Potpourri
What is Scalability?
It's the ability for a program to scale
To handle a growing amount of work
Or it's potential to be enlarged to accommodate that growth
Think Netflix, Uber, Twitter
Who focuses on front-end at Verticalmove?
Jim and Jade
What is a distributed system?
A system whose components are located on different networked computers, which communicate and coordinate their actions by passing messages to one another
What are the three front-end technologies?
HTML, CSS, JavaScript
What is Matt's favorite line?
- Fortune is the follow up
OR
- The numbers don't lie
What is Nick's favorite saying?
Today is the greatest day of my life, and tomorrow will be even better
Describe Object Oriented Programming in layman's terms
OOP are when code and data are merged into a single object
What is a common JavaScript framework used to write APIs?
Node.js
Who are Matt's favorite employees?
Kelly & Naomi
What sport did Nick play in college?
Basketball
Give me de-tails about RESTful services
REST stands for Representational State Transfer, an architectural style that has largely been adopted as a best practice for building web and mobile applications. RESTful services are designed to be lightweight, easy to maintain, and scaleable. They are typically based on the HTTP protocol, make explicit use of HTTP methods (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE), are stateless, use intuitive URIs, and transfer XML/JSON data between the server and the client.
What are the advantages of a single page application?
It does not require page reloading
It's fast, fluid and easy to make a mobile app
What's Matt's bevy of choice?
MONSTAR
Who's Nick's favorite author?
Brene Brown
What does CI/CD stand for and name a few tools
Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery
Tools:
Git, Jenkins, Artifactory, Terraform
What is a docker container?
An open source software development platform.
It's main benefit is to package applications in "containers" allowing them to be portable among any system running
The LINUX operating system
What time does Matt wake up?
toooo early
What is Nick's favorite time of day?
When he gets to review Kelly and Naomi's candidates