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In the first tutorial, you built an IP based rate limiter. The rate limiter stores the client-related details in Redis. Your setup includes the configuration for global rate limits that apply to each incoming request. In this tutorial, you’ll implement the logic to support individual rate limits for each …
Continue ReadingSo far in this series, you've learned strategies of becoming a great developer. But do they all require you to work alone? For example, to keep learning, reading lots of code or keeping up with state-of-the-art seem to be lone-wolf activities. However, leveling up your programming skill doesn't require you …
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Security is an essential part of your API. It’s your interest to not expose any sensitive user data to the Internet. You’re already hashing the user passwords and store them in an encrypted JWT. Another step in protecting your API endpoints is to secure them against brute-force attacks. …
Continue ReadingBecoming a great developer is not one effort or one class and you're done. It's a continuous process. In the last tutorials, we've explored how you should keep learning and why to read lots of code. These are fundamental to creating excellent code. However, excellent code today does not mean …
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Building an API requires a lot more stability than web applications. You can’t simply change the endpoint contract. Clients consume your API and expect the data to be in a specific format. For web applications, you’re most likely in charge of the web views and can adjust view …
Continue ReadingBecoming an excellent developer takes a lot of time and effort. In the first tutorial in this series, you've learned the fundamental rule to keep exploring. Only if you continue to delve into new code, problems, and challenges you'll grow as a software developer. In this tutorial, you'll gain knowledge …
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Building a sophisticated API affects both views: the view as a consumer and as a developer. Testing API endpoints needs more than unit or integration tests. The API documentation is a good starting point but limits yourself to the API surface. Imagine the flow to check the response for an …
Continue ReadingThis blog post has been long overdue. We appreciate all of you, our readers and long-time fans, who regularly visit our website, are a student in our University or a subscriber on YouTube. But it's time to be open and honest. In short, we will not regularly publish technical Android …
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