Write slim, fast, and obvious acceptance tests with Golang — With respect to testing software, there is little difference between a slow test and a test that doesn’t exist. There is no difference between a test that someone doesn’t know how to run and a test that doesn’t exist. And it is more careless to write a brittle test than…

Let’s get nostalgic and bring HTTP 1.x back to the future. — This part of the series relies on Part 3. If you haven’t done so already, please read Part 3 before continuing. Implementing a gRPC Service Definition The gRPC build lifecycle has a steep learning curve, but you’ll see that we can automate this away.levelup.gitconnected.com What is the gRPC gateway The gRPC Gateway is a plugin for protoc that creates an HTTP transcoding server to convert HTTP into gRPC. The gRPC Gateway project is only available for Golang. …

The gRPC build lifecycle has a steep learning curve, but you’ll see that we can automate this away. — This part of the series relies on Part 2. If you haven’t done so already, please read Part 2 before continuing. Declaring a gRPC Service Definition Service definitions are a fundamental part of gRPC development, so let’s start off on the right foot.levelup.gitconnected.com The Service Definition created in Part 2 provides us the opportunity to implement our business logic. At the end of Part 3, you will be able to run a…

Service definitions are a fundamental part of gRPC development, so let’s start off on the right foot. — For a brief introduction to gRPC, please checkout Part 1 before continuing, although this is not required to continue. A Case for gRPC gRPC is here to stay, and these are the reasons why.levelup.gitconnected.com The service definition gRPC is based on the idea of defining a service and the methods a client can use to operate the service. A gRPC service definition uses protocol buffers as its Interface…

gRPC is here to stay, and these are the reasons why. — The directional arrow of progress, which is a term borrowed from Josh Wolfe, of inter-service communication points from REST/HTTP 1.x to gRPC — and I hope to show you why in this series. Much of the following evaluation is a summary of gRPC Up & Running written by Kasun Indrasiri…

The power of information has shifted from those who have it, to those who can use it. — JQ is a powerful command line JSON processor. Here are a few JQ recipes that I consistently rely on as a Software Engineer in my daily routine. With these, I’ve significantly improved scripts and solved production issues. Download JQ to follow along. Recipes The Bash For Loop The Scenario You want to loop over an array…

Automatic certificate generation is one of the best ways to level up your cluster — Automatic certificate generation sounds too corporate and thus out of reach for the weekend warrior who hosts content on a Kubernetes cluster running on Raspberry Pis. Fortunately, automatic certificate generation is remarkably attainable thanks to Let’s Encrypt. …

Make web native coding a feature, not a bug — Microsoft’s VS Code has grown in popularity over recent years, which is attributed to the Monaco Editor. The Monaco Editor provides essential productivity plugins and features, including: autocomplete. These features are considered IntelliSense, which is a general name for any coding feature that assists the developer. …

For a better understanding of an invaluable cloud concept — A cloud consists of ephemeral server groups called clusters and a proper way to allocate containers to the servers. A container is a way to package an application into a standardized unit, so that it can reliably run on any server within the cloud. Directing traffic from external clients…