Ruby on Rails has always been at the forefront of developer productivity, and building robust, highly interactive web applications has never been easier. Rails has been accurately described as the one-person framework. However, building your app is only half the battle. The other half is publishing it for others to use. Unfortunately, being able to deploy your application has always been an afterthought for most developers.

There are few technologies as ubiquitous – and crucial for business success – as APIs. APIs connect different software systems together, forming a common language that allows for substantial portability, scalability, and extensibility. What is just as important as the systems themselves is understanding the systems and discovering insights about their usage.

In the SaaS world, APIs are incredibly important for both internal and external communication. They serve as the enabler for seamless communication between different applications and products, enabling businesses to innovate, scale, and deliver exceptional products. Among various API management platforms, Apigee stands out as a powerful and comprehensive solution, empowering enterprises to harness and disseminate the full potential of their APIs.

This month’s newsletter is as stuffed as Santa’s bag, with exciting funding news, brand-new features, and knowledge-boosting events. Our Keboolian Santa even makes an appearance!

In iOS, geofencing is a location-based feature that enables us to define geographical boundaries and trigger actions, or alerts, when a device enters or exits those boundaries. This feature has become vital to all kinds of apps, enabling them to deliver personal, timely and contextual experiences.

Organizations rely on accurate, real-time data to make informed decisions. Almost 64% state big data—and the ability to analyze it—is one of the most important investments to gain an edge over the competition. Through accurate calculations based on reliable data companies can make critically complex, real-time business decisions. Power BI is one of today’s go-to data visualization tools for data-driven businesses relying on precise, reliable, real-time data to generate valuable insights.

How Fivetran and Redkite combine to help retail enterprises understand, track and meet the needs of their customers.

In regulated industries, compliance, consistency, and safety are paramount. Structure and predictability are the hallmarks of a regulated test strategy. As a result, software testing is often limited to step-by-step, scripted procedures. Yet, unscripted exploratory testing is emerging as a modern best practice, even in highly regulated domains. At first glance, exploratory testing may appear to be at odds with the rules of a regulated industry.