SOLID is an acronym describing the principles on how to write maintainable software. Developed by Robert Martin, the five letters represent five design principles that would help make software designs easy to understand, flexible and scalable for when requirements call for changes. And while it has been the standard for…

Now more than ever, digital transformation plays a bigger role in modernising your organisation and helping it move forward. Digital transformation helps improve customer experience and drives increase in productivity, agility, and profitability. Digital transformation, however, isn’t simple. Challenges include the lack of resources, budget constraints, lack of proper IT…

Testing is often viewed as a necessary evil in software development, in order to ensure the quality of applications. Most commonly, however, testing occurs after the coding process has been completed. However, according to the Ministry of Testing’s OpsBoss and author of Testing of Web APIs Mark Winteringham, testing should…

Two of the most popular message brokers used today are Kafka and those based around JMS. JMS is a long-standing Java API used generally for developing messaging applications, with its primary function of being able to send messages between two or more clients. …

According to Cambridge Dictionary, “evolutionary” is defined as a gradual process of change and development, whereas “revolutionary” is a complete change in a system, or bringing or causing great change. The question that this article poses is a necessary one to define how microservices have changed and affected the way…

Editor’s note: This interview with Kin Lane was recorded for Coding Over Cocktails — a podcast by Toro Cloud. In Postman’s 2020 State of the API report, it was found that when it came to API production, the number one obstacle was “ lack of time”, which was cited by…

By 2024, Gartner predicts that 45% of IT spending within organizations will shift from traditional solutions to the cloud — all in an effort to enable digital transformation. This is what Gartner refers to as “cloud-shift”, and cloud adoption is further accelerating due to the COVID-19 crisis. However, undergoing this…

In a Cloud Microservices Market report, it was found that the cloud microservices market was valued at USD 831.45 billion in 2020, and it is expected to reach USD 2,701.36 billion by 2026. …

This was the advice shared by Erik Dietrich, founder of DaedTech LLC and Hit Subscribe, and author of the book “Developer Hegemony: The Future of Labor”. During an episode of the Coding Over Cocktails podcast, Erik discussed how enterprises should focus on creating a series of small wins through pockets…