Published in We’ve moved to freeCodeCamp.org/news·Jan 10, 2019The differences between JavaScript’s asynchronous API timersJavaScript is a single-threaded language, which makes use of asynchronous constructs to handle tasks concurrently. Interestingly, it handles concurrent tasks efficiently with a different approach compared to traditional languages likes Java and C#. Event loop Whether it’s a browser environment or Node.js, JavaScript is asynchronous due to the fact that it’s using…Java Script4 min read
Published in HackerNoon.com·Aug 13, 2018How to learn an existing code baseWhether it’s your first day at job or a struggling to contribute to any project, it’s really important to understand and master the art of learning, conceptualising and improvising skills to successfully adapt to a project. Specially if you’re not familiar with the technologies, adaptation should be done carefully. Learning…Software Development6 min read
Published in We’ve moved to freeCodeCamp.org/news·Mar 2, 2018A recipe for Google Summer of Code successQuick introduction to GSoC Google summer of Code (GSoC) is an annual program funded by Google to encourage students in crafting open source software. Every year Google selects mentoring organizations. Students are paired with mentors of the mentoring organizations to work on their projects. …Open Source5 min read
Jan 6, 2018Towards a multi-planetary speciesFarthest distance a human being has travelled so far is the far side of the moon. This historic moment was accomplished by the Apollo 13 crew in 1970. If such a massive accomplishment was achieved in 1970, the first and foremost question anyone would ask is why can’t we do…Spacex3 min read
Published in CloudBoost·Sep 13, 2017My Google Summer of Code experienceSo you’re interested in Google Summer of Code or maybe jumping around in the world of OSS, it really doesn’t matter as long as you’re passionate about what you’re doing. This post is about my experience in Google Summer of Code 2017 (GSoC). What’s GSoC ? GSoC is an annual program administered…Open Source4 min read
Published in NodeCloud·Aug 14, 2017Week 14 : Adding support for AWS DynamoDBLast week I worked on adding APIs for Google Datastore. This week I’ve added support for AWS DynamoDB. As I’ve pointed out in the last blog post, there are many differenes between Google Datastore and AWS DynamoDB. Nevertheless I’ve managed to add common APIs for both services. …AWS1 min read
Published in NodeCloud·Aug 7, 2017Week 13 : Google Datastore supportAccording to the milestone set in last week, I’ve worked on adding APIs related to Google Datastore. This service is the equivalent service for well known DynamoDB provided by AWS. …AWS2 min read
Published in NodeCloud·Jul 31, 2017Week 12 : Support for AWS RDSAccording to the milestone setup on last week, I’ve worked on adding the basic functionality support for AWS Relational Database service (RDS). This service takes over many of the time taking, repetitive and tedious tasks if managed by the organization itself such as maintaining the servers, scaling up. AWS RDS…AWS2 min read
Published in NodeCloud·Jul 23, 2017Week 11 : AWS ECS supportAWS ECS supports wide range of functionalities such as managing clusters, services and tasks. For this week’s NodeCloud implementation, I added APIs for AWS ECS, for following set of functionalities, Create cluster Create service Delete cluster Delete service Describe clusters Describe container instances Describe services Along with the implementation, I…Containers1 min read
Published in NodeCloud·Jul 16, 2017Week 10 : AWS Direct ConnectPeering was the last category which was left after last week’s implementation. Therefore throughout this week, adding support for AWS Direct Connect was implemented. Following are the features supported by NodeCloud for AWS Direct Connect, Create connection Describe connection Delete connection Create lag Describe lags Delete lag Tag resource Untag…Continuous Integration1 min read
