ASP.NET Core offers a simplified hosting model, called minimal APIs, that allows us to build lightweight APIs with minimal dependencies. However, “minimal” doesn’t mean minimal security. Minimal APIs ...

How to create a database and add a collection with MongoDB GUI Compass Your email has been sent Now that you have the MongoDB Compass GUI installed, you might be ...

The Hypertext Transport Protocol requires all HTTP methods to declare whether they are idempotent or not. With an idempotent HTTP method, multiple invocations always leave the data on the server in ...

REST is one of the most influential ideas in distributed architecture. Here's why it matters and how to understand RESTful services in theory and practice. REST, or Representational State Transfer, is ...

Grafana needs data to be useful. Phil Hajjar walks you through the process of using a MySQL database as a source for data visualization in Grafana. Grafana is one of the most widely-used interactive ...