Tag: open source
Is HBase a Helpful Database?
HBase is a non-relational database that runs on top of HDFS. This article gives an overview of HBase, discussing its benefits and limitations.
HBase is...
Gradle: Making Software Development Easier
Gradle is a build tool, which accelerates productivity. As the blurb on its website says,"From mobile apps to micro services, from small startups to...
Digital Wallet Application in App Inventor 2
We continue with the article that appeared in the March 2017 issue of OSFY, which was a first for this series on App Inventor...
Apache Cassandra: The NoSQL Scalable Database
This article introduces readers to the Apache Cassandra NoSQL database, and provides them with use cases for which it is suitable.
Apache Cassandra is a...
Gatling: A Lightweight Load Testing Tool
Gatling is the ultimate open source load testing tool for programmers. Though focused on Web applications, it can be used to analyse and measure...
Facebook’s Oculus plans VR success with open source
Facebook-owned Oculus is set to shut down its virtual reality (VR) division, Oculus Story Studio. The new move is aimed to support developments around...
Developing a React Redux Application Using create-react-app
This article explains the development of a React application, using Redux for state management, interfacing with the Express framework for data and using create-react-app...
Discover the Many Benefits of the Redis Database
Today, apart from relational tables, data is also available in other forms such as images, texts, blogs, lists, etc. Redis can be used as...
Processing Big Data Using MongoDB-GridFS
MongoDB becomes much more efficient when combined with GridFS. The latter divides a document into parts or chunks that are then stored as separate...
Gender bias exists in open source, alleges study
A new study has emerged that alleges the existence of gender bias in the open source world. The report has examined the acceptance rates...
