Automation and technology Concepts Archives

This archive contains various concepts from the fields od automation, IT, technology and development. It helps you to quickly “get the hang of” some concepts and technologies. We recommend that you read them before you start using them or lerning them in depth. For an in depth look on these topics, you’ll find more articles under our archives.

How to choose the right NPM package + useful packages for React & NextJS (November 2022)

Rodiger DevOps2022-11-11T13:07:02+02:00November 4th, 2022|

Expanding the article series called “Useful NPM packages for Node.js” we will also periodically publish a collection of tips, tricks and useful NPM packages for React and/or NextJS. In this article we are going to talk about how to choose the right NPM package for you, and we are also going to mention some of our recommended package we use in our React/NextJS projects.

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.

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.

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.

What are ChatBots

Rodiger DevOps2021-07-01T09:18:44+02:00October 23rd, 2020|Tags: Beginner, Chatbot|

ChatBots are applications that are built in one of several available programming languages and are hosted on a remote server. You can interact with them through your chatting platform such as Slack, MS Teams, Mattermost, etc.