X2 – or “Times2” – Framework for Node.js is a collection of modules published with NPM and designed to provide a complete toolset for creating back-end applications that expose RESTful APIs and are backed with a SQL database.
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REST-less yet ? Try GraphQL
Lets face it, REST can can have its downsides e.g :
- dealing with a whole bunch of endpoints in a typical application
- performing multiple roundtrips to the server for multiple resources in order to get data for a single page of the UI
- getting the request parameters right
- dealing with api versions – coupling between the client and the responses from the server
- over-fetching of information that is not needed
More productivity volume with AWS Amplify
Developing the typical user management use cases (user registration, confirmation, sign in , forgot password, reset password etc etc etc) in any application is often the bane of many a developers existence. Now, thanks to AWS Amplifiy this can quickly become a thing of the past. Continue reading
Get an introduction to X2!
Join us on Wednesday, May 2nd, at the Boyle Software office for an introduction to X2 – or “Times2” – the framework for rapid back-end application development in Node.js. Learn all about the capabilities of this complete, lightweight, and ready framework.
New Client: Grey Group
Grey Group ranks among the world’s top advertising and marketing organizations, serving one-fifth of the FORTUNE 500, in 96 countries. They operate branded independent business units in many communications disciplines including: advertising, direct marketing, public relations, public affairs, brand development, customer relationship management, sales promotion, and interactive marketing. Boyle Software is currently using a variety of Microsoft tech – .NET/C#, MS Sharepoint, MS Azure – in support of Grey’s business intelligence capabilities.
Updated OpenID Connect Authenticator for Apache Tomcat
In the age of RESTful APIs and single-page applications the traditional Java Servlet-based web-applications with server-side page rendering and server-side HTTP session tracking no longer look sexy. Nonetheless, the technology is still quite popular and is used widely. Continue reading
New Magento Opportunity!
Are you a Model-View-ViewModel type of person? Have you ever dreamt in MySql? Do you have Zend moments instead of Zen ones? If you answered “YES” to these questions, we probably want to meet you because we are looking for an experienced Magento Developer to join the Boyle Software team! Continue reading
A big year for HeartyHosting
Building on an excellent 2016, Boyle Software’s cloud services platform HeartyHosting added a slew of terrific new features in 2017. As an AWS partner, we continued to grow our expertise and extend our usage of Amazon’s best-of-breed services, continuously innovating and bringing our clients new levels of efficiency and value. The list of HeartyHosting’s new capabilities, upgrades, and offerings for this past year is impressive:
The all-new OK! Magazine
Last month, the Boyle Software team working with American Media, Inc., launched a completely redesigned and upgraded website for AMI’s popular celebrity magazine OK! – https://okmagazine.com
Lots of new features were introduced with the new OK! revamp: an “Exclusives” carousel, a “Blast from the Past” block, “Trending” zones, and a bunch of UX improvements. Photo galleries were improved not only in design but a “switcher” was also added, giving editors the ability to choose between different layouts: slideshows, list views, etc.
We’re looking for Data Scientists!
If you are an experienced Big Data Engineer, we want to talk to you about joining our team. 3+ years of Software Development experience and a strong knowledge of SQL and data modeling principles is required.