Using a GraphQL gateway for backend services (Active Directory, AWS and Qliksense Api samples)

Complex web sites read and write data from/to several backend systems using different interfaces (sql, soap , rest, rpc,..). But it could be simpler and useful to create a single endpoint and interface for all the backends. With GraphQL the frontend applications get from the backends only the list of fields they need and do not receive the static list of the fields provided by the soap/rest services. I played with graphql and Walmart lacinia implementing one GraphQL backend for LDAP/Active Directory and one for Qliksense Repository rest api....

October 11, 2020 · 2 min · 253 words · Matteo Redaelli

Using chrome/firefox programmatically for navigating a (Qliksense) website and taking screenshots

How do you know if the user interface (UI) of a website you’re developing works as it should and the site as a whole delivers the optimal user experience (UX)? Headless browsers give you a fast, lightweight way to automate high-level actions and get an idea of how well your site operates in common scenarios. Links to Headless browers: Chrome Firefox Phantomjs Safari I found the nice clojure library etaoin for using a browser programmatically....

September 8, 2020 · 1 min · 150 words · Matteo Redaelli