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• API management

  API management is the process of overseeing application program interfaces (APIs) in a secure, scalable environment. Continue Reading

• Follow these 10 fundamental microservices design principles

  The right design principles enable microservices adopters to build an application from autonomous, cohesive components that can scale seamlessly. Here are 10 to follow. Continue Reading

• How to improve API documentation with Swagger and OpenAPI

  Discover why developers should take advantage of Swagger tooling and the OpenAPI specification to streamline API design, documentation and management, especially for RESTful APIs. Continue Reading

• object-oriented programming (OOP)

  Object-oriented programming (OOP) is a programming language model that organizes software design around data, or objects, rather than functions and logic. Continue Reading

• How the .NET Core platform advances cloud-based app deployment

  The capabilities of .NET Core keep developers interested. We break down the reasons why that's the case. Continue Reading

• Definitions to Get Started

  • API management
  • object-oriented programming (OOP)
  • API testing
  • WSO2

  • dependency injection
  • open API (public API)
  • source code
  • user interface (UI)

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• API testing

  API testing is a type of software testing that analyzes an application program interface (API) to verify it fulfills its expected functionality, security, performance and reliability.Continue Reading

• How to test microservices for functionality and compliance

  If you're new to microservices testing practices, understand that traditional techniques won't work anymore. We examine how to approach four critical microservices tests.Continue Reading

• A guide to open source technology in application development

  The open source community continuously adapts to address the latest application development and deployment needs of organizations large and small. What can these tools do for you?Continue Reading

• WSO2

  WSO2 is a middleware vendor that sells open source application program interface (API) management software.Continue Reading

• 5 essential tips for logging microservices

  Creating a log system for distributed microservices is a task much easier said than done. Joydip Kanjilal offers five quick tips to shore up microservices logging processes.Continue Reading

• An introduction to combining CQRS and event sourcing

  Combining CQRS and event sourcing is a powerful way to maintain data speed and consistency for web-scale applications. Learn about the pros and cons of pairing these two processes.Continue Reading

• The enterprise architect's guide to application state management

  If your project is caught in a state-related conundrum, keep this guide handy when you need to untangle complex stateful and stateless app design and management predicaments.Continue Reading

• dependency injection

  In object-oriented programming (OOP) software design, dependency injection (DI) is the process of supplying a resource that a given piece of code requires.Continue Reading

• 6 quick facts about a Java microservices architecture

  Building microservices in Java may not be as simple as it seems. Here are six quick facts and tips that will help you with Java-based microservices development.Continue Reading

• The right (and wrong) way to think about code refactoring

  Code refactoring keeps code clean, sharp and efficient -- ideally without changing any of its functionality. Learn how to refactor code without interrupting your deployment pipeline.Continue Reading