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How to Use Shipa to Make Kubernetes Adoption Easier for Developers

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Kubernetes offers developers tremendous advantages… if they can overcome the platform’s inherent complexities. It can be a big « if. » Without additional tooling, developers aren’t able to simply develop their applications on Kubernetes, but must also become experts in writing complex YAML templates to define Kubernetes resources. A relatively new tool called Shipa provides an application management framework that largely relieves developers of this burden, enabling dev teams to ship applications with no Kubernetes expertise required.

Having recently put the tool to the test, this article will demonstrate how to install and utilize Shipa to simplify Kubernetes and ease some common developer frustrations.

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Micronaut: Rapid Development With MicrostarterCLI

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MicrostarterCLI is a rapid development tool for Micronaut applications. It helps you as a developer to generate standard reusable codes, configurations, or patterns as you need in your application. 

Application Description

In this article, we will develop an ArabicNames service that has REST and GraphQL endpoints. To begin with the development, we will generate a Micronaut application project from Micronaut Launch. Then, we will use MicrostarterCLI to develop the following: 

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Differences Between Laravel and Yii

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Ask any seasoned web app developer about their choice of programming language, and they are sure to mention PHP. PHP is a widely-used general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for Web development and can be embedded into HTML. As per Builtwith, 3,090,319 live websites are still using PHP. However, when it comes to developing massive projects without lag or stability issues, developers tend to use frameworks, and PHP has two remarkable frameworks: 1) Laravel and 2) Yii. Both frameworks have a lot of followers in terms of full-grown communities globally, and there may be questions arising about which to choose.

What Are Laravel and Yii?

Laravel is a simple PHP framework frequently used for web-based or web application development initially created as a better alternative to Codeigniter. It is known for MVC Support, articulated ORM systems, reliability, modularity, and uncomplicated coding rules. Some of the key features of Laravel Framework are:

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Understanding Cross Browser Testing and Responsive Testing

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Introduction

The Internet is inevitable in the current time. It is everywhere, and the entire world depends on it to function, perform day-to-day activities and stay connected with people from different corners. Gone are the days when testers only chose to create websites for selected browsers and hardly faced issues maintaining a website on a few browsers. As the technology matured, many significant players entered the browser market. Even the users evolved, became tech-savvy, and improved their browsing habits. Now was a time when businesses were in critical need of cross-browser testing and responsive testing to stay ahead of the competition. Cross-browser testing focuses on the website’s overall functionality; responsive web testing verifies the look and feel of the web application. Cross-browser testing deals with the analysis of the web browsers that their users use, and responsive testing deals with the devices where the company’s user base visits the websites. Let us shed some light and understand cross-browser and responsive testing in detail.

What Is Cross Browser Testing?

We all know that testing cross-browser compatibility of websites « is of utmost importance. It helps understand how stable your web application is across various technologies, browsers, operating systems, and devices. The adoption of cross-browser testing is to provide a better user experience irrespective of which browser-OS-device combination your users use to access your website. In cross-browser testing, the testers generally validate the web application’s functionality and ensure its user-friendliness and performance are up to the mark across the web browsers. Businesses can also take the help of cloud-based automated cross-browser testing tools to have access to a wide range of real devices to test their web and mobile applications. Different browser engines render websites differently; even the version of each browser causes the code uniquely. It means the code behind the websites is read differently by every browser. So, various cross-browser testing strategies are critical for website accessibility. It is how different browsers render a web page:

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Exciting New Tools For Designers, April 2022

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Bored with the same old design tools? There are plenty of new toys to experiment with, from fun divots to functional design tools that could become your new go-to’s.

Here’s what is new for designers this month…

Kosmo

Kosmo is a new project management and invoicing system designed just for freelancers. Designers and developers will love it because the interface is sleek and modern. The tool lets you send invoices, track time, manage projects, send proposals and contracts, and manage billing. You can customize everything from your brand to colors so that your invoices reflect your business style. The platform has a free option as well, making it easy to have the tools you need to run your business. (Plus, there’s a very affordable premium plan if you want more features.)

STUDIO

STUDIO lets designers layout and publish responsive websites, including the ability to connect to backend data, all with a low learning-curve GUI and no coding knowledge prerequisites. You can publish to a free URL with free hosting on the cloud. The free version also includes forms. STUDIO also has premium plans if you like the tool for websites of all sizes and bandwidth needs.

