Organizations already automate running builds, executing tests, and performing deployments to free developers from tedium and improve reliability. The next step is to use automation to improve projects. Tools (bots) can submit pull requests that fix typos, optimize images, and more. I’ve had a great positive experience using a bot to perform the tedious task … Continue reading The How and Why Automating Dependency Updates
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Migrating Message Queue Based SOA Applications to the Cloud
The Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) pattern is commonly found in the enterprise. SOA is an approach where components (services) communicate with each other over the network. Each service focuses on a specific goal. For example, an SOA ecommerce store may have a service for credit card processing, another inventory checking, another for user management, and … Continue reading Migrating Message Queue Based SOA Applications to the Cloud
Distributed services – the past, present, and future of the Internet
The Internet started as a distributed network – ARPANET. Its protocol, TCP/IP, was designed so that hosts anyone could communicate without relying on a central authority, and if any one host went down, it didn’t affect the other others’ ability to work. Gradually, as ARPANET evolved into the Internet, that distributed architecture became more important. … Continue reading Distributed services – the past, present, and future of the Internet