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Websites What is GraphQL? We previously discussed the difference between REST and SOAP for building APIs and web services. But there is an alternative solution that is becoming increasingly popular. Better than all the... read more
Websites Moving to a microservices architecture Alongside containerisation, ‘microservices’ is very much a software development buzzword. But just like with containers, the innovative and far-reaching technology behind the buzzword makes the microservices concept far more than... read more
Cloud Container orchestration with Kubernetes Hosting a small number of containers on a single server is no huge undertaking, especially with easy access to container images on the Docker platform. But hosting hundreds or thousands... read more
Cloud Getting started with Docker containers If you have anything to do with web or app development, you’ll almost certainly have heard of containerisation and the benefits it can provide. But if you haven’t... read more
Digital Continuous integration tools: Jenkins vs Travis CI Software development can be complicated, especially when things go wrong. Say two developers are working on a project. They are each coding on separate branches of the master code in... read more
Cloud Nagios server monitoring Managing a server is a 24/7 job. Traffic can spike, systems and applications can go offline, updates need to be installed, and RAM needs to be managed around the... read more
Digital Puppet: pulling the strings of your server If you’ve ever had to set up and maintain a server, the list of tasks can seem endless. You’ve got storage configuration, user account creation, and setup of... read more
Servers What is Ceph? You might be asking yourself "what does Ceph mean?" Well, Ceph is an open-source software that provides a scalable and reliable clustered storage solution. In a clustered storage... read more
Servers A guide to XAMPP An important part of web development is in testing. A developer could code what they think is a beautiful and functional web application, but once it gets handed over for... read more
Cloud What are software containers? It’s easy to ignore the latest industry buzzwords, but the concept of ‘containerisation’ is very much worthy of your time. Over the last few years, container loading software has... read more
Servers Linux compression: all about compromise Linux compression is an incredibly useful tool for file storage, archiving, and transferring information within your computer. It reduces the amount of storage space required, improves bandwidth, and can even... read more
Servers REST vs SOAP web services When it comes to building APIs and web services there are two main contenders: * REST - Representational State Transfer * SOAP - Simple Object Access Protocol What is REST web service?... read more
