ever wondered how a successful app comes to life? The short answer – a brilliant idea combined with the successful orchestration of full-cycle software development to implement it.

The internet has evolved from static web pages and long loading times to super-fast progressive web applications that can install themselves on client devices. The focus of web applications shifted from providing content to offering a captivating experience. As more and more people join the internet, the demand for visually appealing and friction-free web applications continues to grow. A web application is similar to a standard desktop or mobile application except that it can run on a web browser.

Apart from being a synonym to a sandal, a ruby flip-flop refers to a system that comprises two alternating (on/off) states that one can switch between. This can be pretty helpful when you want to loop through arrays and capture contiguous subsets that lie between specific bounds (you’ll understand more of what I mean as you read along). However, not many programming languages have leveraged a mechanism like this.

There are two types of Ruby Begin and End blocks. A simple Google search of “Ruby begin end blocks” will lead you to either of these two kinds of articles – the ones in all caps (BEGIN and END) and the ones usually separated by a slash (begin/end). Both of these are different things but confused with the same name. In this post, we will dive into both. Here’s an outline of what we’ll be covering so you can easily navigate or skip ahead in the guide –

In obsessing over the best frameworks and coding practices for their PHP applications, developers often fail to look beyond their code for optimization and boosting performance. They often fail to realize the crucial role of the server setup, the PHP handlers, and the system environment in your application failing or succeeding out there. Apache server and web hosting manager (WHM) configurations can seem obscure at first, and it’s challenging to keep track of every config option.

As Donald Knuth very wisely put it, computer programming is an art. And an integral aspect of writing clean code and staying true to this art is modularity. This post will cover the use of modules in Node.js — what they are, why they are essential, and how to export and import them in your project. Here’s an outline of what we’ll be covering so you can easily navigate or skip ahead in the post.