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Painless View Controller Configuration in Swift


Back in the pre-storyboard era of iOS development, developers had to write hundreds of lines of boilerplate code that served to manage UIViewController object hierarchies. Back then, some were inven...



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Outsourcing of Authorization and Authentication


Nowadays, we can observe many repetitive patterns in existing implementations. From microservices, to MVC layers, or REST APIs. Authorization and authentication are the fundamental parts of applicat...



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Server Side Swift – Quick Start


Building Swift web applications allows you to reuse the skills you already have. However, you can also start from scratch if you are not an ”iPhone mac„ developer. This article shows you the mos...



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Secure Docker Images


Containers are great. They allow you to move faster with your development team, deploy in reliable and consistent way and scale up to the sky. With some orchestrators it is even better. It helps you...



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Continuous Deployment of iOS Apps with Fastlane


Automation helps with all the mundane and error-prone tasks that developers need to do on a daily basis. It also saves a lot of time. For automating iOS beta deployment, a very popular tool is Fastl...



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Yet Another Look at Cloud-Native Apps Architecture


Cloud is getting extremely popular and ubiquitous. It’s everywhere. Imagine, the famous “everywhere” meme with Buzz and Woody from Toy Story in which Buzz shows Woody an abundance of...whateve...



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7 Tips on How to Manage Backlog in XP


Proper backlog maintenance is extremely important for the product to be successful. Usually, it's the Product Owner’s responsibility to manage the backlog. The right approach and tools can be very...



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Our Way To Reactive Extensions


In the modern world we are inundated with information - TV, radio, newspapers, internet – to the extent that often we need some kind of filters to get only those pieces of information which we fin...



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Capturing Objects in Closures: Why You’re Doing It Wrong? – Part 2


Choose Your Closure Context Wisely In the first part of this article, we defined several simple principles of capturing objects in Closures. According to these principles, the closure code as...



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Capturing Objects in Closures: Why You’re Doing It Wrong? – Part 1


The Basics of Closures Many modern programming languages have a closure concept. Closures are self-contained blocks of functionalities which can be passed around and called. Additionally, the...



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The Love-Hate Relationship Between Testers and Developers


Admit it. Every time we think of the major forces that shape the world such as tech or science, we think of rocket launches, medicine, or even media that form our perceptions. Not many of us think o...



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Top Five Tips for DevOps in the Cloud


At Grape Up, we define DevOps as an engineering culture which unifies software development and operations, from first designs through development to production. If followed correctly, DevOps bridges...



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Oracle Shakes the World of Java Releases


While Java 10 is said to be the new kid on the block, rumors about 11 are already spreading fast. Now, let’s be honest: how many of you have made the upgrade to J10? I can bet that the majority of...



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5 Tips for Transferring Legacy Apps to the Cloud


With the growing popularity of cloud computing, legacy apps are driving toward an impending demise, and transferring legacy apps is becoming a must. Gartner forecasts that the worldwide public cloud...



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In case of a broken repository, break glass: mitigating real-life Git goofs


Imagine that you’re busy with a project that’s become a lifeblood of your company. The release is just a few days away and the schedule is tight. You work overtime or spend your 9-5 switching ba...



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