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A Day in the Life of a Front-End Engineer at Cloud Academy (When There’s Not a Pandemic) #DevStories
It’s a typical Monday morning, and I am about to get off the TILO train that takes me to Cloud Academy’s offices in Mendrisio every morning. It’...
Our Journey to GraphQL
Here at Cloud Academy, we have recently been evolving our back-end architecture. We took the path toward a microservices architecture, and we’re st...
Why Another UI Library?
In the last quarter, we have started a plan to completely redesign the user interface (UI) of the Cloud Academy website, and we used this opportuni...
Tech Skills Playbook
Thanks for landing on our first Tech Skills Playbook! This guide is intended to complement our Tech Skills Training Camp and guides you through our...
How to Install and Use Python
Python is very simple to install. In this article, I’m going to help you install and use Python and explain how to execute it on your computer.
Learn Git With Our First All-Lab Learning Path
Learn Git the real-world way. You’ll learn everything you need to start using Git by working in several hands-on, real-world scenarios.
Python: What Is It and Why Is It so Popular?
Python is a general-purpose programming language. If you see any survey on popular programming languages over the last few years, Python always com...
Java Programming: How to Send Emails Using Amazon SES
Simple steps to send emails using Java programming and Amazon SES There are many use cases where we need to send emails from our applications to...
How to Go Serverless Like a Pro
So, no servers? Yeah, I checked and there are definitely no servers. Well...the cloud service providers do need servers to host and run the co...
How to Write a Great Software Engineer Resume
As a software engineer, you are acutely aware that it is a competitive job market in which you operate. When looking for a new role, a great resume...
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How I Prepared for the 70-533 Azure Exam
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Advantages and Disadvantages of Microservices Architecture
What are microservices? Let's start our discussion by setting a foundation of what microservices are. Microservices are a way of breaking large software projects into loosely coupled modules, which communicate with each other through simple Application Programming Interfaces (APIs). ...
What Exactly Is a Cloud Architect and How Do You Become One?
One of the buzzwords surrounding the cloud that I'm sure you've heard is "Cloud Architect." In this article, I will outline my understanding of what a cloud architect does and I'll analyze the skills and certifications necessary to become one. I will also list some of the types of jobs ...
Which Certifications Should I Get?
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S3 FTP: Build a Reliable and Inexpensive FTP Server Using Amazon’s S3
Is it possible to create an S3 FTP file backup/transfer solution, minimizing associated file storage and capacity planning administration headache? FTP (File Transfer Protocol) is a fast and convenient way to transfer large files over the Internet. You might, at some point, have config...
How DNS Works – the Domain Name System (Part One)
Before migrating domains to Amazon's Route53, we should first make sure we properly understand how DNS works While we'll get to AWS's Route53 Domain Name System (DNS) service in the second part of this series, I thought it would be helpful to first make sure that we properly understand...
Cloud Migration Risks & Benefits
If you’re like most businesses, you already have at least one workload running in the cloud. However, that doesn’t mean that cloud migration is right for everyone. While cloud environments are generally scalable, reliable, and highly available, those won’t be the only considerations dri...
AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate: A Study Guide
Want to take a really impactful step in your technical career? Explore the AWS Solutions Architect Associate certificate. Its new version (SAA-C02) was released on March 23, 2020. The AWS Solutions Architect - Associate Certification (or Sol Arch Associate for short) offers some ...
How to Use & Install the AWS CLI
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