What is a CSS Preprocessor? The basic idea of a css preprocessor is a scripting language that extends regular CSS. When compared to the last few years, there were lots of repetitions in the CSS and html which required tasks to be styled again and again. Tasks which includes color codes, repeat throughout the stylesheet. These handful of inefficiencies have been identified and revised in preprocessors. In preprocessors, CSS is written in a slightly […]

Azure Functions is a solution, for easily running small pieces of code or “functions” in the cloud. You can write, only the code you need for the problem at hand, without worrying about the whole application or the infrastructure to run it. Functions can make development even more productive. Azure functions consist of code and events. Developer can write the code to provide the solution for the problem and then specify what events will trigger, […]

Firebase is a mobile and web application development platform, which is made up of complementary features that developers can mix and match to fit their requirements. What is Firebase? Building applications for different platforms like iOS, Android, and mobile web users is not an easy task. Your application may need: a back-end server support to store data authentication support creative ways to get more users and ways to measure their activities in your admin dashboard a […]

AWS Lambda is a serverless compute service that runs your code in response to events and automatically manages the underlying compute resources for you. “Serverless” architecture is the new trend of designing software and getting more popular nowadays by replacing server-based stacks. Although the term “Serverless” suggests there is no server, what it really means is that there is no need  of owning servers  or even  to manage them.   So, is there a Server? […]

NoSQL Introduction to NoSQL NoSQL is designed to provide a mechanism to store and retrieve data in a distributed database, NoSQL concept is mostly used with big data and real-time web applications. This concept was introduced to the world in late 1960s, but it was not popular back then as “NoSQL”. Even Though it supports SQL-like query languages, it is not a replacement for SQL. It is rather a complementary addition to RDBMS and SQL. […]

Introduction to Redux and React React is a JavaScript library  and not a framework which mainly focuses on User Interface .It has a one way reactive data flow that forces you to think in terms of components. This model of thinking fits user interfaces well and the concept of state and where it belongs must be carefully thought of. State management is the critical and difficult situation although it has many solutions. Redux gives the […]

  CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) has become one of the most significant tools for building websites. CSS is mainly used to style and layout web pages, for example, to style the font color, size, spacing, split it into multiple columns, or add animations and decorative features. Explained below are the rules of CSS, how they are applied to HTML, how to specify length, color and other attributes in CSS.   CSS rule CSS rule explains […]

What is “Culture”? “Culture” is a difficult term to define. Kroeber and Kluckhohn, two American anthropologists have critically reviewed concepts and definitions of culture and compiled a list of 164 different definitions. “Culture consists of patterns, explicit and implicit, of and for behavior acquired and transmitted by symbols, constituting the distinctive achievements of human groups, including their embodiments in artifacts; the essential core of culture consists of traditional (i.e. historically derived and selected) ideas and especially […]

Docker is an open platform, which can be used for developing, shipping and running applications. Docker is designed to deliver an application fast by separating the application from the infrastructure. Practically, it is a challenging task to create the exact same infrastructure in different environments in software development. Therefore, lots of issues occur during deployment and testing processes. “It works on my machine, but it doesn’t work in production”, is a very common statement heard […]

Ionic is a completely open source SDK for hybrid mobile app development. If you know how to build Websites, then you already know how to build Mobile Apps! What is Ionic     Ionic is a completely open source SDK for hybrid mobile app development. It was created by Max Lynch (Co-Founder and CEO), Ben Sperry (Co-Founder and Chief Design Officer), and Adam Bradley (Co-Creator and framework lead) of Ionic, formerly known as Drifty Co. […]