BY Colin Chartier
5 min read
On-demand wildcard TLS certificates
Every website now uses https://, but it's difficult to configure TLS certificates yourself. This post talks about how to set up on-demand wildcard certificates for free with DNS and LetsEncrypt ...
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BY Joshua D'Souza
8 min read
How to set up production-ready preview environments for your React application
Preview environments (ephemeral environments) are temporary deployments of a certain version of your application, typically done for every feature branch. Let’s walk through a scenario. You’re building a React application for your company or as a side project that you want to maintain. You’d like others to ...
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BY Colin Chartier
1 min read
What is a webapp?
What is a webapp? They're websites that replace what would otherwise be a desktop app or mobile app. They're interactive, and users can often log in to save their environment for future visits. ...
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BY Colin Chartier
4 min read
What is CI?
Continuous Integration (CI) refers to developers continuously pushing small changes to a central Git repository numerous times per day. These changes are verified by automated software that runs comprehensive tests and ensures that no major issues are ever seen by customers. ...
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BY Lyn Chen
1 min read
GitHub + webapp.io Pull Request Automation Demo
Watch the full session below on-demand: Jump to: 0:00 Intro 0:06 Agenda 0:23 3 DevOps Engineering Pillars 1:16 Developer Experience (DX) when it comes to pull requests 1:54 Live Demo begins 3:17 Before state: propose a color change to webapp 4:10 Why pull ...
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BY Colin Chartier
2 min read
What is Test Driven Development?
Test driven development is a coding methodology where tests are written before the code is written. ...
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BY Colin Chartier
4 min read
Linting best practices
Linters are programs that look at a program's source code and find problems automatically. They are a common feature of pull request automation because they ensure that "obvious" bugs do not make it to production. ...
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BY Lydia Zomparelli
6 min read
What is Jenkins Used For?
Jenkins is a continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) tool. It improves the development lifecycle by automating software building, testing, and deployment. ...
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BY Lyn Chen
4 min read
webapp.io vs. Semaphore CI
Key comparisons between Semaphore and webapp.ioSummary:Why is CI/CD important?Is Semaphore the best CI/CD solution for your business?webapp.io capabilities missing in SemaphoreSemaphore vs. webapp.io comparison summaryWhy businesses switch to webapp.ioHow to switch from Semaphore to webapp.io1. Why is CI/CD important? ...
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