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Databases Demystified: Lesson 7: Distributed Databases Part 2

Episode 7 of Michael Kaminsky's Databases Demystified. Learn about new issues we face in distributed databases and all about the CAP theorem. We'll talk about leader and follower nodes, what happens when distributed databases lose connection with a node, and what CAP stands for: consistency, availability, and partition tolerance.

Databases Demystified Lesson 3: Row vs Column Store

In Michael Kaminsky's third episode, we learn about the differences in row store vs column store database. This is a very important concept for understanding the difference between analytical and transactional databases, and we talk about the tradeoffs between using row and column stores for saving the data. Michael gets into the weeds and talks about disk blocks and the different types of queries that work well for row and column stores.

Introducing Bitrise Trace

Colin Hemmings, Product Manager at Bitrise introduces Trace, the new application performance monitoring (APM) solution we are building here at Bitrise Trace is monitoring made specifically for mobile, helping you catch bugs before they reach your users. With Trace, you’ll be able to have a complete view of these issues with full context, so that you can assess, reproduce, and fix them as quickly as possible.

Ways to Ensure App Security With Java Features

As important as adding new features, app developers need to start placing more emphasis on the security aspect of the applications they design. After all, more app features mean more data residing within an app. Without proper security controls in place, that data can be vulnerable to intruders.

Top 10 Web Development Frameworks in 2020

In this era, where there is a big competition in the digital world; web designing and web development plays a major role in the success of the web applications. Everyday advancements in the technologies pushes the developers to stay updated in the latest web development frameworks by learning various frameworks. In order to build a rich and interactive web applications thousands of developers are endorse in the use of frameworks.

OctoPerf 11.9 - Azure on Demand, New JMeter, Setup/Teardown Threadgroups and More

Here we are for yet another new release of OctoPerf. We’ve actually released two minor versions since the last update post, but this time we will also release a long awaited feature, Microsoft Azure on demand load generators!

Taming Legacy Code With Characterization Tests

Developers make fun of legacy systems because we're scared of them. We're afraid that the tiniest change will cause the app to break in unexpected ways. We're afraid we won't realize it until a customer complains. One way to combat this fear is through testing. In this article, José Manuel shows us how to retrofit legacy systems with acceptance test suites so we can maintain them with less fear and more confidence.