Published in Level Up Coding·PinnedThe Ultimate Face-off: Flask vs. FastAPIChoosing a framework is not easy, and that’s why I’m here to help you get rid of the headache. Why should we even compare Flask and FastAPI? They are similar. Both are stripped-down Python microframeworks without the bloated bells and whistles, which means faster development time and more flexibility. …Flask8 min readFlask8 min read
Published in Geek Culture·PinnedThe Ultimate List of Fun APIs For Your Next Coding ProjectAs programmers, when we finish with our job, we like to, well, program. From Hackathons to side projects, we love building things outside of work. Sometimes, though, it can be hard to come up with ideas for what to make next. When that happens, it is often helpful to learn…API7 min readAPI7 min read
Published in codeburst·PinnedVisual Studio Code Extensions to Enhance Productivity in 2021Visual Studio Code is a simple yet highly extensible code editor. As developers, we spend a lot of time here-which is why it’s so important to get the most out of our editors and streamline and automate where possible. As we enter 2021, I’ve compiled a list of extensions that…Visual Studio Code5 min readVisual Studio Code5 min read
Published in codeburst·PinnedUsing JWT for Authentication in a Golang ApplicationIntroductionGolang Jwt13 min readGolang Jwt13 min read
Mar 3What Can I Do With MMS?What Can I do with MMS? A question along these lines was recently posted on one of our internal Slack channels.Vonage Messages Api8 min readVonage Messages Api8 min read
Feb 17How to Build a Visual Regression Test System Using PlaywrightLet’s say Joe is working on the “button” reusable component, makes a change and makes sure the button works as expected. Does Joe know that the other components look good with this change? Joe would have to know which components depend on the button and go over all of them…Github Actions11 min readGithub Actions11 min read
Feb 15Using Experience Composer With Vonage Video APIIntroduction The Experience Composer (EC) API is a powerful tool that allows you to capture your website’s layout as a stream published to a Vonage Video API (formerly OpenTok) session. …Vonage Video Api8 min readVonage Video Api8 min read
Feb 14Office Hours Reservation Using Node.js and the Vonage Messages APIIntroduction In this tutorial, we will create a web application that allows students to reserve office hour time slots with their professors. Once an office hour reservation is booked, the student will receive a text message confirming the reservation using Vonage Messages API. We’ll build it using Node.js, Express, SQLite, and…Nodejs10 min readNodejs10 min read
Feb 13How an SDK Can Add Value to REST APIsThe Vonage Messages v1 API was recently promoted to General Availability status. Following this announcement, the Developer Relations Tooling Team have been hard at work on implementing support for it in our server SDKs. Collectively, we decided that each SDK should implement the API in whatever way makes the most…Java10 min readJava10 min read
Feb 3Builder Pattern With Inheritance in JavaIntroduction The typical way we instantiate objects is through a constructor, passing in the parameters required directly. For brevity, we may group related parameters into a class and construct an instance of that class separately, passing it to the main object as a parameter. This has the advantage of reducing the…Java7 min readJava7 min read
