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  • Faster CI Builds with Docker Cache

    Posted by Michael Herman | Last updated on April 27th, 2019

    Posted by Michael Herman
    Last updated on April 27th, 2019

    This post takes a quick look at how to speed up your Docker-based CI builds on Travis, Circle, and GitLab with Docker Cache.

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  • Distributed Testing with Selenium Grid and Docker

    Posted by Michael Herman | Last updated on April 4th, 2019

    Posted by Michael Herman
    Last updated on April 4th, 2019

    This post shows how to distribute automated tests with Selenium Grid and Docker Swarm. We'll also look at how to run tests against a number of browsers and automate the provisioning and deprovisioning of machines to keep costs down.

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  • Building A Concurrent Web Scraper With Python and Selenium

    Posted by Caleb Pollman | Last updated on March 12th, 2019

    Posted by Caleb Pollman
    Last updated on March 12th, 2019

    This is a quick post that looks at how to speed up a simple, Python-based web scraping and crawling script with parallel processing via the multiprocessing library. We'll also break down the script itself and show how to test the parsing functionality.

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  • Behavior-Driven Development with Django and Aloe

    Posted by Jason Parent | Last updated on March 11th, 2019

    Posted by Jason Parent
    Last updated on March 11th, 2019

    In the following tutorial, we walk you through the BDD development cycle by programming an example feature using Django and Aloe.

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  • Production Django Deployments on Heroku

    Posted by Michael Herman | Last updated on March 6th, 2019

    Posted by Michael Herman
    Last updated on March 6th, 2019

    This article aims to simplify the process of deploying, maintaining, and scaling a production-grade Django app on Heroku.

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  • Primer on React Hooks

    Posted by Austin Johnston | Last updated on February 27th, 2019

    Posted by Austin Johnston
    Last updated on February 27th, 2019

    An introduction to React Hooks.

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  • Running Cypress Tests in Parallel

    Posted by Michael Herman | Last updated on February 19th, 2019

    Posted by Michael Herman
    Last updated on February 19th, 2019

    In the following tutorial, we walk you through configuring Cypress to run tests in parallel with CircleCI.

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  • Creating a Custom User Model in Django

    Posted by Michael Herman | Last updated on February 7th, 2019

    Posted by Michael Herman
    Last updated on February 7th, 2019

    This post explains step-by-step how to create a custom User model in Django.

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  • Modern Front-End Testing with Cypress

    Posted by Michael Herman | Last updated on January 31st, 2019

    Posted by Michael Herman
    Last updated on January 31st, 2019

    This post looks at how to introduce Cypress into your test-driven development workflow.

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  • Running Flask on Kubernetes

    Posted by Michael Herman | Last updated on January 25th, 2019

    Posted by Michael Herman
    Last updated on January 25th, 2019

    The following is a step-by-step walkthrough of how to deploy a Flask-based microservice (along with Postgres and Vue.js) to a Kubernetes cluster.

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  • Adding a Custom Stripe Checkout to a Flask App

    Posted by Michael Herman | Last updated on January 22nd, 2019

    Posted by Michael Herman
    Last updated on January 22nd, 2019

    In this tutorial we're going to look at how to add a custom Stripe checkout to a Flask application for processing payments.

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  • Setting up Stripe Connect with Django

    Posted by Michael Herman | Last updated on December 28th, 2018

    Posted by Michael Herman
    Last updated on December 28th, 2018

    This tutorial looks at how to integrate Stripe Connect into a Django application.

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  • Running Vault and Consul on Kubernetes

    Posted by Michael Herman | Last updated on November 26th, 2018

    Posted by Michael Herman
    Last updated on November 26th, 2018

    In the following tutorial we'll walk you through provisioning Hashicorp's Vault and Consul on Kubernetes.

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  • Storing Django Static and Media Files on Amazon S3

    Posted by Michael Herman | Last updated on November 13th, 2018

    Posted by Michael Herman
    Last updated on November 13th, 2018

    This tutorial shows how to configure Django to load and serve up static and media files, public and private, via an Amazon S3 bucket.

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  • Deploying Spark on Kubernetes

    Posted by Michael Herman | Last updated on October 10th, 2018

    Posted by Michael Herman
    Last updated on October 10th, 2018

    This tutorial demonstrates how to deploy Spark on a Kubernetes cluster.

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  • Dynamic Secret Generation with Vault and Flask

    Posted by Michael Herman | Last updated on October 3rd, 2018

    Posted by Michael Herman
    Last updated on October 3rd, 2018

    In this tutorial, we'll look at a real-world example of using Hashicorp's Vault and Consul to create dynamic Postgres credentials for a Flask web app.

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  • Running Flask on Docker Swarm

    Posted by Michael Herman | Last updated on October 3rd, 2018

    Posted by Michael Herman
    Last updated on October 3rd, 2018

    This post looks at how to run a Flask app on Docker Swarm.

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  • Deploying Vault and Consul

    Posted by Michael Herman | Last updated on August 6th, 2018

    Posted by Michael Herman
    Last updated on August 6th, 2018

    This tutorial shows how to deploy Vault and Consul with Docker Swarm.

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  • Managing Secrets with Vault and Consul

    Posted by Michael Herman | Last updated on August 1st, 2018

    Posted by Michael Herman
    Last updated on August 1st, 2018

    This post looks at how to set up and use Hashicorp's Vault and Consul to securely store and manage secrets.

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  • Django Stripe Tutorial

    Posted by William Vincent | Last updated on July 2nd, 2018

    Posted by William Vincent
    Last updated on July 2nd, 2018

    Quickly add Stripe to accept payments on a Django/Python website.

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  • Testing Angular with Cypress and Docker

    Posted by Michael Herman | Last updated on May 7th, 2018

    Posted by Michael Herman
    Last updated on May 7th, 2018

    This post details how to add end-to-end tests to an Angular app with Cypress and Docker.

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  • Migrating from Heroku to AWS

    Posted by Pete Jeffryes | Last updated on April 5th, 2018

    Posted by Pete Jeffryes
    Last updated on April 5th, 2018

    This post organizes some of the best tutorials on the web to migrate from Heroku to AWS.

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