NFT.js

NFT.JS allows you to deploy an ERC721 contract that can perform all the required functions without writing a single line of code. Interact with the contract by calling functions and sending transactions to the contract with a couple of lines of NFT.JS. Provide the input file into the metadata object, and NFT.JS uploads all the files provided in the metadata to IPFS as well as uploads the metadata.json file to IPFS and mints the NFT.

Color Morph

Color Morph is a fun little tool to help you generate mesh gradients in SVG format, or generate CSS, that you can snag and use in projects. The patterns are trendy and fun to use.

Scripts Organizer

Scripts Organizer is an advanced code editor for WordPress. This premium tool helps you make workflow scripts work for you with scheduling, advanced functionality, live previews, safe mode, SCSS partials, code injections, import and export, and more.

Texture

Texture is a fun web project that creates generative art that you can use for backgrounds or pretty much anything else. Preview the textures, pull the JavaScript or CSS or even edit and continue to play with them on CodePen.

Avvvatars

Avvvatars are a set of unique placeholder avatars that are free. The tool is easy to use, includes 40 colors, is accessible and lightweight, comes with 60 shapes, and is customizable. You can grab it on GitHub or as a Figma file.

Epic Ruler

Epic Ruler is a premium design utility tool that measures distance, dimensions, position, pick colors, test contrast, and align on-screen elements anywhere on your screen. You can also create alignments, and it comes with a great color picker that helps you pinpoint hues down to the pixel.

Jotform Apps

Jotform Apps is a new set of app tools from the company you may know for form-building tools. The free no-code app builder lets you add forms, links, widgets, and branding to one fully customized app that can be downloaded onto any smartphone, tablet, or computer. Get started with a template to jumpstart projects.

Spruce

Spruce is an open-source, lightweight CSS design system that’s built on Sass. The tool, which is in beta, is designed to help you start with a solid foundation for projects. It includes structure and code, typography, tables, and buttons.

Yaade

Yaade is an open-source, self-hosted, collaborative API development environment. It’s made for those who want self-hosting in security – if you don’t know the password, there’s no way in! You can import OpenAPI v3 files, there’s data import and export, and a dark mode default.

Agnostic UI

Agnostic UI is one stylesheet that works with multiple frameworks. The user interface components work in React, Vue 3, Svelte, and Angular. It includes semantic and accessible HTML with unprocessed CSS so you can code on the platform to get ahead of web standards.

Turbulent Buttons

Turbulent Buttons is a button-and-hover animation that goes the extra mile. This is a fun button and animation that is anything but boring.

Never Install

Never Install is a cloud platform that allows you to run any application from the browser without installing it on your device. It is an alternative to traditional desktop application usage and enables people to stream applications over the web. The developers are working on a next-generation cloud platform to bring any GUI application regardless of the operating system, device, and system requirements to the browser. The tool is free to use.

Photoinsight

Photoinsight is a tool (free and paid) to manage digital assets, including photos, videos, and 3D elements, in one place. You can search, filter, and group views based on your preferences. Plus, there are tools such as batch renaming and statistics and trends to help you manage files.

Formspector

Formspector answers that nagging question – are my forms working? Use the tool to set automated tests that will notify you if anything stops working, from newsletter signups to contact forms to support requests.

Wikifox.js

Wikifox.js is a lightweight, powerful, and restful JavaScript library that connects to the Wikipedia API. This library can be used to get content from Wikipedia.

Lightning Builder

Lightning Builder is a free browser-based drag and drop website builder. You can design a mockup in minutes so that you can show developers or writers what you are thinking when you are planning a new design or website project. Use it to ease communication for teams with new project builds.

Waaard

Waaard is a tiny tool with a lot of practical applications. Use it to create a protected link or file that only people you want to access it can open. With plenty of verification methods, you’ll know your links are safe.

Doodle Ipsum

Doodle Ipsum is the lorem ipsum of illustrations. Customize doodles, grab the code, and use them on web prototypes, landing pages, or no-code tools.

FF Din Stencil

FF Din Stencil is a fun display typeface for just the right application with a distinct style. It comes in a variety of weights and styles and is part of a greater FF Din family.

Fontanella

Fontanella is a typeface designed by Coto Mendoza, which emerged from calligraphy and manual drawing exploring the skeleton and classic proportions of Roman capital letters. It has an easy-to-read style with interesting sans serif characters.

