Lean startup is a loosely formed work-in-progress methodology that covers many aspects of startups such as customer development, business model design, measurement and agile engineering. “Storyboard of the lean startup introduction” youtube video by StoryboardItsBetter Today, ‘entrepreneurship’ and ‘startups’ are two words that are commonly heard. Stories about entrepreneurs who excel in businesses drive today’s youth, inspiring them to dream big and step in to the business world with new ideas and solutions. However, statistics […]

Today, we expect our software to work wherever we are and in any mobile or desktop device we use. As a result, IT organizations have to follow several different steps to meet these customer demands. DevOps aims to do just that by allowing organizations to produce and release high quality code better and faster. What is Devops? Most who are new to the term ‘DevOps’ tend to question whether it’s a culture? Is it a […]

The article describes how to create a functional Test Suite to validate the RESTful web services using SoapUI NG Pro. What is a RESTful web service? RESTful Web Services are REST architecture based web services. In REST Architecture everything is a resource. RESTful web services are lightweight, highly scalable and maintainable, commonly used to create APIs for web-based applications. SoapUI can be used extensively to test RESTful web services. While the SoapUI free version allows […]

What is test automation? Test Automation is the use of tools and strategies that reduce human involvement or interaction in unskilled, repetitive or redundant tasks that occur in testing. Automated testing tools are capable of executing tests, reporting outcomes and comparing results with earlier test runs. Tests carried out with these tools can be run repeatedly, at any time of day. Selenium WebDriver Selenium WebDriver is a web automation tool that allows executing tests against […]

The concept of “Microservices” has been a regular customer in the busy streets of Silicon Valley during the past few years. In an industry where dozens of languages, frameworks, and tools come up every day, it seems Microservices are here to stay. So what are these microservices? This article tries to find an answer for this exact question in layman’s terms. For most of us who love coding, the traditional approach for building software has […]

Responsive web designing is an approach where a website is built with fluid grids which fluidly change its layout to fit any screen size or device with a layout suited to that device. With the continuous growth of smartphones and tablet usage and the improvements of networks like 3G and 4G, browsing the Internet is now available for almost all the people around the world. As more people are beginning to use mobile devices and […]

Going back to work after a long Avurudu Holiday is saddening… but there is nothing better to pick yourself up and kick start the new year, than enjoying a lavish spread of sweet meats from the Avurudu Table. 20th April 2015, was the first day of work for the new year for Mazarins. As per tradition, the gentlemen were handsomely dressed in Sarongs and the ladies, draped in Sarees looked exquisite. The Mazarin premises was […]

Token based authentication is a method that is used to provide authorized access to resources for a pre-authenticated client. It basically needs the client to provide username and password as identity and receive a token. This token will then be used to access the protected resources for that client and grants access temporarily with an expiration period. The steps of token based authentication are illustrated as follows. Provide username and password for the authorization point. […]

Every year for Christmas, Mazarin organizes a Christmas party. But, we spent this Christmas in a truly unique and meaningful way. We shared the joy of Christmas with the little kids of Vajira Child Development Center. It lasted us unforgettable memories and it was a blessing to witness those innocent faces brighten with smiles and laughter.

The Mazarin team has proven over and over, that they are versatile in their skill set. Mazarin Foodies 2014 was held on 7th August 2014, organized by the ClubM Vice Presidents for the months of July/August 2014, proving their culinary expertise and lengthening yet another such skill. Mazarin Foodies was organized from the beginning to give a different and challenging experience. Thus, the two selected teams chose between food themes that they are usually unfamiliar […]