Software Development Process
Webhook vs API: What’s the Difference?
Overview Webhook vs. API: 5 Key Differences and Similarities APIs need instruction to retrieve or manipulate data. Webhooks make automated calls based on a specific event or events. Both are used to help systems or web services communicate and share or transfer data. APIs are most useful for rapidly changing data. Webhooks are most useful…
Read MoreBuilding a Serverless Web App: Why You Should Consider the Monolith
Overview: The differences between serverless microservices and monolithic approaches to software development. Serverless Computing Monolith Applications Monolithic Limitations Serverless Web Apps and Monoliths When it comes to scaling up IT operations, it can be difficult to do within the limitations of software development applications like Monolith. Transitioning from a traditional monolithic to a more modern serverless microservices approach can be one of the…
Read MoreCloud Tasks Overview
Overview Cloud Tasks is a managed service from Google that helps clients manage and distribute tasks to their queues. As a result, developers gain numerous benefits that help them build applications and other products more efficiently while cutting costs. While Cloud Tasks has a lot of features, asynchronous code execution stands out as the one…
Read MoreFrom bulky apps to microservices: how app architecture evolved
Overview For those who understand application development and architecture, the difference between modern practices and those used a decade or two ago is stark. Along with other IT changes, the evolution of app architecture has led to cost and time-savings for both companies and clients. Table of Contents Monolithic App Architecture N-tier Architecture Microservices Achieve…
Read MoreHow Application Infrastructure Has Evolved From Local to Remote
Overview The three eras of application infrastructure are: Datacenters Hosted data The cloud While they’re all different, each technology is built on what came before it, and the lines separating the eras can be quite blurry. In fact, many companies still use hybrid models, where cloud hosting is better for some applications and hosted storage…
Read MoreThe Evolution of App Deployment and Packaging: 1990 to Now
Overview While app infrastructure and architecture were evolving, so was the face of software deployment and packaging. Over the past three decades, app deployment has become more efficient, a must in a world that increasingly lives and works online. The evolution of deployment and packaging since 1980 has ultimately lead to improved efficiency, scalability, and…
Read MoreEvolution of development process
Overview If you’ve followed our series on the evolution of IT, you know that we still need to talk about how the development process has changed over the years, which is where we pick up today. Improvements in the development process have shortened the time to create software and decreased fragmentation between different departments in a…
Read MoreDevOps: What is the Future of DevOps?
The term “DevOps” is a phrase that was coined by Patrick Debois approximately ten years ago. It is used to describe the methodology behind operation and development engineers working together from design to development. Developing a strong understanding of DevOps allows you to experience improvements regarding the efficiency and quality of the development of your…
Read MoreBest DevOps Tools
DevOps processes help companies to overcome the organizational challenges in an efficient, robust, and repeatable way. DevOps tools are a collection of complementary, task-specific tools that can be combined to automate processes. IronWorker and IronMQ are two DevOps tools from Iron.io that can help your business save money and scale on demand. The following solutions…
Read MoreDevOps Best Practices
Evolution is the key to survival. This is not only true for living organisms but also for companies. DevOps is a set of tools and practices that help speed up the development and operationalization of software products. This allows companies to better serve their customers by providing them with high-quality products. Essentially, this helps beat…
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