Sarlotte

Sarlotte is a statuesque typeface with long tails, swashes, and flourishes. From the type designer: It seduces your eyes with its curves yet still manages to maintain its classy serenity, it’s perfect for branding, logos, invitations, and more.

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Observability for Monitoring Microservices: Top 5 Tools

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With microservices architecture becoming the de facto standard for web applications now, effective debugging and anomaly detection calls for a system that is observable — which means, the internal state of an application can be inferred by observing and tracking the metrics, traces, and logs.

Observability is all about data exposure and easy access to information required to find issues when the communications fail, internal events do not occur as expected or events occur when they shouldn’t. Here, you’ll learn and know about different microservices monitoring tools and how to monitor microservices. Let’s take a look!

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Quand la technologie donne le LA à la tournée eco-friendly de Coldplay

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Même dans les périodes difficiles, certaines choses demeurent inchangées. La musique est pour beaucoup un exutoire et le moyen de partager des moments uniques. Dans un même temps, la réduction des émissions carbone est une priorité essentielle pour tous, et ce dans le monde entier. Pour répondre à cet enjeu, Coldplay s’associe cette année à SAP afin que sa tournée mondiale « Music Of The Spheres » soit la plus neutre possible en carbone.

Quand la date du concert tant attendue approche, vous vous demandez probablement comment vous comptez vous y rendre. La réponse à cette simple question peut avoir un impact important sur le déroulement de votre soirée, mais elle pourrait avoir un impact encore plus grand sur votre empreinte carbone, et par conséquent sur notre planète et ses habitants.

Croyez-le ou non, les déplacements du public pour aller et revenir d’un concert contribuent largement aux émissions de carbone et s’accumulent à chaque tournée. Tous les fans n’en ont pas conscience mais en les sensibilisant, nous pouvons en responsabiliser des millions.

Coldplay, l’un des groupes de musique les plus célèbres et engagés, s’est fixé une mission pour sa prochaine tournée mondiale : la rendre la plus éco responsable possible. Pour y parvenir, ils souhaitent réduire leur consommation globale mais également avoir davantage recours à des technologies vertes, dans le but de réduire les émissions totales de CO2. Ce projet est aussi le moyen de sensibiliser la communauté de fans à une cause qui concerne tout le monde.

Coldplay souhaite ainsi continuer d’offrir une expérience de concerts unique à ses fans tout en leur donnant la possibilité de s’engager à ses côté. Pour donner vie à ce projet, le groupe avait besoin d’un peu d’aide ; c’est là qu’intervient SAP.

“Grâce à notre technologie et à nos solutions, nous donnons aux organisations du monde entier les moyens de favoriser le développement durable“, a déclaré Christian Klein, PDG et membre du Conseil Exécutif de SAP SE. “Coldplay et SAP partagent un engagement commun et profond pour le développement durable, et nous sommes ravis d’unir nos forces pour rendre leur tournée aussi écologique que possible.”

SAP a collaboré avec Coldplay pour développer et lancer l’application Coldplay Music Of The Spheres World Tour. Cette application combine des expériences interactives et immersives avec des fonctionnalités qui permettent aux fans de prendre des décisions plus respectueuses de l’environnement lors de leurs déplacements. Une fois que les utilisateurs auront téléchargé l’application, ils commenceront leur voyage et exploreront différentes sections qui offrent toutes des moyens uniques de faire partie de l’univers Coldplay tout au long de la tournée.

Les fans peuvent commencer par l’axe durabilité dans la section “Voyage” de l’application. Ils peuvent y visualiser et mieux comprendre en quoi leur mode de déplacement impacte leur empreinte carbone. En choisissant parmi sept modes de transport différents – voiture, taxi, train, transports en commun, vélo, à pied ou en avion – les fans peuvent voir en temps réel l’impact de leurs décisions sur l’environnement. Et pour promouvoir des modes de transports plus durables, l’application offre des récompenses sous forme de codes promo sur la boutique en ligne de Coldplay à tout spectateur qui s’engage à utiliser les transports à faible émission carbone.

