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I’ve been a developer for about 5 years now, but this is my first time actually writing about my work, so bear with me. Brainbox Digital is a widget platform that delivers personalized ads to users on...
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We’ve all been in a situation where we had to include a 3rd party Magento extension into our project. And we surely had some doubts whether that extension was a good choice or not. When I say a...
View ArticleCalendis, appointments made in Perl
I have been a Perl developer for most of my professional career, since I first started to write code for a living, about 6 years ago. I mostly did back-end for web applications, but I also remember a...
View ArticleGorescript so far
It all started in March 2017, amidst the rumours of Steam, the largest games digital distribution platform, closing their Greenlight program and replacing it with an unknown yet submission fee. The...
View ArticleHow to have custom repositories per application in a monorepo structure on...
Imagine you have a couple of applications based on Symfony, using Doctrine as the ORM, and sharing a domain. In order to avoid having a shared repository for an entity with queries intended for other...
View ArticleA brief exposure to the Python programming language and its frameworks
I’ve been a Python developer for quite a few years now and, although I’ve used other languages in the past, I identity myself as a Python guy. I love it – the language, the community, the frameworks. I...
View ArticleWe’re going live in 3 days, we need performance testing!
Performance testing is usually something you plan and do over time. You create a set of scripts and you run them throughout different phases of the project. You compare the results and create some...
View ArticleThe Perl Conference in Amsterdam
Last year Cluj Napoca was the lucky host of YAPC::EU 2016, more than 300 Perl Mongers came down, took in the transylvanian vibe and enjoyed all things Perl. It was great being host, but we were excited...
View ArticleBlockchain technology and decentralized apps
Blockchain is the new “it” in innovation. At least, that’s what some of the major companies and investors in tech view it as. But what exactly is blockchain technology? Let’s explore that for a bit,...
View Article30 things about Perl on its 30th birthday
Today the Perl programming language is turning 30. That’s quite a milestone. At 30 you start to evaluate your life, you start to put things in perspective and see what you’ve done with yourself. Well,...
View ArticleWhite Camel Awards 2017
We’re happy to announce that Robert Masic, our co-founder, has received a White Camel Award for Perl Advocady. Rob has won the Perl Advocacy award for his and our involvement and support of the Perl...
View ArticlePerl in Romania
Perl is a programming language created by Larry Wall in 1987. It gained popularity in the 1990’ and was also referred to as the “duct tape that holds the Internet together”. For esthetic and practical...
View ArticleHow to Debug Mobile App Requests and Test Their APIs
Even though app usage on desktop devices has maintained a steady leader position, over the past few years, mobile devices have been gradually gaining ground. It is safe to assume that this trend will...
View ArticleA Few Things About the Python Foundation
The Python Software Foundation is the entity that manages and oversees the development of the Python programming language. It holds the intellectual right of the Python brand and offers educational,...
View ArticleHow to Create an Advanced Website Crawler with Jmeter
This article is a short tutorial on how you can create your own highly configurable web spider using the open source application JMeter. The article covers a few sections: What are web crawlers? The...
View ArticlePromoting Brands in Your Store Using the Elasticsearch Multi Search API
This article describes a solution to the problem of promoting brands in the search results of an online shop with an Elasticsearch-based search component. The particular context for this solution is a...
View ArticleThe Easiest Way To Compare REST API Responses Using JMeter
Restful APIs have increased in popularity over the last few years. The trend started with giants like eBay and Amazon. This has happened because these types of APIs present multiple advantages. Some...
View ArticleUnderstanding the Web: Parsing Web Pages Semantically
Using Machine Learning to Parse Web Pages Into Semantic SectionsAround two months ago I joined forces with the rest of the teleportHQ team in our mission to reduce friction and eliminate dead ends in...
View ArticleThe 2018 Evozon Experience of a Testing Intern
Following the end of our 4 weeks of Testing Internship, we’ve interviewed three of our interns. Here’s what they had to say: . Q1: How was your learning experience in our Testing Internship?“It was a...
View ArticleBuilding an Environment Monitoring Device with Raspberry Pi in Perl 5
This summer we had a new Perl internship and a part of it consisted of building an environment monitoring system using Raspberry Pi. In this article I’ll walk you through one of the solutions that you...
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