Aug 12, 2021The risks of using custom extensions with formal standardsIn the following article, I reference RAML and OAS as these are very close to my specialty and the industry I work in. However, the concepts described in this article can be applied to any formal model. It is normal to see developers using formal standards in their projects and…API5 min readAPI5 min read
May 25, 2021So I made… context menu library for web apps.Recently I needed to add a context menu to my web application. I was surprised how few libraries are out there. Even with these libraries, I couldn’t get the kind of UI and functionality I needed. So I made one myself. If you think building a context menu is easy…Context Menu5 min readContext Menu5 min read
Published inThe Startup·Jan 10, 2021JavaScript or TypeScript? Why Not Both?One of the first front-end projects I wrote was in GWT (Google Web Toolkit) framework. GWT is a Java-based framework that is transpilling the code to JavaScript. I loved it because it gave me strong typings whereas JavaScript couldn’t. After some time, I needed to push the boundaries of what’s…JavaScript6 min readJavaScript6 min read
Dec 3, 2020Building web components for multi-tenant environmentsIn the majority of cases, you write your code for your application that is running on your server(s). Or as a Kubernetes image running in GKE (Google Kubernetes Engine) or another platform. Sometimes, however, you run your application alongside other applications. This may happen in an enterprise environment, ERP/CRM/other systems…Web Components8 min readWeb Components8 min read
Aug 25, 2020Web Development At Scale: Composable Applications With Web ComponentsBackground on modularity From the beginning of web development, we had a problem with modularity. You see, in Java, you can publish a JAR file, that is a library that can be natively used in the Java platform. You can then use Gradle or…Web Architecture13 min readWeb Architecture13 min read
Published inRAML by Example·Jan 28, 2020Document your RAML and Open API definitions with API Console v6I am happy to announce that a new version of API Console is now available. It brings multiple changes and new tooling. Read more to learn what’s new in this release. API Console is an application to automatically generates documentation for an API from a RAML or Open API definition…Api Console4 min readApi Console4 min read
Nov 13, 2019Writing a secured web componentWriting a web component that securely access, process, and renders restricted data can be a challenging task. When you are sharing a web component with others, you may start being concerned about leaking protected information to 3rd party services. This article tackles this problems and suggest some solutions. The problem In Salesforce…JavaScript4 min readJavaScript4 min read
Feb 6, 2019Request Actions In Advanced REST Client — Authenticating With OAuth2It become challenging for REST testing tools to authenticate the user when OAuth2 authorization scheme is applied to an API. OAuth 2 is a multi-step process that requires user input, valid session on the authorization server, and transferring response data from a response to another request. Advanced REST Client has…Oauth5 min readOauth5 min read
Jan 30, 2019Authenticating to a web service (cookies session) in Advanced REST ClientRecently I was working on an API for my application. At first it was read only and open API so no authentication scheme was necessary. After a while I decided to add an option to create a thing using the API. I’ve added Passport with Google auth to my Express…Rest3 min readRest3 min read
Published inRAML by Example·Jan 16, 2019RAML And OAS Support In API ConsoleLast year the CTO of MuleSoft, Uri Sarid, announced that the company is joining the Open API Initiative of the Linux Foundation. This extended MuleSoft’s investment in open specs (RAML) and open source API tooling to also embrace the Open API specification (OAS), as part of its investment in modeling…Nodejs3 min readNodejs3 min read
