So, what is a mobile application ecosystem? It’s actually a collection of things, from app popularity and user ratings to software development tools and devices. The word “ecosystem” itself refers to the connection between apps as well as to processes and people using those apps. In this article, we’ll review key components of the mobile app development ecosystem broken down in four phases so are better prepared to develop and distribute mobile apps. Chapter #1: Mobile App Planning With the explosion of mobile apps on the app store in the past several years, thorough planning has never been more important than it is today to keep ahead of the competition. The planning stage encompasses many things, like who your target audience is, , the tech stack you’ll use, features you’ll need to code, and so much more. Should you build your app for Android, iOS, or both? Developing for Android will require developers who are proficient in the . iOS app development, on the other hand, will require you to find developers who can code in Swift or Objective-C. 1.1 App Store Analytics There are many available app analytic solutions out there that can provide valuable insights during the planning phase of development. App store analytics can offer information about the number of app downloads, the most successful category of apps, geographical location of a user base for various types of apps, and other helpful insights across app stores. Understanding these metrics will help you make future decisions about your app, such as or selecting the right pricing model. 1.2 Third-Party Partners One way to gain a better understanding...
NITDA: Fixing Cyber Security with Sound PR Strategy By Kabir Abdulsalam No doubt, cybercrime is increasing each day and evolving to become more complex and more formidable. As it is possible for government agencies like the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Nigerian Army Education Corps (NAEC), Nigeria Police Force, and others to have their websites hacked, private organizations are equally vulnerable. For instance, the registrar of JAMB, Professor Ishaq Oloyede, while speaking to journalists had disclosed that hackers had stolen over N10 million after gaining access to its site and altering the profiles of its ad hoc staff. In 2011, cyberpunks also attacked two Nigerian government websites, Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) and National Agency for Poverty Alleviation to protest against the $6 million budget for the inauguration ceremony of President Goodluck Jonathan. Again, during ENDSARS protests in 2020, Anonymous, a popular decentralized international ‘hacktivist’ group took the side of Nigerian protesters by organizing several attacks against government accounts and handles. As Nigerians become cyber-creatures, spending more time online, exploring more digital contents, so does cybercrime affects a huge number of organisations and individuals. Recently, the Director-General, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, announced its ambitious target to achieve 95 percent digital literacy by 2030. Kashifu, at a digital journalism workshop organised for journalists in Kano, noted that the government had put structures in place to protect the ecosystem under its strategic roadmap and action plans on cybersecurity. He said: “Cybersecurity is one of the strategic pillars under our strategic roadmap and action plan which is more about social engineering. So,...
The urge towards adopting microservices architecture has been a welcome trend in the software development industry. Microservices architecture has been one of the most talked-about technologies in recent times – it has been embraced by many leading organizations worldwide. Originally developed to solve the limitations of monolithic systems, microservices architecture has seen a significant increase in popularity over the last several years, mainly due to increased scalability, flexibility, and performance. Since microservices-based applications comprise several different services, you often need a common interface or gateway to call these services so that you define and manage all concerns in one place rather than replicate them across all downstream services. This is precisely where an API Gateway comes in. This article briefly discusses the concepts around microservices architecture and how you can work with API Gateways to have a consistent way to connect to the microservices. Let’s get started! What Is Microservices Architecture? Microservices architecture is a service-oriented architecture (SOA) variant in which an application comprises a collection of lightweight, loosely coupled, modular services. These services can be built to execute on various platforms and independently developed, tested, deployed, and managed. Microservices architecture can replace long-running, complicated monolithic systems requiring considerable resource and management overhead. Microservice is a word that refers to a service having a limited set of functionalities rather than referring to the length of the code used to create it. What Is an API Gateway? When building microservices-based applications, an API Gateway is needed to have a central place where authentication, throttling, orchestration, etc., is implemented. Without an API Gateway in place, you might typically implement each of...
For Jos Velasco, computers have always been magic. “We didn’t have a computer at home, but every time I had the opportunity to use one it blew my mind,” remembers Velasco, who grew up in Guadalajara, Mexico. In elementary school computer classes, Velasco learned to program a pixelated turtle — with Logo, a language developed for children — to draw shapes, change colors, and more. Putting technology within his control was mesmerizing, and Velasco was hooked. “From the age of 10 I liked to make computers work for me,” he says. He never stopped making tech work for him — today, Velasco is a WordPress web developer working for himself. He’s a huge proponent of open source technology, harnessing it to make his clients’ dream websites a reality both as a freelancer and as part of Monday Lovers, a small agency he co-founded with a graphic designer in 2014. “We create websites that look and perform well, that are easy to edit by our clients and by ourselves,” Velasco explains. Along the way, he’s relied on DreamHost — initially recommended to him by a client — to power his websites, including both professional and personal projects. Shared Hosting That Powers Your Purpose We make sure your website is fast, secure and always up so your visitors trust you. Plans start at $2.59/mo. Choose Your Plan The Simple Life The Guadalajara neighborhood Velasco grew up in was a peaceful place. “Literally the neighborhood where I grew up is called ‘La Calma,’” he says. “As a child I used to play in the street with my neighbors without having to be monitored by my...
Forms are the main source of spam on any website. Whether it is the traditional contact forms or custom forms for user feedback, abusing the forms to (intentionally or unintentionally) overwhelm the server is a common attack on a website. Google ReCaptcha V3 is a captcha-like framework that provides security against hackers and sticks or twist requests. It assures that the computer user is a human. reCAPTCHA is an industry-standard for preventing spam by greatly enhancing form validation capabilities. It is a combination of knowledge and image recognition-based interpretive response based on answer selection. The methodology relies on machine learning from Google’s large data sets of human interaction with the web, which is slightly different and random when compared to a bot. In this article, I will demonstrate how to use Google reCAPTCHA for form validation in Laravel 8.x This one requires only two things: Setting up reCAPTCHA in Laravel 8 Let’s get the necessary classes we will require to make things possible. I’ll be using Composer to bring down the packages: Set up Configurations We are going to edit the app.php file. Insert these lines in “providers” array: Now, let’s setup our secret keys. Go to this link, and enter your domain address, like I have shown in image below, to grab your “secret key” and “site key”. Make changes to your “.env” file: Insert these lines: Set up Routes These are our entry points of our app, let’s make some changes. Paste the code below: Save and exit. As you see, our routes are accessing a FileController which has two functions to get and post captcha form. Make...
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