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The Essentials of API Development: A Comprehensive Guide

Navigating API development is essential for creating seamless software interactions. This guide strips back the complexity, offering a clear pathway through the intricacies of API creation, from brass-tacks design principles to advanced security and documentation. Among the APIs we’ll explore for their role in simplifying software interactions is the REST API. This model emphasizes functions like GET, PUT, and DELETE to interact with server data efficiently and statelessly.

Transforming Integration: Harnessing the Power of API as a Product for Business Growth

Transform your application programming interfaces into dynamic revenue generators—this is the essence of treating ‘API as a product’. This concise guide provides fundamental insights into how APIs transcend their traditional roles to become standalone products, opening new avenues for customer interaction and business growth.

Implementing iOS Universal Links for Enhanced App-Web Navigation

Universal Links are an iOS feature allowing seamless integration between web content and native iOS apps. With iOS Universal Links we can intelligently configure a specific web URL, associating it with our iOS app so it will open directly when the URL is clicked.

Understanding Offset and Cursor-Based Pagination in Node.js

Pagination means dividing a big chunk of data into smaller pages. It unlocks performance benefits for the backend, while also improving UX by sending manageable pieces of data to a client. In this article, we'll explore offset-based and cursor-based server-side pagination approaches, compare them, and implement cursor-based pagination in Node.js. Let's get started!

Creating Forms in Ruby on Rails with Simple Form

Ruby on Rails has changed how we build web applications. Early on, the framework came with some great features to help you get started and build robust applications. However, it can still be tricky to build and handle forms. Simple Form is a great option. Let's examine what Simple Form is, why we might need it, and some real use cases.

Not All MFA is Created Equal, Especially in CIAM

In many industries (finance and healthcare, to name a couple), regulations require the use of multi-factor authentication (MFA) to protect access to sensitive data and transactions. Also, an important executive order was issued, aimed at improving the cybersecurity posture within the US government by requiring all federal agencies to adopt MFA systems. Regulations and standards like these will continue to spread over more industries and transaction types.

API Development and Testing 101: Introduction to Insomnia

Are you an API developer looking to streamline your workflow and improve efficiency? Join us for this introductory webinar on Insomnia, a powerful API design and testing platform that simplifies the entire API lifecycle. In this session, we'll explore the core features of Insomnia that make it an indispensable tool for modern API development. You'll learn how to design and prototype APIs visually, send requests with a user-friendly interface, and organize your API workflows with workspaces and environments.

Enterprise-Grade Service Mesh: A Reference Architecture with OpenShift, Istio, and Kong

This video explores how to integrate Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform, Istio Service Mesh, and Kong Ingress Controller. It shows a reference architecture with Keycloak as the identity provider running on an OpenShift cluster with Istio service mesh, sample applications, and Kong Ingress Controller. Three sample applications are showcased.