Published in Level Up Coding·Jan 8Member-onlyChaos Engineering With Chaos ToolkitA simple chaos engineering example written in Python — Chaos engineering is the practice of intentionally introducing random failures or disruptions into a system to check its resilience and identify weaknesses. The goal of chaos engineering is to improve the reliability and stability of a system by proactively identifying and addressing potential issues before they cause problems in production. …Python5 min readPython5 min read
Published in Level Up Coding·Sep 8, 2022Member-onlyTypeScript DestructuringSimplify your code by using the destructuring assignment syntax — This article is an attempt to summarize the use of destructuring in TypeScript with the most common use cases being shown as examples that you can interact and play around with. Mozzila has a good formal definition for destructuring: The destructuring assignment syntax is a JavaScript expression that makes it…Programming4 min readProgramming4 min read
Published in Level Up Coding·Mar 8, 2022Member-onlyHow to Conduct Simple and Easy Login Screen IntegrationIntegrate a Login Screen into Your React Application in 5 Minutes — How many times did you have to build a login form? Did you deal with authentication plumbing in the application’s front end? In this article, we’ll design and use a login form without having to touch HTML or make plumbing to know if the user is authenticated or not. We’ll…Front End Development5 min readFront End Development5 min read
Published in Level Up Coding·Feb 16, 2022Member-onlyScanning Microservices for DependenciesApply Automated Dependency Management in Your Team — In this article, we’ll go through what software dependencies are and how they can be managed in a microservices architecture. Then, we’ll look at some risks and good practices to follow when dealing with dependency management. 📝 In this article, I will use the term package to refer to a…Software Development5 min readSoftware Development5 min read
Published in Level Up Coding·Sep 11, 2021Member-onlyHow Weather Forecasts Can Impact Tourism and TravelPlanning a better road trip with weather analytics using Node.js — Introduction Have you ever tried to plan a road trip and wondered how the weather will be along the way and whether sudden weather changes will ruin your holidays? In this article, we’ll look at how weather analytics can help you plan a road trip and reduce the risk of wasting…Programming4 min readProgramming4 min read
Published in Level Up Coding·Jun 23, 2021Member-onlyTesting Compliance with Coding Standards Through SASTIncrease code quality using static application security testing — To avoid creating vulnerabilities, development teams establish good practices (e.g., pair programming, code reviews, unit testing, etc.) to be followed by the developers while coding. …Programming5 min readProgramming5 min read
Published in Level Up Coding·Apr 26, 2021Member-onlyHow to Fix Vulnerable NPM DependenciesFix vulnerable dependencies using an automation tool — Like nearly every programming language, Javascript is not without its vulnerable packages, which may get included in a development team’s project as dependencies using npm. The best defense against vulnerable dependencies in JavaScript is to keep track of them and implement proper controls to reduce exposure. Every single team faces…Nodejs6 min readNodejs6 min read
Published in Level Up Coding·Apr 1, 2021Member-onlyHow I Automate Testing Using JestJest for the win when it comes to test automation — One very important part of software development is test automation since it creates an automatic process for one or multiple types of tests to run without the need for manual intervention. One of my favorite tools for automating my tests when working on a JavaScript/TypeScript codebase is Jest, since it…Jest4 min readJest4 min read
Published in Level Up Coding·Mar 14, 2021Member-onlyReact Animated TimelineAnimated vertical timeline built with GreenSock and React — In this article, we will build a React component for an animated vertical timeline. The idea is to create a vertical timeline that animates its items when the user scrolls up and down. To bootstrap this idea we will use the tool create-react-app to create the React application and give…React4 min readReact4 min read
Published in Level Up Coding·Mar 8, 2021Member-onlyInfrastructure As Code With Terraform and AWSA simple Terraform guide to run a Linux server inside AWS — This article came to my mind as I wanted to start using Terraform (from HashiCorp) as a tool to handle infrastructure as code, so I decided to write a simple start guide/tutorial for setting up a Terraform project using AWS (Amazon Web Services) as the cloud provider. After the infrastructure…Terraform6 min readTerraform6 min read
