GraphQL is a comprehensive approach to guiding software developers in constructing data-driven applications. It is sometimes referred to be a platform or programming language agnostic query language. It is, in our opinion, the new API standard, allowing client applications to request particular data from the database rather than a full record. This article will teach you some of the core ideas needed to create a GraphQL API that uses Laravel.

As an e-commerce retailer, which business metrics matter the most to you? Net revenue? Business growth? Conversion rate? All these KPIs are important, but there could be one critical e-commerce metric you’re overlooking: The repurchase rate. All e-commerce business owners worry about how many units of their products or services they’re going to sell, and how much revenue they’ll make. It turns out that focusing on existing customers could be the key to increased long-term revenue.

The term “AI-first” has received its share of attention lately, especially in the boardroom where strategies to gain a competitive advantage are always welcome. But before a company embarks on an AI-first strategy, it pays to understand what it is and how it will transform the organization.

Traditionally, software developers have made monolithic applications that offer a wide range of features and services. Over the last several years, many DevOps professionals have turned away from monolithic architecture and embraced the uses of microservices. If your organization hasn’t started using microservices, the following will help you understand your options and the common benefits of microservice architecture.

Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) is a framework used by businesses, investors, and consumers to determine how conscious an entity is with respect to those three concepts. Consumer awareness paired with an increase in government regulation have shifted businesses’ priorities. For many large corporations, ESG now tops the list. Today’s consumers want to know where their products and services come from and that the companies behind them operate with ESG factors in mind.

We are excited to announce that Integrate.io has achieved Google BigQuery designation! Google's BigQuery service is a great way to store and analyze large amounts of data. To ensure customers have confidence in their integration, Google engineers do validation tests on the integrations before they're allowed into their system - making sure everything works as expected!

Debugging APIs can be a challenge for any developer dealing with RESTful APIs. Trying to create an exact API request, especially for highly complex requests with large API request bodies and multiple headers, is essential but also tough to do. By using a tool like Postman to create a request for debugging purposes and as an API client, you can easily replay an API request with the exact configuration of the original request.

In today’s digital age, robust and faster data analytics is essential for your organization’s growth and success. The faster you deliver analytics-ready data to your analyst, the faster they can analyze and derive insights. Though you would have adopted the ELT process with EL data pipelines to load data quickly to the warehouse, your team would still face inefficient and delayed analysis.

After you successfully build and test your app, you may want to upload the build to TestFlight or the App Store. Sometimes, you may face an unknown authentication error that makes it difficult for you to upload the iOS binary to App Store Connect. You may even face an authentication error after using a valid App Store API key. If you’ve faced this problem, you’re not alone.

The concept of someone else being responsible for your code is a huge relief. As a developer, having someone else handle the burden of managing the entire infrastructure that runs my code gives me more time to deal with the actual development. Serverless technology benefits more than just the sole developer. It reduces cost by automatically adjusting resource allocation, abstracts both network and server management, saves complexity, and improves the overall application performance.