What is an API? So firstly, what is an API? A lot of people have been asking this question recently due to the boom in web-based services. To start with it’s worth knowing that the term API is actually an… Read More ›
Software
Setting up Angular with the CLI
Setting up Angular is a relatively simple process and if you follow the steps below you should be up and running in no time. Prerequisites To install Angular, you will first need to have Node JS installed. https://nodejs.org/en/about/releases/ An active… Read More ›
What is Angular?
Angular is an open-source web application framework that is maintained by Google. If you look back at the history of Angular you will find 2 main versions, the original known as AngularJS this was later replaced by a compete rewrite… Read More ›
Building a landing page
So based on my previous post, Work holts on the app, you may have seen that my next goal is to build a landing page for the Git CodeCommit app. Now I don’t particularly have any money for this project so… Read More ›
Basics of load testing
Load testing is a testing process that aims to stress and load an application or system to understand its performance capabilities, determining how it will respond in a number of different scenarios. Load testing is mostly known for use cases… Read More ›
Getting the pull requests
So the task for the evening is to allow the user to drill down into a selected repository from within the list repo’s page. To start with a little UI tweak to capture the user clicking the card seems the… Read More ›
GitOps
So what is GitOps you may ask? Firstly, I wouldn’t say that GitOps is a particularly new concept. GitOps is more of a re-badging of some existing processes that are combined together. The main idea behind GitOps is that it… Read More ›
Adding a favourites option
So I wanted to add a favourites option to the list of repos in the form of “staring” the favourite repositories. The Idea with creating a favourites option is that I’ll show the favourite repositories on the home page so… Read More ›
CodeCommit app – Market research
So a little bit of feedback on the existing applications in this sort of domain. All these apps are ones I have or still work with. They all work well and I would normally recommend them all for day to… Read More ›
Common Developer Mistakes
As a senior developer I often see the same mistakes while I’m reviewing things like systems, processes and code. In this article I will try and explain some of them and the mitigations you can put in place to help… Read More ›