The X12 format is a fundamental part of electronic data interchange (EDI). Businesses rely on digital communication, so using standardized formats like X12 to communicate internally and with your business partners is more important than ever.

In the first part of this series, we created a Django online shop with htmx. In this second part, we'll handle orders using Stripe.

In today’s digital environment, many organizations find themselves grappling with the challenges posed by modern technology. If your organization is finding it challenging to stay ahead in this digital age, you are not alone. Cigniti’s white paper on “Business Transformation through Application Modernization” serves as a crucial resource, offering a comprehensive roadmap for CIOs to navigate these challenges successfully.

Commercial and open source large language models (LLMs) are evolving rapidly, enabling developers to create innovative generative AI-powered business applications. However, transitioning from prototype to production requires integrating accurate, real-time, domain-specific data tailored to your business needs and deploying at scale with robust security measures.

Picture this: a customer reaches out with a seemingly simple request—convert a date field to a different format in their API responses. The catch? They only have read-only access to their database, which means no schema updates, no new columns, just pure data transformation. This intriguing challenge led us down the rabbit hole to rediscover one of DreamFactory's most powerful yet underutilized features: enhancing API calls with SQL functions.

Implementing a modern, integrated data architecture can help you break down data silos, which cause C-suite decision-makers to lose 12 hours a week. Furthermore, more than 60% of organizations agree that data silos represent a significant business challenge. The solution is a data architecture that eliminates silos, and that’s where the data mesh vs. data fabric debate comes in. While both data architectures work to eliminate data silos, they differ in their approaches (more on that later).

End-to-end testing (E2E) is an important part of the software development process, serving as a comprehensive way to verify that applications and systems work properly not only in the testing enviroment, but also in real-life scenarios. It provides a level of assurance that your application will correctly exhibit behavior from start to finish.