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• How to create a stateful application with service brokers, DTP

  Complex state control issues come with the territory of stateful application design. Learn useful concepts that manipulate state and enable a stateful app to work as envisioned. Continue Reading

• Web services

  Web services are a type of internet software that use standardized messaging protocols and are made available from an application service provider’s web server for use by a client or other web-based programs. Continue Reading

• state diagram (state machine diagram or statechart diagram)

  A state diagram, also known as a state machine diagram or statechart diagram, is an illustration of the states an object can attain as well as the transitions between those states in the Unified Modeling Language (UML). Continue Reading

• What does it mean to be an enterprise API management architect?

  APIs can't be taken lightly, and that means the API architect's job is essential. Learn about essential API architect responsibilities and how organizations can make the most of APIs. Continue Reading

• When event-driven messaging is the right choice

  Event-driven messaging and API messaging both have their place in application architecture. In this Q&A, a Gartner analyst explains when you might choose one over the other. Continue Reading

• Definitions to Get Started

  • source code
  • user interface (UI)
  • REST (REpresentational State Transfer)
  • RESTful API

  • application program interface (API)
  • class diagram
  • Web services
  • state diagram (state machine diagram or statechart diagram)

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• How to create an efficient container-based architecture

  Containers can introduce as many problems as they solve. In case you missed it, these four articles offer practical advice for consistent and structured container implementations.Continue Reading

• For API-based integration, a gateway is your friend

  Gateway technology makes API-based integration and microservices more secure, more efficient and more manageable. But beware API management pitfalls.Continue Reading

• object-oriented programming (OOP)

  Object-oriented programming (OOP) is a programming language model where programs are organized around data, or objects, rather than functions and logic.Continue Reading

• When should I choose between serverless and microservices?

  Serverless and microservices work well together, but they still have their unique qualities. We review their main differences and where one might accomplish goals the other can't.Continue Reading

• How API gateways work -- and why you need them

  Learn the essentials of both API gateways and API design. Then, grasp how to use them to modernize monolithic apps and facilitate cloud-native microservices.Continue Reading

• Examine 4 hybrid cloud options from bursts to SaaS to CI/CD

  Hybrid cloud can provide an enterprise with a happy medium of cloud and on-premises benefits. Unsure where to begin? Try setting up hybrid web services, software services or development tools, and other practical approaches.Continue Reading

• Use the Ballerina language to ease into cloud microservices

  With native integration features, Ballerina promises to take care of lower-level technological considerations, while developers focus on building features.Continue Reading

• event

  An event, in a computing context, is an action or occurrence that can be identified by a program and has significance for system hardware or software.Continue Reading

• mobile application development

  Mobile application development is the set of processes and procedures involved in writing software for small, wireless computing devices such as smartphones or tablets.Continue Reading

• Quick quiz on creating APIs and managing APIs

  API management and development processes are complicated, and developers need to know their way around many types of APIs. Prove what you know about creating APIs and managing them.Continue Reading