L’application comporte également d’autres rubriques :

  • La tournée : il est possible de consulter les dates et les lieux des concerts, de trouver des billets ou même de partager ses concerts préférés directement sur les réseaux sociaux.
  • Planet : cette rubrique permet de plonger dans des jeux interactifs sur le thème de la réduction des gaz à effet de serre, tout en apprenant davantage sur les actions mises en place par Coldplay et ses partenaires de tournée dans le domaine.
  • Univers : Grâce à cette rubrique, l’utilisateur peut créer son propre contenu sur le thème de Coldplay en utilisant la réalité augmentée. Il est possible d’y prendre des photos, créer des vidéos, et même de danser avec des extraterrestres, puis de partager ses créations sur les réseaux sociaux. Cette rubrique donne également accès à du contenu exclusif sur le groupe.

Pour donner vie à cette expérience d’envergure mondiale, SAP a exploité deux solutions de premier ordre : SAP Business Technology Platform et SAP Cloud for Sustainable Enterprises. Coldplay utilise également SAP Analytics Cloud pour obtenir des informations sur l’empreinte carbone des fans qui voyagent, à partir des données capturées dans l’application, ce qui aidera le groupe à déterminer comment la tournée compense les émissions de carbone calculées.

“Ces dernières années, nous avons cherché à placer le développement durable au cœur de nos tournées et l’application joue un rôle important dans la concrétisation de cette vision et de cet engagement. Nous sommes très fiers de la collaboration avec notre partenaire SAP, qui a créé une application à la fois efficace et attrayante permettant à nos fans de choisir des moyens plus durables pour se rendre à nos concerts“, a déclaré Coldplay.

Les difficultés rencontrées par Coldplay pour gérer les émissions de carbone liées aux déplacements du public ne sont pas propres à l’industrie musicale. Partout dans le monde, les entreprises sont confrontées à la gestion des émissions de carbone qui ne font pas partie de leurs activités ou qui ne sont pas sous leur contrôle direct, autrement dit, les émissions de niveau 3. SAP aide ainsi les entreprises du monde entier à devenir des entreprises durables et intelligentes, en leur fournissant des solutions et des outils numériques pour gérer de manière optimale leurs performances en matière de développement durable, à tous les niveaux de leur activité.

Ce n’est qu’en s’engageant collectivement que nous pourrons commencer à améliorer notre impact sur l’environnement. Avec l’application Music Of The Spheres World Tour, nous sommes heureux de montrer au monde entier que lorsque nous travaillons conjointement, nous pouvons sensibiliser, agir, et surtout changer les choses.

Pour vivre vous-même l’expérience, l’application Music Of The Spheres World Tour de Coldplay est déjà disponible en téléchargement sur iOS et Android.

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Infrastructure as Code: Everything You Need to Know

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Infrastructure is one of the core tenets of a software development process — it is directly responsible for the stable operation of a software application. This infrastructure can range from servers, load balancers, firewalls, and databases all the way to complex container clusters.

Infrastructure considerations are valid beyond production environments, as they spread across the entire development process. They include tools and platforms such as CI/CD platforms, staging environments, and testing tools. These infrastructure considerations increase as the level of complexity of the software product increases. Very quickly, the traditional approach for manually managing infrastructure becomes an unscalable solution to meet the demands of DevOps modern rapid software development cycles. And that’s how Infrastructure as Code (IaC) has become the de facto solution in development today.

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Azure Infrastructure Made Immutable With Locks

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After an application is deployed to production, developers should lock down its underlying infrastructure to prevent accidental changes. Some of the common accidents that can affect the availability of an application in production are: moving, renaming, or deleting the resource crucial to the function of the application. You can use locks that prevent anyone from performing a forbidden action to avoid such mishaps.

Creating Locks

Almost every resource in Azure supports locks, so you will find the lock option in the settings section of nearly all resources in the portal. For example, the following screenshot illustrates locks on resource groups:

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3 Steps To Streamline Kubernetes Multi-Cluster Management

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The footprint of Kubernetes is expanding rapidly in all industries. Many enterprises already operate multiple Kubernetes clusters in multiple regions to address the needs of global operations and reduce application latency for customers worldwide. You may already have a large number of Kubernetes clusters in on-premises data centers and a number of public cloud locations, possibly using several cloud providers to avoid lock-in.

Unfortunately, operating a distributed, multi-cluster, multi-cloud environment is not a simple task. Kubernetes is a relatively new technology. It’s hard to find staff with Kubernetes skills or to identify the best tools for multi-cloud Kubernetes management.

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