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HTML Over WebSockets: Responsiveness with Low Latency, but Be Careful

By Dick Weisinger

Single-page Apps (SPA) have ruled developer mindsets over the last decade. The problem is that current SPA architectures are flawed. On the front end, the developer writes Javascript-based applications that exchange JSON packages asynchronously to backend RESTful APIs. In this

Policy As Code: Establishing Repeatable and Versionable Policies

By Dick Weisinger

Policy as Code is an automated system that defines policy and policy management though data and code. Standard software techniques like version control, automated testing and automated deployment can then be applied to the policy definitions. Encapsulating policy definitions as

Coding: Do JS Frameworks Have a Future?

By Dick Weisinger

React, Vue, Angular, Backbone, and Ember. These are just a few of the available front-end Javascript frameworks for developing web pages. JS frameworks help developers create modular code that has a lot of built-in features that improve user experience. But

Software: Open Source Skills More Valued than Proprietary Experience

By Dick Weisinger

Companies value experience in skills with Open Source software compared to proprietary software, according to a survey of more than 3000 software developers and managers from IBM and O’Reilly Media. The survey found that: Open-Source software was used by nearly

Computing Architecture: Client-Serverless

By Dick Weisinger

The Client-Server computing architecture was developed during the 1970’s. The arrival of personal computers (PCs) popularized this model of distributed computing and distinguished it from centralized computing with mainframes. Client-serverless is a more modern variation on the client-server model. Advantages