Strasz Blog
Cooking Up Code…using Mise en Place
John DeFalco, SR Software Engineer
March 8th, 2021
I like to cook. Well, the truth is, I like to eat! From an early age my mother instilled in me that if you want to eat, learn to cook, don’t wait for someone else to cook for you. So I did! This lesson extends beyond the kitchen to our software and certainly other places as well.
Service Oriented Architecture and its implementation on-premise and in cloud
Rishabh Ajmera, Software Architect
October 28, 2019
Want to orient your services correctly? Hosting in cloud with Containers or with Server-less technology without following correct Service oriented Architecture principles is going to cause bigger problems – only those problems will be in-Cloud. After decomposing the monolith System into the right kind of services, see how to compose the UI together and allow for updates to multiple services. Yes, it is possible to do so on-premise or in-Cloud.
Goodbye Passwords! Welcome Managed Identities in Azure
Rishabh Ajmera, Software Architect
October 28, 2019
Tired of storing credentials in config files and then encrypting those files, securing passwords at time of deployment and then storing it in a different place, troubleshooting deployed application not working and figuring out that it was human error in typing password in one of those deployment variables? Azure provides a solution by creating a user associated to Application which can be granted access to Resources. Let’s say Good Bye to Passwords for application deployment to Azure!
Enemy Analysis
October 16, 2018
In assessment exams, item enemies can undermine the validity of your exam. The author of this blog post says, use AI to separate item enemies.
What is an API and What Can They Do for You?
August 17, 2018
Associations want to offer certification and learning opportunities to their members, and often that leaves their staff to manually coordinate information across different software systems by exporting information from one system and importing it into another, or even manually re-entering the information. This can add to the staff’s volume of work, and create room for errors or lost transactions. The author of this blog post offers a convenient solution…APIs!
Learning Management Systems and Supporting Applications
July 9, 2018
Learning Management Systems integrate with other systems to offer a complete training experience. Here is a description of the most popular assisting applications.
LMS 101: Train the Dragon
June 15, 2018
Our blog about confronting the dragon of offering training programs highlighted the desire of certifying bodies to add training and education as a service for their members. Now let’s discuss the role a Learning Management System (LMS) fills in training that dragon to fearlessly offer educational services.
How can a certifying body confront the “dragon” of offering training programs?
May 18, 2018
Can a certifying body offer training in addition to sponsoring a certification program? Armed with an understanding of accreditation requirements, certifying bodies can confront the dragon of offering training to benefit their members.
Boldly Google Go-ing Where Few Have Gone Before
April 30, 2018
If you haven’t heard of Google’s Go language, the author of this post provides an overview to get you started.
Open to Adventure, Closed for Modification
March 12, 2018
Writing software can be a lot like being an adventurous hero – or at least that’s what this author tells himself. Luckily for us, one such similarity is highlighted in this post discussing the Open / Closed Principle, which states that software should be open for extension while remaining closed for modification. In other words, you shouldn’t have to change things you’ve already written to add or modify behavior in the future.