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Automated testing for NestJS GraphQL projects

NestJS is fast becoming the de facto framework for NodeJS projects. Unlike older frameworks, NestJS was built with TypeScript, which has become commonplace in the JavaScript community. Frameworks like NestJS seem to be preferred by teams that adopt TypeScript. NestJS supports building APIs in REST and GraphQL. The goal of this tutorial is to show how you can add unit and integration tests to a NestJS GraphQL project and automate the testing process with CircleCI.

How to Send Email From Cron Jobs

Let’s say you are writing a shell script for a systems housekeeping task. Perhaps the script is uploading backups to a remote server, or it is cleaning up old data, or it is making a measurement and submitting it to a somebody else’s HTTP API. What is the least cumbersome way for the script to contact you in case of problems? Let’s say you want to be contacted via email – how to make it work?

Key Tenets of DX (Digital Transformation)

Embracing digital transformation can save businesses valuable assets and resources and generate multiple revenue streams and cost saving opportunities. Digital transformation-focused technology service models and solutions works productively and scale services with great agility. Know the key tenets for successful digital transformation and start your digital transformation journey today with #ziniosEdge.

Deploy Friday: E81 From customer to team member - meet the team that crossed the line

Sometimes you use a product and like it so much you want to be part of the story. That's the case for a surprising number of Platform.sh customers, and in this episode, I talk to a number of Platform.sh team members who started their journey as customers.

Obfuscate user data with Session Replay default privacy settings

Session Replay enables you to replay in a video-like format how users interact with your website to help you understand behavioral patterns and save time troubleshooting. Visibility into user sessions, however, can risk exposing sensitive data and raise privacy concerns. For example, a user session may include typing in a credit card or social security number into an input field.

Five worthy reads: Desktop as a Service (DaaS)-Goodbye PCs, hello "desktops" in the cloud

Five worthy reads is a regular column on five noteworthy items we’ve discovered while researching trending and timeless topics. This week, we explore the rise of DaaS services across organizations, and the role it could play in the hybrid workplace of tomorrow. When we last wrote about the era of Everything as a service (XaaS), Desktop as a Service (DaaS) was still a relatively niche concept.

What Are On-Demand Instances And When Should You Use Them?

According to Amazon, On-Demand Instances are best reserved for short-term processes with uneven workloads that cannot be interrupted. This might partly explain why such EC2 instances are exceedingly popular with AWS users. On the flip side, however, it turns out that On-Demand Instances are also getting dumped for the sake of cloud cost optimization. Our recent Spot Instances guide, for instance, advises AWS users to consider making a switch and, consequently, enjoy up to 90% cost savings.