Perficient is proud to be a Gold Sponsor for the upcoming Open Source North (OSN) Conference on May 20th, 2021. Since 2014, Open Source North has provided a space for the enterprise application development community to come together and engage in networking, education, and knowledge sharing- this year is no different. Due to the conditions […]
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Business Automation to Unlock Data
According to a 2020 Forrester study, 1.4 days are lost per week due to information workers creating, reading, or searching for information related to their job. The speed at which data is being created and received is simply outpacing the ability to access, process and act on it. And even if your organization has digitized […]
Static Code Analysis With Open Source Tools For AEM Projects
Implementing static code analysis might seem like a daunting task. In some cases, this may be true depending on logistics, timing, and other factors. There is however a quick and easy way to implement it for AEM projects. Using open-source tools such as CheckStyle, SpotBugs, PMD, and JaCoCo you will pay nothing and reap all the […]
Easing Security Compliance with the OpenShift Compliance Operator: Part 3
In the first part of this series, I discussed the power of Red Hat’s Compliance Operator for securing your OpenShift 4.x clusters. I gave a quick overview of the installation and then walked through how to initiate compliance scans and review the high-level results. I also showed the power of the Compliance Operator by applying […]
MuleSoft Build and Deploy: GitHub Actions for CI/CD Setup
In this blog, I will take you through a step-by-step process to set up CI/CD workflows using GitHub actions for MuleSoft Anypoint Platform integration projects with GitHub as the project repository. First, you need to create a sample MuleSoft 4 application in Anypoint Studio. Run and test the application in Anypoint Studio. Check the project […]
Easing Security Compliance with the OpenShift Compliance Operator: Part 2
In the first part of this series, I discussed the power of Red Hat’s Compliance Operator for securing your OpenShift 4.x clusters. I gave a quick overview of the installation and then walked through how to initiate compliance scans and review the high-level results. I also showed the power of the Compliance Operator by applying […]
Build Faster with the App Accelerator
A few years ago, Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, stated: “Every company is now a software company.” The line between the product you offer and the software that supports it has thinned, and in some industries, the software is the primary competitive advantage. Like it or not, the software is a critical part of your […]
The Return of Direct-to-Consumer Part 2: Who is Getting DTC Right in 2021?
In Part 1 of “The Return of Direct-to-Consumer” series I discussed WHAT direct-to-consumer looks like in 2021 and how the definition and opportunities have evolved. In Part 2 of this series I will provide examples of DTC brands that have embraced experience-driven commerce and are winning big because of it, and those that aren’t quite […]
Batch Processing Records in MuleSoft 4
Let’s suppose we have millions of records that need to be migrated from one system to another. In this case, we can use batch processing in MuleSoft. An Overview of Batch Processing Unlike other ways of processing records in batches, a batch job is asynchronous and uses parallel processing with fine-grained control over error handling. […]
Docker Bootcamp – Linking Multiple Containers
Welcome back to Docker Bootcamp. In this post, we’ll set up multiple containers and link them, so they function together. For example, you could have one container for a database server and another for a web server hosting a content management system. Remember, containers are specialized and can only run one piece of software. Linking […]
Boosting Opportunities for Women in Detroit through Customized Coding Bootcamp
Perficient believes that the best companies are the ones that invest in the professional growth of every colleague while embracing each person’s individual backgrounds, voices, and perspectives. We also believe that diversity and inclusion are constant pursuits and that more can be done to create equitable opportunities throughout the technology industry. Research shows that the […]
Blazor, Are You Ready?
Introduction Building SPA’s I have been involved in several web application projects implemented as a single-page application (SPA) with a REST API interface to the backend in recent years. In all of these cases, the SPA was built with React and the Flux/Redux design pattern. Since my background is heavily .NET and Azure-centric, the API […]