When we open web API access to users, we need to make sure each API call is authenticated. This means the user must be who they claim to be. In this post, we explore two common ways: 1. Token-based authentication 2. HMAC (Hash-based Message Authentication Code) authentication Token based Step…

Microservices are an architectural and organizational approach to software development where software is composed of small independent services that communicate over well-defined APIs. These services are owned by small, self-contained teams. Microservices architectures make applications easier to scale and faster to develop, enabling innovation and accelerating time-to-market for new features. …

We are going through the most profound change in communication technologies in all of human history right now. I believe, however, that we are going through the most transformative purely on the basis of three technologies: Mobile, Social Media, and Cloud Computing. These share one very important characteristic and that’s…