It is not a secret that Craft Conference inspired me, or at least gave me the necessary push to finally start my own blog. Last year I wrote in details about my wonderful experience at this conference and decided to do…
Developing software is not that hard. Especially today, when we have fast processors, many gigabytes of RAM memory and all the fancy tools in the world that help us write and maintain code. The software is everywhere, too. From our cars, telephones, home appliances, and watches, to electrical plants, medical equipment, factories and even light bulbs, everything has some piece of code running somewhere in it.
Motivation is limited. Remember when you had that great idea about that app. Maybe you even started working on it. That app was your ticket to freedom, escape from 9 to 5 rat race, and the mean for you to become a…
There are many blog posts and misconceptions about Repository Pattern, especially since the introduction of the OR/M libraries, like Entity Framework. In this article, we will investigate why this pattern is still useful, what are the benefits of using it…
In the previous article, we covered some topics that are important for understanding Dependency Injection. We considered that Dependency Injection is not just one principle, but an orchestration of many good practices, like Single Responsibility Principle and Dependency Inversion Principle. Apart from that,…
I remember the first time I got on stage with one of my bands. All the rehearsals and practices came down to one moment when we all needed to work together as one. Sounds from our instruments should merge into one, and…
Good software developers are, in general, people with many qualities. When talking about a good software developer one would usually use such adjectives as intelligent, hard-working, responsible and so on. What would be the biggest quality that these people have? For me, one of the best characteristics of a good software developer (software craftsman) is self-motivation.
Serverless is quite a buzz word this year, isn't it? It's a shiny new term that caused many debates and even conflicts among developers. In fact, at the moment you are reading this (assuming in 2017.) there are developers somewhere in the worlds, talking about serverless architecture, its benefits, and pitfalls.
In my previous blog post - Introduction to NoSQL and Polyglot Persistence, I wrote about what NoSQL databases are, how they can be used, and what the benefits of using one in your system are. Also, different types of NoSQL databases…
Today we are facing the rapid expansion of data-driven businesses, especially businesses that are web-based and have an enormous amount of data that is being transferred every second. In fact, almost 90% of all data on the web has been…
