Published in AWS in Plain English·2 days agoServerless Computing. What Is Serverless, and Why Use It?Serverless computing is a cloud computing model in which the cloud provider runs the server, and the customer pays only for the resources used. There is no need to provision or manage any servers by the user, however. …Cloud Computing5 min readCloud Computing5 min read
Published in JavaScript in Plain English·5 days ago6 Popular Test Automation Tools, Their Pros and Cons, and When to Use ThemIn the QA world, we divide testing into manual and automated testing (a rather high-level distinction). As extensive manual testing is not suitable for most projects, due to the lack of scalability, most modern software is tested automatically. …Software Development5 min readSoftware Development5 min read
Nov 16When Is Swift UI Better Than UIKit? Comparing the Two iOS App Development Choices.There is no better time than now to write about the reasoning behind using Swift UI or UI Kit in your native iOS apps. Why now? iOS 16 brings many new, exciting features. …I OS App Development8 min readI OS App Development8 min read
Published in JavaScript in Plain English·Nov 14Astro: Evaluating the New Kid on the BlockThe usage and demand for large-scale Micro-Frontend Applications (MFEs) and highly performant Multi-Page Applications (MPAs) has increased over the years. …Java Script13 min readJava Script13 min read
Published in JavaScript in Plain English·Nov 9What’s New in Next.js 13?Summary Next.js brings us layouts, Turbopack, and many more goodies, including the dramatic reduction of client-side JavaScript; The new approach to structuring your Next.js apps is opt-in, and can be adopted incrementally, for a smooth adoption; New features will make developing performant web apps easier; Next.js 13 comes with Server…React9 min readReact9 min read
Published in JavaScript in Plain English·Nov 3What Are Micro-Frontend Web Applications?Micro-frontends (MFEs) are a hot topic in web development circles these days. But what are they? In a nutshell, MFEs are a way of structuring a web application as a collection of small, independently deployable modules. Each module has its own UI, business logic, and data model, and can be…Web Development9 min readWeb Development9 min read
Oct 26What Are the Most Popular Android App Architectures? 3 Main Approaches, Explained.Once upon a time in a galaxy far, far away Android developers figured out that maybe putting everything in a single file/Activity isn’t the best idea. We have come a long way since then. We would even dare to say that of all the platforms Android developers care the most…Android App Development9 min readAndroid App Development9 min read
Published in JavaScript in Plain English·Oct 17How to Efficiently Work Together in Big Teams Developing React Native Apps4 tools to streamline React Native app development in big teams. — Managing big teams is no easy feat. Everybody has their own preferences, working style, and characters, and yet all those aspects need to come together to create a team of people dedicated to creating values for clients. Below, we present 4 tools to streamline React Native app development in big…React Native6 min readReact Native6 min read
Oct 11360° IT Check #56 — Google Shuts Down Stadia, 10 Years of TypeScript, and More!Google Shuts Down Their Gaming Service Stadia, as It Looks for Savings It’s a sad day for gaming fans. Google decided to shut down Stadia. The service promised the future of cloud gaming, though it never became one. As the CEO wants to make the company “20% more efficient”, something had to go. Stadia was it. It should not come as a…Tech4 min readTech4 min read
Published in Kt. Academy·Oct 4The Experience Writing Kotlin Multiplatform Mobile AppsTo see our repository with a sample app written with the help of KMM, go to https://github.com/itmaginationdemos/KMM-Sample-App Before we get to the main part of the article, we would like to explain our starting position first. We went into this completely blind with minimal earlier knowledge on KMM (Kotlin Multiplatform…Programming6 min readProgramming6 min read
