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Cypress JavaScript Selenium

Modern GUI Testing with Cypress: An In-Depth Look

In this article we will look at the advantages of using Cypress, a modern end-to-end testing framework, for automated GUI testing in web applications in this article. We will compare Cypress to its competitor, Selenium, emphasizing the benefits of Cypress's architecture, language support, real-time reloading, debugging capabilities, and reduced test flakiness.
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Playwright
Playwright

A step-by-step guide to setting up Playwright and understanding its advantages over Cypress and Selenium

This article provides a description of Microsoft's Playwright, a modern testing framework, as well as its advantages over popular competitors such as Cypress and Selenium. It emphasizes Playwright's primary advantages, such as broad browser compatibility, API consistency, speed and reliability, network interception, and auto-wait features.
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JavaScript Redux

Redux-Saga – handling asynchronous actions in Redux

Redux-Saga is a powerful library that enables writing complex asynchronous tasks in a simple, declarative way. This article attempts to show the basic use cases of it.
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Apache Lucene Atlas Search DB MongoDB

Atlas Search

Introduction If an application has some kind of search functionalities with a modern like and feel it usually has functionalities such as: So these are the functionalities […]
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Java JVM REST

JSON Web Token handling with Rest Assured

JSON Web Token is a very popular way of securing web applications and APIs. This article is a basic guide of how to handle JWT and create simple test cases with the Rest Assured library.
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Flyway
Flyway Java Spring

Flyway migrations with Spring

Flyway is a simple, yet powerful database migrations tool that allows you to easily manage and develop your database. With great support for many frameworks, including Spring, and vast adaptability, it's definitely worth checking out.
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API Java REST

API-first with the Open API Generator

The API-first approach facilitates effective cooperation in server-client projects, while having API-related models and services separate and configured in simple YAML files helps keeping a neat project structure. With the powerful Open API generator tool, such configurations can be later transformed into production-ready code.
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Feign
HTTP Java Machine Learning Microservices

Creating declarative HTTP clients with Feign

The declarative way of dealing with resources has become very popular especially in case of database data - with Spring Data JPA as a good example. But what about web resources i.e. RESTful services? Shouldn't operating on web data be as clean and easy as creating JpaRepository? Netflix's Feign is a good response for this question.
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API Backend Java REST Tools

Your first Quarkus application

your first Quarkus application can be challenging since getting familiar with new libraries and therefore changing your habits can make you feel lost and clueless. […]
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Angular Front-end

Observables – What is it? And how to use it in your code

This article introduces observables in Angular, explaining their role in handling asynchronous data streams. It covers the creation of observables, subscribing to them, applying operators for transformation and filtering, error handling, and unsubscription. Additionally, it includes a section on testing observables using fakeAsync for writing synchronous-looking tests for asynchronous code. By leveraging observables and RxJS, developers can enhance the responsiveness and efficiency of their Angular applications.
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