Use AWS CloudFormation to Automate Static Site Deployment with S3
Getting started with CloudFormation can be intimidating, but once you get the hang of it, automating tasks is easy. While CloudFormation might seem like overkill for something as simple as deploying a static site (for example you could just copy HTML files to a S3 bucket using the Amazon Console or from the CLI), if your shop uses continuous integration and you have multiple deployments happening at the same time, it’s more efficient for you...
10 Excellent Ways to Secure Your Spring Boot Application
Spring Boot has dramatically simplified the development of Spring applications. Its autoconfiguration and starter dependencies reduce the amount of code and configuration you need to begin an app. If you were used to Spring and lots of XML back in the day, Spring Boot is a breath of fresh air. Spring Boot was first released in 2014, and a lot has changed since then. Much like code quality and testing, security has become a concern...
Build a CRUD App with ASP.NET Framework 4.x Web API and Angular
Even with all the hype around ASP.NET Core, many .NET developers continue to develop applications with ASP.NET 4.x. The ASP.NET 4.X framework is still being developed, and will be supported for a long time to come. It’s a battle-tested web framework that has existed for over 15 years and is supported by a mature ecosystem. On the client side, many developers prefer Angular, and it is outstanding for building enterprise-level, feature rich, applications. The application...
Add Social Login to Your Spring Boot 2.0 App
We’ve all seen social login. It’s the “Log in with Facebook” or “Log in with Twitter” buttons we see below every username and password field on the Internet. But why do these exist? The primary benefits of social login are ease of use and security. It’s easier for your users to log into your app if they can use credentials they’ve already created on a a service they trust. They don’t have to come up...
Build a Simple CRUD App with Flask and Python
Today I’m going to walk you through building a simple Flask web app (a blog) complete with user management (login, registration, etc.), database models, and everything else that goes along with it. In this post I’ll walk you through the code piece-by-piece, explaining everything you need to know along the way. By the end of this tutorial, you’ll know how to build simple Flask web apps and have a good understanding of how to create...
Use React and Spring Boot to Build a Simple CRUD App
React was designed to make it painless to create interactive UIs. Its state management is efficient and only updates components when your data changes. Component logic is written in JavaScript, which means you can keep state out of the DOM and create components that are encapsulated. Developers like CRUD (create, read, update, and delete) apps because they show a lot of the base functionality that you need when creating an app. Once you have the...
OAuth 2.0 from the Command Line
So you’ve found yourself writing a command line script and needing to talk to an API that uses OAuth 2.0? The typical approaches to getting an OAuth access token from a command line script usually involve copying and pasting the authorization code into the terminal. But we can do better! In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to write a command line script which is able to complete the OAuth exchange all without any copying...
Flask Tutorial: Simple User Registration and Login
Flask is my favorite Python web framework. It’s minimal, it’s fast, and most of all: it’s fun. I love almost everything about Flask development, with one exception: user management. User management in Flask, just like in many other web frameworks, is difficult. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve created user databases, set up groups and roles, integrated social login providers, handled password reset workflows, configured multi-factor authentication workflows, etc. Even awesome libraries like...
Add CI/CD to Your Spring Boot App with Jenkins X and Kubernetes
A lot has happened in the last five years of software development. What it means to build, deploy, and orchestrate software has changed drastically. There’s been a move from hosting software on-premise to public cloud and shift from virtual machines (VMs) to containers. Containers are cheaper to run than VMs because they require fewer resources and run as single processes. Moving to containers has reduced costs, but created the problem of how to run containers...
Build a Health Tracking App with React, GraphQL, and User Authentication
I think you’ll like the story I’m about to tell you. I’m going to show you how to build a GraphQL API with Vesper framework, TypeORM, and MySQL. These are Node frameworks, and I’ll use TypeScript for the language. For the client, I’ll use React, reactstrap, and Apollo Client to talk to the API. Once you have this environment working, and you add secure user authentication, I believe you’ll love the experience! Why focus on...