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9 books for those who work in IT

CodeIT — Fri, 06 Jan 2023 10:40:06 +0000

“Accelerate: Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organizations”, Nicole Forsgren, Jez Humble, Gene Kim. About the results of the DevOps survey and examples of successful companies😎 ⠀
“Escaping the Build Trap: How Effective Product Management Creates Real Value”, Melissa Perri. To all specialists working with products. ⠀
“Radical Candor: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity”, Kim Scott. The book contains the concept of communication that every company/team should adopt, useful tips and interesting stories. ⠀
“A Practical Guide to Testing in DevOps”, Katrina Clokie. The book is perfect for testers who want to work in DevOps projects. ⠀
“How to Be an Inclusive Leader: Creating Trust, Cooperation, and Community Across Differences”, Jennifer Brown. The book is about learning more about empathic leadership and ethics and becoming one of those teams🔥 ⠀
“Grokking Algorithms: An Illustrated Guide For Programmers and Other Curious People” by Aditya Y. Bhargava. Many examples are given in the book. There are no incomprehensible formulas, but rather a simplification of the concept of these concepts🙌 ⠀
“Software Test design”, Lee Copeland. A practical guide to developing software tests was written in 2003. For testers working with projects of any complexity. ⠀
"Bug Trap", Peter Jaworski. The book will tell about white hacking — the search for vulnerabilities in the security system. ⠀
“Herding cats: a primer for programmers who lead programmers” J. Hank Rainwater. Useful for managers of various departments and programmers themselves 😎

Reading list from CodeIT Team

Benefits of Microservices, Statistics, and Real-World Examples

CodeIT — Tue, 22 Nov 2022 10:17:43 +0000

The use of microservices for building digital products is a new trend in the software development industry. According to recent statistics, roughly 4 out of 5 businesses already use microservices. The many benefits of microservices make this architecture type more popular compared to its ancestor, the monolithic architecture.

Microservices help develop dispersed architectures of applications. The main principle of the microservice architecture is using various services connected to an app using HTTP/HTTPS requests or API integrations.

The main advantages of microservices over the monolithic architecture are:

self-sufficiency
technical variety
scalability
high sustainability
continuous delivery
minor changes are easier to implement
simplified onboarding

The main goal of using microservices is to break a monolithic app into distinctive parts. Each service can be built using various technologies, updated, and scaled independently. The decentralized approach helps develop failure-proof applications.

For more detailed information follow the link https://codeit.us/blog/benefits-of-microservices

Xamarin vs React Native: A Short Comparison

CodeIT — Mon, 24 Oct 2022 08:16:37 +0000

💡Recently we have reviewed two frameworks: Flutter and React Native. Today let's compare React Native and XAMARIN.
✍🏻The Android team and the iOS team might implement the same feature completely differently. As we know, the tools you use to create an app for Android will not work for iOS app development and vice versa. For that reason, developers use cross-platform solutions, including Xamarin and React Native.
📌Xamarin allows creating one single application logic using C # and .NET. In this framework, applications can send requests to API interfaces on devices. When the visual interface is defined, the C # logic is attached, and the app works on both Android and iOS.
📌React Native is a JS framework based on JS and React created by Facebook. With React Native, you don't build a "mobile web app," an "HTML5 app", or a "hybrid app." You build a real mobile app that's indistinguishable from an app built using Objective-C or Java. Due to the fact that the version for Android appeared later, the one for iOS has more components.

❗Xamarin's advantages include the following:
Single technology stack
Cost-effective development.
Easy prototyping
Native Experience in UI.

❗Cons of Using Xamarin:
Not all Open Source Libraries available.
Not for heavy graphics.
Problems with 3rd-party tools.

❗Pros of Using React Native
Big Community
Native-like performance
Reusable code
One team for several apps

❗Cons of Using React Native
Developers for native modules
3rd-party components trouble
Performance issues
Slower updates
To read the full article, you can follow the link below and find out everything no one else knows!
https://codeit.us/blog/xamarin-vs-react-native

Revealing Why Flutter App Development is Becoming More Popular

CodeIT — Thu, 13 Jan 2022 15:34:52 +0000

Over the past three years, Flutter has steadily gone from a new kid on the block to the most popular and versatile toolkit for multi-platform development. Google-backed technology is developing and more young professionals are making their choice in favor of Flutter. In our article, we explain the reasons for this state of affairs and talk about what tasks Flutter is truly indispensable for.

Why is Python One of The Most Versatile and Popular Languages?

CodeIT — Wed, 22 Dec 2021 09:48:13 +0000

So, the years go by, but Python stays in the development world's top of the pops. What is the secret of Guido van Rossum's brainchild success? Relatively simple syntax? Extensive toolkit? Or maybe the convenience when developing AI and Machine Learning solutions? Let's figure it out. Read our article "ADVANTAGES OF PYTHON: VERSATILE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TOOL" https://codeit.us/blog/advantages-of-python

Expert analysis of how to prepare and migrate application to cloud

CodeIT — Mon, 15 Nov 2021 09:44:12 +0000

📱 In his new article our Python Technical Lead Oleksandr Lytvynenko shares his vision on the migration of apps to Cloud. This process has many advantages, and he shares the benefits and challenges of it.

So how to make your apps ready to migrate to cloud?
‣ Make sure your app can be configured easily
‣ Decouple data from the application
‣ Use standard tools and protocols
‣ Incapsulate any environment-specific code
‣ Write platform-agnostic code
‣ Dockerize your app
‣ Design your code for scalability
‣ Fit your code for #DB scaling
‣ Consider using microservices architecture

For more detailed information follow https://codeit.us/blog/how-to-get-your-app-ready-for-cloud

Future of Software Testing: What Trends Will Prevail in the Coming Years?

CodeIT — Fri, 12 Nov 2021 14:31:21 +0000

🔻It is difficult to overestimate the importance of Quality Assurance (QA) measures in the modern digital industry. Walking hand in hand with software development from the earliest days of the industry, QA has been an integral part of the successful development cycle. Modern trends are changing QA, turning this process into a universal tool for delivering quality for customers.

🔻Let's see if the future of software testing is bright 👉 https://codeit.us/blog/software-testing-trends

FLUTTER VS REACT NATIVE: COMPARING TWO MOST POPULAR FRAMEWORKS

CodeIT — Thu, 11 Nov 2021 15:19:13 +0000

🚩 Mobile apps are an indispensable companion of our daily life. According to some reports, there are 5.19 billion unique smartphone users in the world today. Thus, it is safe to say that near 70% of the world's population use a smartphone in one way or another.

🚩Among all the frameworks created for the development of multi-platform applications, Flutter and RN are the most popular ones. Even though RN has been on the market since 2015, and Flutter is only 3 years old, both frameworks are approximately equally popular and have long been overgrown with a large number of libraries and additional components.

🚩 So which one? Our CTO Alexander Gerasimov knows everything about it and shares his opinion on both in the article right here 👉 https://codeit.us/blog/flutter-vs-react-native