Pair programming is an agile software development technique in which two programmers work together at one workstation. One, the driver, writes code while the other, the observer or navigator,[1] reviews each line of code as it is typed in. The two programmers switch roles frequently. - Wikipedia I did my…

I started my career as an enterprise software developer for a world-leading banking software product — Finacle E-Banking. Since Finacle (FEBA) is a system that will be the entry point for customers, it has to be very secure. I have worked with multiple world-class banking products all of them had…

I am a passionate software developer who has been writing code for over a decade now. I love writing code. The idea of controlling a non-living machine by some keystrokes excites me. …

Apache Maven, as the name suggests is the trusted expert in managing the Java builds and dependencies. While Gradle's popularity is increasing, owing to its flexible lifecycle, Maven is still the most popular tool for Java build and dependency management. Almost every Java developer today has experienced the taste of…

I have been a software programmer for more than 12 years now, and I love this profession. There is so much to learn from software development that can be applied in real life. There are software engineering philosophies that help me lead and manage my personal life in an effective…

Backbase frontend web applications are built using reusable widgets. Widgets are independent, reusable components that focus on single business functionality. This helps in managing business functionalities independently, without impacting unrelated widgets. For example, a login widget can be independently modified without impacting the “My Profile” widget. When a system grows…

Backbase has developed an omnichannel application development framework, focusing on banking products called as Customer Experience Services. I came across this fantastic application development framework in 2012, when we had to develop a web application for an investment bank. Although the name of the product is “Customer Experience Services,” it…

RESTful API designing is a very important aspect of any growing application. In this article, I am going to document the key lessons that I learned about designing the RESTful APIs. Almost all web/mobile applications can be divided into at least two different components. The Frontend component: whose responsibility is…