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Example of Using Tapir with Akka-HTTP Interpreter, Quill, and Macwire
Tapir is a cutting-edge library for endpoint description, compatible with many well-known libraries like Akka-Http and Play. Compared with defining endpoints via Akka-Http routing DSL, it’s much easier to define and describe endpoints anduse this description to…
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How to Create a RESTful API with Scala, Play, Silhouette and Slick
We are going to create a simple application which shows how to work with authentication/authorization with use of JSONWeb Token (JWT). There will be sign in, sign up, change password endpoints, and all data will be persisted…
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Testing Strategies for Apache Spark-Based Projects
Let’s talk about tests. The Apache Spark official guide doesn’t suggest an approach for testing, so we have to do the first steps ourselves. First, we should understand what we are going to achieve with testing. Often, developers think…
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Moving Lambda Function from Serverless to Terraform
In this article, I will describe how to move an AWS Lambda function deployed as a Serverless application into a Terraform module. The article may be useful for: The implementation also includes a special case of running…
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What is “Big Data”
The definition of big data is quite simple – it’s huge amounts of information or data that are growing over time and can be analyzed and processed in a particular structured way. An example of this would…
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How and Why X Uses Scala
More and more startups are choosing Scala these days. Some are doing so because it’s a flexible language, some like it for the excellent big data compatibility, and some just find it the optimal option all around.…
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How Tech Giants Use Scala
Nowadays, quite a few companies are banking on new technologies and taking on the risks that come with them. Blockchain is hyped up, but expensive and precarious; mobile app development is easy to pull off, but throws…
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GraphQL Subscriptions on WebSockets for Scala Applications
Say, you’ve subscribed to a popular blogger who publishes articles about web development on Medium, and whenever this blogger shares a new post, Medium sends you a notification. How can you develop this functionality for your Scala…
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How to Test and Debug a GraphQL API in Scala
How do you test and debug Scala applications that use GraphQL? It’s very easy to start, and in this article, we show you how. We also show the interactions between the applicationcomponents, starting from receiving the GraphQL…
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Generating Dynamic Virtual Modules with Webpack Virtual Modules Plugin
In projects built with webpack, it can be convenient to dynamically create some files in memory. In other words, a file doesn’t need to be written into the file system. Still, Webpack must treat this virtual file…
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Best Practices for Processing HTTP Headers and Cookies in a Scala GraphQL API
In this article, you’ll become familiar with a way to interact with HTTP headers and cookies when using GraphQL, Play 2 Framework, and Sangria in a Scala application. When we’re writing a RESTful API with Play 2,…
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Error Handling in a GraphQL API built with Scala and Sangria
If execution of a GraphQL query in your Scala application goes wrong for whatever reason, Sangria will respond to the client with the message Internal server error, which is hardly helpful. Default error handling in Scala applications powered…
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