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With APIs taking over, more people are asking: What can I use to create my API? Although there are many different API standards and types, we will primarily focus on REST APIs. An API can be as simple as a single endpoint with one purpose, or it can be much more…
Understanding that there is a right tool for every job is crucial to success when building any system. With today’s businesses running many systems across diverse environments, taking advantage of the modern IT economy lies in an organisation's best interest to create...
The problem is there are no simple “right” answers for most Web design questions (at least not for the important ones). What works is good, integrated design that fills a need — carefully thought out, well executed, and tested. — Steve Krug One of the difficult things...
We recently ran load tests for the Linx Host Service. In these tests, the CPU load and memory were monitored under heavy load to provide better insights into how the REST API Request Limits perform for the different virtual machines (Azure B-Series) that run Linx....
REST API development can be made significantly quicker and easier with the right tools. There are many different API development tools to choose from, a low-code development tool can have your API up and running in minutes. This article covers how to build and host an...
Are you looking for an Outsystems alternative? Owing to an increased need for business agility and growing pressure on IT teams to deliver faster solutions, the market for low-code platforms has flourished in the past few years, However, for SMEs and large Fortune 500...
An API provides several benefits to an organisation, but without a dedicated team of trained developers, it might seem impossible. Developers are expensive, and it can take months to develop an API from the ground up. If you don’t want to outsource or have in-house...
JSON Web Tokens (JWT) have become somewhat of an industry-standard for securing REST API’s. The main advantage of JWT is that each token is self-contained, meaning that it contains all information needed to allow or deny any given requests to an API. This means JWT...
Can a working business application be built in a day? Does the app work on desktop and mobile? How advanced are the features? Is there actually zero coding involved? Just some of the questions we get all the time from seasoned developers. There’s a lot of talk about...
There are different ways to integrate one system or application with another. Using an API (Application Programming Interface) is one such way. This allows different systems to communicate with one another based upon a set of predefined rules and methods. One way is...