Technologies we use here at Rodiger

We always play with new stuff, open source or not, we don’t discriminate. We love to try it, test it and see how it actually works. So, Rodiger and it’s technologies go hand to hand. Technologies we use are also all around the spectrum. From messaging platforms and chatbots, through automation tools all the way to IoT.

Useful NPM packages for Node.js – March 2022

Rodiger DevOps2022-03-10T12:59:38+02:00March 9th, 2022|Tags: Coding, Intermediate, JavaScript, Node.js, npm|

To solve a development task, it's better to take a step by step approach. That's why developers create and use packages. In this article series called "Useful NPM packages for Node.js" we will periodically publish a collection of NPM packages that will give us the functionality of working with web services, time, configuration files, encryption, standardization and many more. So let's get started.

Why we use Micro Focus solutions

Rodiger DevOps2021-07-08T15:12:35+02:00July 8th, 2021|Tags: Automation, News|

We use Micro Focus automation solutions because they are fast, reliable, secure and can easily integrate into your envitonment. We have experienced automation experts that are using Micro Focus solutions for almost 10 years.

Introduction to Docker

Rodiger DevOps2021-06-25T14:04:25+02:00April 20th, 2021|Tags: Automation, Beginner|

Docker is an open platform for developing, shipping, and running applications. Docker enables you to separate your applications from your infrastructure so you can deliver software quickly. With Docker, you can manage your infrastructure in the same ways you manage your applications. By taking advantage of Docker’s methodologies for shipping, testing, and deploying code quickly, you can significantly reduce the delay between writing code and running it in production.

Introduction to NodeJS

Rodiger DevOps2021-07-01T11:29:34+02:00December 16th, 2020|Tags: Beginner, Coding|

Node.js is a JavaScript runtime built on Chrome's V8 JavaScript engine. As an asynchronous event-driven JavaScript runtime, Node.js is designed to build scalable network applications. NodeJS relies on NPM packages and their dependencies. There is nearly a milion packages available to use with Node Package Manager.

Introduction to Bash

Rodiger DevOps2021-04-09T11:59:49+02:00December 3rd, 2020|Tags: Beginner, Shell|

Bash stands for "Bourne Again Shell" and was developed by Brian Fox in 1989. It's called "Bourne Again" because it replaces the popular Bourne Shell which is "born again" through Bash. Bash is a standard shell for Linux distributions.

Introduction to PowerShell

Rodiger DevOps2021-06-30T08:26:13+02:00November 27th, 2020|Tags: Beginner, Shell|

PowerShell is a cross-platform task automation and configuration management framework, consisting of a command-line shell and scripting language. Unlike most shells, which accept and return text, PowerShell is built on top of the .NET Common Language Runtime (CLR), and accepts and returns .NET objects.

Bot dialog interruption and cancellation

Rodiger DevOps2021-06-18T13:36:39+02:00November 23rd, 2020|Tags: Advanced, Chatbot, Coding|

Bot dialog cancellation and interruption is used to expand you bot's capabilities in waterfall dialogs in Bot Framework SDK bots. They are meant to enable you to quit your dialog if you don't want to finish it or to create custom interrupts to, for example, call for help in the middle of a dialog if you don't know how to proceed.

Writing bot dialogs

Rodiger DevOps2021-04-09T13:59:01+02:00November 17th, 2020|Tags: Advanced, Chatbot, Coding|

Writing bot dialogs has a lot to do with planning because you have to have all the dialog flow planned before you start writing your dialog. You also need to manage your dialog state and have a way to stop a dialog if needed.

BotFramework dialogs

Rodiger DevOps2021-07-05T07:04:22+02:00November 17th, 2020|Tags: Chatbot, Intermediate|

Dialogs are a highlight of BotFramework SDK and they are at it's centre. Through them, you can write comprehensive conversations that the bot will engage in with users. Rather than having a bot that just responds to user with a predefined message to a specific keyword. With botframework dialogs, bots can give you real "dialog" experience.

What is automation

Rodiger DevOps2021-06-18T13:09:37+02:00November 2nd, 2020|Tags: Automation, Beginner|

Automation can be defined as a technology concerned with performing a process by means of programmed commands combined with automatic feedback control to ensure proper execution of the instructions. The resulting system is capable of operating without human intervention.