Navigating the High Seas of CSS Anchor Positioning

Lawrence Chabela CSS & HTML, Design, Development Technologies, HTML5 Leave a Comment

Navigating the seas of web development, the CSS Anchor Positioning API has emerged as a foundational tool, enabling developers to anchor elements precisely relative to others. This blog post explores key concepts such as anchor elements and anchor-positioned elements, demonstrating how to set up relationships between elements, utilize the anchor() function for positioning, and leverage the new anchor-center value for effortless centering. Advanced techniques like multiple anchors, the inset-area property, the anchor-size() function, and visibility options are also covered.

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Testing Spring Boot Rest APIs with Rest-Assured

Jonny Hackett Development Technologies, Java, Spring Boot, Testing Leave a Comment

Creating RESTful APIs with Spring Boot is a straightforward process, making it a popular choice for a variety of applications, from UI to batch processing. The same API created can be used anywhere, whether it’s called from a UI application or batch applications. However, testing these APIs to ensure they work correctly can be challenging. In this article, I’ll introduce …

Event Source Architecture: Exploring Concepts with Code

Event Source Architecture: Exploring Concepts with Code

Chris Sonnenberg Architecture, Development Technologies Leave a Comment

Event Source is an implementation of the Single Source of Truth architecture. Event Sourcing, at its core, just stores events as an ordered sequence of state changes. Typically, there is an Event Store that houses multiple Event Streams. Each Event Stream is an ordered sequence of Events, with each Event being a state change for the system. Projections are just …

Mermaid: Helping Documentation Catch Up with Development

Brian Buchta Development Technologies, Programming Leave a Comment

Documentation is an integral part of any development process and can take significant time and effort to write. Additionally, even if we write quality documentation, oftentimes it fails to evolve as development best practices change and can quickly become outdated. Mermaid aims to fix this so-called “Doc-Rot” by creating a quick and easy way to create detailed diagrams that can evolve alongside code development.

Today, we will be going over Mermaid and, more specifically, how it can be used to both create and maintain complex documentation using diagrams.

What is Mainframe Modernization & How Can My Business Benefit From It?

Keyhole Software COBOL, Keyhole, Modernization, Video Leave a Comment

Mainframes have long powered critical financial transactions and government operations. However, across the U.S., particularly in Kansas, these systems are showing their age. The COVID-19 pandemic exposed a critical issue: essential services like unemployment insurance were crippled by outdated COBOL systems, causing significant delays. This is more than an inconvenience; it’s a clear signal that mainframe modernization is urgently needed …