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A real-world introduction to event-driven architecture

An event indicates a state change: that something has happened. This ‘something’ could be a hardware sensor reading that passes a threshold, or a software event from game logic, or user input such as a keystroke or mouse click. Events are used to signal to interested parties that a state change occurred.

Supercharge your test script with a DSL

When someone new joins the company, they're encouraged to do what is called a "Week of Testing" - taking k6 for a spin and presenting your findings to the rest of the team. This article will show you how you can make your test scripts more readable and maintainable. To do that, I'll test a demo application with a custom DSL. DSL is short for a Domain Specific Language, and in this case, it allowed me to write meaningful code specific to our business requirements.

How Kubernetes Is Modernizing the Microservices Architecture

In this three-part blog series, we examine the critical role Kubernetes plays in shaping the future of infrastructure, including the rise of containers and Kubernetes. The first in the series covers Next-Generation Application Development. The second covers the Next Frontier: Container Orchestration. And the third covers How Kubernetes Gets Work Done.

Top 5 Informatica Alternatives

Informatica Power Center blends four data engineering products into one system, making it one of the most feature-rich but complicated ETL/ELT platforms on the market. With data management, app integration, API gateway, and iPaaS features, smaller teams that struggle to tame this all-encompassing tool might seek out an Informatica alternative instead.