AppSync integrates seamlessly with a DynamoDB database. And as demonstrated in my previous article, AWS Amplify CLI can create the…
Efficient AppSync backend API development for mobile/Web app with AWS Amplify
Why GraphQL and App Sync GraphQL has taken the API world by storm as an alternative to REST APIs. One…
Duct-taping things to the internet with Google’s IoT Core
During my time with an energy company, I worked in a team which had a set of unicorn fairy lights.…
TEL Newsletter – December 2018
Shine’s TEL group was established in 2011, like the date is important. We publicise the great technical work that Shine does, and raise the company’s profile as a technical thought-leader in the community through blogs, local meetup talks, conference presentations, and tattooing our logo on drunk developers. We curate all the noteworthy things that Shiners have been doing and publish a newsletter that nobody reads. Join us for a slightly festive edition. After all, nobody does Christmas better than corporate blogs.
Doing The Simplest Thing That Can Possibly Work (If You’re Not Sure What To Do Next)
From time to time, developers will come to my desk seeking advice. There's a problem they're trying to solve, they've got a couple of possible solutions, but they're not sure which one to choose.
AWS re:Invent 2018 – Event Wrap
I had the luck (and I say this considering the number of talented engineers within Shine) of attending AWS re:Invent…
SSO with SAML Authentication Using Shibboleth IDP
Introduction: The objective of this article is to achieve SSO with SAML authentication in AEM involving Single identity provider(IDP). Here…
This (and why it’s so weird in JavaScript)
A lot of people come to JavaScript from languages like Java. And, at first glance, the languages seem kind of similar - they even have similar names! Of course, it soon becomes apparent that there are some pretty important differences. For example, Java is object-oriented, statically typed and lexically scoped. JavaScript isn't these things (except sometimes, when it is). And one of the places that these differences are really obvious is in the use of the keyword this.
Shearwater Capture The Flag 2018
As part of Shine's commitment to always be levelling ourselves up in security, a bunch of us decided to have a go at a CTF (capture the flag) competition.
Drift detection in Cloudformation: A first look
If you are following the 'What's new in AWS' page like many AWS professionals do, you must have noticed the new drift detection support that was announced recently. We have dived into this new feature and this article is about what we have found so far.
