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The Twelve-Factor App: What It Is and How to Monitor It

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I started my IT career as a Java developer, but I haven’t done full-time coding for almost eight years. Truthfully, I’ve done a poor job keeping up with new trends in development and the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC). Lately, though, I’ve been thinking a lot about the Twelve-Factor App, which is a set of simple, powerful guidelines for building Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) apps with the modern tools available today. As the introduction states, this methodology is for creating apps that: Use  declarative  formats for setup automation, to minimize time and cost for new developers joining the project; Have a  clean contract  with the underlying operating system, offering  maximum portability  between execution environments; Are suitable for  deployment  on modern  cloud platforms , obviating the need for servers and systems administration; Minimize divergence  between development and production, enabling ...
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Augmented Reality Gaming

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In the summer of 2016, the gaming industry experienced a worldwide  revolution with the release of  Pokémon Go , the best AR game of its time. With the introduction of Augmented Reality game s on a platform so accessible to the public, combined with the franchise that has the largest fan base on the planet , the game instantly went viral. The reach of the augmented reality game could be witnessed by merely looking around in public - players could be seen walking, detached from everything around them, staring down at their smartphones as if it contained another dimension they had temporarily escaped into. The irony? For them it wasn’t just an escape, it was migration. Source: EVE Museology   The  AR/VR/MR technology is gradually becoming more visible in our day-to-day lives   as it has recently been revolutionizing and impacting a lot of fields in the market. The  interactive print  campaign being led by  WOWSOME  is one of the prime exa...
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