Building an eCommerce store is far from easy. Lots of issues inevitably arise, relating to both the back- and the front-end. The larger the eCommerce operation, the greater the number and extent of the issues that need to be solved. AS Watson is … Read more
How Micro-Frontend Architecture Improves Team Management and the Developer Experience
Nowadays, we are witness to a growing interest in microservices-based architecture, which generally relates to the writing and integration of back-end software. Microservices bring a plethora of benefits to the development process, allowing a high … Read more
How to Transition from Monolithic Systems to Microservices with Hexagonal Architecture
In March 2020, two of the biggest telecom companies active in Italy, WIND and TRE merged into WINDTRE. As a result, the new company needed to be reorganized on several fronts, including in relation to software. The original companies used … Read more
Draw a Search: Implementing Polygon-based Searches on Maps
If you take a look at mobile apps listing houses for sale, there are many that allow you to search within a map by drawing a shape around the area you are interested in. While such a feature allows users to customise their searches quickly and … Read more
Population Shift Analysis: Monitoring Data Quality with Popmon
One of the most significant parts of any data-driven application is data quality assessment. Before you start using your data, you must understand how good - or bad - it is. This is why data analysis and data cleaning activities are performed - … Read more
How Augmented Reality (AR) Enables Remote Troubleshooting
Thinking about a production chain within big industry, it is easy to imagine how many machines must work together to provide high productivity levels. In such contexts, a single faulty mechanism can have a huge impact on the whole chain, causing … Read more
LSP – Will it Bring Functional Programming to the Masses?
Implementing features such as auto-complete or go-to-definition for a programming language is not often a simple matter. Traditionally, this work needs to be done for each editor or IDE individually, requiring expertise in both the targeted … Read more
Bluetooth Technology and Its Role in COVID-19 Exposure-Notification Solutions
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected every aspect of our lives, both as developers and human beings. With the increasing need to contain the virus, many developers and IT companies have tried to support the development of effective … Read more
How to Implement AI Predictive Maintenance on Edge Devices (Case Study)
Predictive maintenance helps anticipate when maintenance should be performed on machinery. In many industries, this approach uses AI and machine learning techniques, which in turn need to be run effectively on specific devices. Recently, Capgemini … Read more
Discover Leading Edge Front-end Technologies and Microservices Architecture that will enhance Digital Customer Experience
If you need to develop highly scalable applications, you need to consider the risks of a badly designed architecture. This is particularly true if your goal is to optimize the customer experience, adopting a user-centered design approach that is not … Read more
AI Ladder: the IBM Approach to Artificial Intelligence
TIME TO UPGRADE YOUR APPLICATION ESTATE?Tackle Modernization and Cloudification - on November 19th 2020, 10:00 am (GMT+1)The Cloud and AI Forum is an opportunity to learn how Italian Executive & Technical Leaders introduced data efficiency, … Read more
GraphQL Testing With Karate
Table Of ContentsWhat is GraphQL?Overcoming over-fetchingGraphQL SyntaxTesting GraphQL services with KarateManage the plain text queryManage the JSON responseConcluding remarks Web APIs have become one of the most common solutions for providing … Read more
Async code on Kotlin: coroutines VS RxJava
A lot of Android programmers are now exploring Kotlin, a programming language based on Java and the JVM that is used to develop Android applications. As is often the case with Java-based Android apps, one of the main problems when approaching Android … Read more
How a mouse and keyboard can improve your life as a coder (discount inside)
Table Of ContentsSoftware development is not just codingWhat can you do with ‘just’ a mouse?A keyboard is more than a set of keysConclusion (and discount code) Speed coding and design have new alliesCodemotion and Logitech have teamed up to offer … Read more
Coronavirus: a puzzle game to help in finding a cure
We are all aware of the new coronavirus COVID-19, and how it is spreading rapidly everywhere in the world. The World Health Organization and all the national health systems are working on finding a solution to this global problem. What we can do, as … Read more
Lazy Java
Introduction Laziness is one of the three great virtues of any programmer according to Larry Wall, author of the book Programming Perl. Consequently, it is no surprise that Mario Fusco, senior software engineer at Red Hat, highlighted the power of … Read more
Generative AI: creating objects with machine learning
Recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) have allowed many companies to develop algorithms and tools to automatically generate artificial (but realistic) 3D or 2D images. Such algorithms are part of a research area … Read more
John Romero: 25 years of DOOM!
The creator of the iconic videogame DOOM , John Romero, started developing games in 1980,then he co-founders Id software, an American video game development company known for having produced very popular games such as Doom, Wolfenstein and Quake. He … Read more
Flutter for Android Developers explained by Faisal Abid
Flutter is one of the most interesting technologies among the new trends in mobile software development. Thus, it is no surprise that Codemotion Milan 2018 included a talk about Flutter in its agenda. Such talk was delivered by Faisal Abid, Google … Read more
Tweet My Wedding Dress
This is the story of a unique wedding dress and her creator Jo Franchetti, Tech Engagement Manager at Trainline. Jo’s got 6 years experience as a front end developer and has worked in various parts of the tech industry from startups, agencies, … Read more