Tag: Programming
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Distributed tracing with Apache Kafka and Jaeger
Posted on June 29, 2019, Level advanced Resource Length long
An article by Aaron Burk about distributed systems. Kafka decouples consumers and producers (meaning applications do not directly communicate with each other) it can be a challenge to illustrate exactly how data flows through your system. Author demonstrates how Jaeger is up to the challenge while navigating the pitfalls of an example project.
Tags programming monitoring servers devops apache
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Option/Maybe, Either, and Future Monads in JavaScript, Python, Ruby, Swift, and Scala
Posted on June 28, 2019, Level intermediate Resource Length long
The comparison done by Alexey Karasev focusing on Monads in different programming languages. It gives a brief explanation of monads and shows how to implement the most useful Monads in five different programming languages.
Tags swiftlang programming javascript scala code-refactoring
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Finding CRAN packages right from the R console
Posted on June 25, 2019, Level intermediate Resource Length short
The article from Joachim Zuckarelli about working woth Rlang. Currently, there are more than 14,000 R package contributions on CRAN providing R with an unparalleled wealth of features. The downside of the large and increasing amount of packages is that it becomes increasingly difficult to find the right tools to tackle a specific problem.
Tags programming big-data data-science
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Lessons learned while writing a Haskell application
Posted on June 24, 2019, Level intermediate Resource Length long
Gabriel Volpe in this article writes about his experience with Haskell. He introduced Haskell at his last job and wanted to put into practice all the stuff he learned: take the good, leave the bad.
Tags programming software functional-programming akka scala
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Java theory and practice: Explore new Java SE 11 and 12 APIs and language features
Posted on June 23, 2019, Level beginner Resource Length long
Mohamed Taman from IBM wrote this guide focusing on what is new in Java. New classes, security features, HTTP Client, and a no-compile code launch technique that every developer should know.
Tags java programming frameworks ibm
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Things I learnt the hard way (in 30 years of software development)
Posted on June 22, 2019, Level beginner Resource Length long
This is a cynical, clinical collection of things Julio Biason learnt in 30 years working with software development.
Tags agile programming career how-to code-refactoring frameworks
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Serverless local development
Posted on June 15, 2019, Level intermediate Resource Length medium
A guide from the pen of Gareth McCumskey on super hot topic of serverless Developing Serverless applications is a very different way of building applications we've been building for decades now.
Tags serverless programming cloud azure aws
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Comparison of 3 programming languages for a full-fledged next-generation sequencing tool
Posted on June 6, 2019, Level advanced Resource Length long
Study done by Pascal Costanza, Charlotte Herzeel and Wilfried Verachtert for new implementation language for elPrep. elPrep is an established multi-threaded framework for preparing SAM and BAM files in sequencing pipelines. To achieve good performance, its software architecture makes only a single pass through a SAM/BAM file for multiple preparation steps, and keeps sequencing data as much as possible in main memory.
Tags programming java golang performance
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Finding the cheapest flights for a multi-leg trip with Amadeus API and Python
Posted on June 3, 2019, Level intermediate Resource Length short
Vladimir Iakovlev is the author of this tutorial about finding cheapest flights for a multi-leg trip with Amadeus API and Python. Amadeus Travel APIs connect you to the richest information in the travel industry.
Tags python machine-learning programming software
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Small & fast Docker images using GraalVM's native-image
Posted on June 2, 2019, Level intermediate Resource Length medium
An article by Adam Warski focusing on optimization of deployment images. The JVM ecosystem has a lot of great traits, but small, cloud-deployment-friendly Docker images is not one of them.
Tags java scala docker programming devops
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How to remove unused CSS from your website
Posted on May 30, 2019, Level intermediate Resource Length medium
An article by Dan Englishby describing how to go about clearing CSS files. A cascading style sheet can gradually build up into a bulky file over time. This means two things, your CSS file is messy, and it's unnecessarily bigger.
Tags how-to css programming performance
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Using JaCoCo as code coverage tool for Scala
Posted on May 29, 2019, Level intermediate Resource Length short
Straight to the point guide by Miles Buckley focusing on open source coverage tool for Java.
Tags akka scala java programming