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Development implications of microservices architecture
Achieve reactive microservices architecture with minimal effort
Reactive systems philosophy lends itself to microservices architecture because it stresses four core principles of responsivity, resilience, elasticity and message-driven communication. Continue Reading
How to control state for so-called stateless microservices
How do you control state in a stateless microservices environment? Front-end and back-end state control can be two viable approaches, and one requires less work than the other. Continue Reading
API deployments on serverless frameworks catching on
In a stealthy way, serverless APIs have moved out of the “shiny new thing” phase to being enterprise software developers’ favorite way to bypass development overhead when delivering applications, ... Continue Reading
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Rounding up a simple definition of microservices
Breaking your monolith out to a distributed architecture is certainly a complex task. But having a solid perspective of what microservices are at a basic level can go a long way in terms of forming ... Continue Reading
Beware of complexity in API and microservices development
Discover the hidden costs and complexities of API and microservices development and management, as well as some technologies that help software pros reduce those costs. Continue Reading
URI (Uniform Resource Identifier)
A URI (Uniform Resource Identifier) is a sequence of characters that identifies a logical or physical resource on a network. There are two types of URIs, Uniform Resource Identifiers (URLs) and Uniform Resource Names (URNs).Continue Reading
foo (in software programming)
Foo is a term used by developers as a placeholder when describing an idea or concept.Continue Reading
XSD (XML Schema Definition)
XSD is a W3C recommendation that defines the way to utilize the elements in an XML document.Continue Reading
XML infoset (XML information set)
The XML information set, also called the XML Infoset, is a specification for an abstract model of an Extensible Markup Language (XML) document... (Continued)Continue Reading
XML Tutorial
This tutorial contains XML articles, tutorials, examples, tips, tools, white papers, expert advice and more to pump up your XML know-how quickly.Continue Reading
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WSDL Tutorial
Our Web Services Description Language (WSDL) tutorial provides the tips, expert advice, news, trends and products you need to get started with or optimize your use of WSDL.Continue Reading
Keyhole Markup Language (KML)
Keyhole Markup Language (KML) is an XML-based markup language designed to annotate and overlay visualizations on various two-dimensional, Web-based online maps or three-dimensional Earth browsers (such as Google Earth)... (Continued)Continue Reading
RELAX NG (RELAX Next Generation)
RELAX NG (RELAX Next Generation) is a deliberately simple and straightforward XML markup language for metadocument data, aka schemas, developed in response to the W3C XML Schema standard... (Continued)Continue Reading
Fast Infoset (FI)
Fast Infoset (FI) is a standard that can serve as an alternative to XML (Extensible Markup Language) document formatting... (Continued)Continue Reading
XML pipeline
An XML pipeline is a formalized, logical expression of the method by which an XML (Extensible Markup Language) document is handled...Continue Reading