The latest articles on DEV Community by Suraj Shrestha (@syuraj). https://dev.to/syuraj https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F137037%2F18e85b52-fdce-4809-aa36-ca306891b40a.jpeg https://dev.to/syuraj en Suraj Shrestha Sun, 06 Jun 2021 20:08:57 +0000 https://dev.to/syuraj/launching-devpolls-a-platform-to-take-polls-for-developers-37k1 https://dev.to/syuraj/launching-devpolls-a-platform-to-take-polls-for-developers-37k1 <p>I had always wanted to know opinions of developers while selecting a library or platform. <br> Yes, you can google and read blogs on their pros and cons, but it takes time. <br> Despite being on the field for 10+ years, I despise reading long documentations/blogs 😞</p> <p>So, I created a platform <a href="https://DevPolls.app">DevPolls.app</a> to create/vote short fun polls only for developers. <br> It is still in preliminary phase. <br> Any feature suggestions and review are welcome.</p> Suraj Shrestha Sat, 15 May 2021 19:39:49 +0000 https://dev.to/syuraj/do-you-keep-console-log-in-tests-28fb https://dev.to/syuraj/do-you-keep-console-log-in-tests-28fb <p>On one hand it is very helpful to debug issues locally. <br> On other hand it pollutes CI machines.<br> Thoughts?</p> javascript jest Suraj Shrestha Thu, 03 Oct 2019 04:33:55 +0000 https://dev.to/syuraj/are-there-some-common-algorithms-published-to-sort-news-feeds-based-on-date-likes-user-and-other-attributes-2lka https://dev.to/syuraj/are-there-some-common-algorithms-published-to-sort-news-feeds-based-on-date-likes-user-and-other-attributes-2lka Suraj Shrestha Sun, 29 Sep 2019 04:41:23 +0000 https://dev.to/syuraj/what-is-the-best-serverless-platform-1l48 https://dev.to/syuraj/what-is-the-best-serverless-platform-1l48 <p>I have used Azure extensively and the summary is it sucks.<br> UI is terribly complex, quite unresponsive.<br> CLI is not easy to use either.<br> And cold starts are terrible, reaching 30 seconds for a simple nodejs app.<br> Why do I have to deal with storage accounts, resource groups, application insights? </p> <p>I have used Netlify functions too and it has it's own issues too.<br> I have listed the differences in this medium article.<br> <a href="https://medium.com/siristechnology/azure-function-vs-netlify-function-1509f1dcec52">https://medium.com/siristechnology/azure-function-vs-netlify-function-1509f1dcec52</a></p> <p>What are your thoughts? <br> Which one is the best one comparatively in your experience?</p> serverless functions faas Suraj Shrestha Sat, 21 Sep 2019 01:11:53 +0000 https://dev.to/syuraj/do-you-run-integration-tests-during-every-ci-builds-1387 https://dev.to/syuraj/do-you-run-integration-tests-during-every-ci-builds-1387 <p>Integration tests are tests that cross boundary. There are many pros and cons of running those every time.</p> <p>Pros</p> <ul> <li>A more complete functionality test</li> </ul> <p>Cons</p> <ul> <li>Slow</li> <li>External dependencies not related to the code you are testing</li> <li>Need to create external test environment (e.g. test database, qa account in prod)</li> <li>Network restrictions from CI server in Enterprise environment</li> </ul> <p>So, what do you do?</p> integrationtests