Most organizations with a web presence build and operate APIs; the doorway for customers to interact with the company's services. Designing, building, and managing these critical programs affect everyone in the organization, from engineers and product owners to C-suite executives. But the real challenge for developers and solution architects is creating an API platform from the ground up.With this practical book, you'll learn strategies for building and testing REST APIs that use A...

Continuous delivery adds enormous value to the business and the entire software delivery lifecycle, but adopting this practice means mastering new skills typically outside of a developer’s comfort zone. In this practical book, Daniel Bryant and Abraham Marín-Pérez provide guidance to help experienced Java developers master skills such as architectural design, automated quality assurance, and application packaging and deployment on a variety of platforms.Not only will you learn how ...

A study in decision makingLife is a series of choices. Every day we are faced with many situations in which we need to decide how we are going to respond. Essentially, we get our information about how we choose from either one of two sources, we either choose to believe the lies we are constantly bombarded with, or we choose truth.

In the middle of the most pitiful hell I have ever known, God broke the chains of sin and set me free while sitting in Arizona State Prison for a terrible crime. Jesus made a way for me. I was without hope, recently divorced, and facing eight years in prison when I was set free from a lifetime of pain. I was broken, thirsty, and lost; and this is where I was blessed with salvation in a New International Version (NIV) Bible with plenty of time to read. I was blessed to learn about the new l...

The ocean is the most powerful force on the planet. It can either be force for creation and beauty, or it can be a force for destruction. Let's take a look at what that means...

Everythihng that mankind creates originates with an idea conceived within a mind. It seems reasonable to consider as we look at the complexity of our cosmos that it is the result of a mind.

Life can seem boring and repititious at times. We all need a reason for living, and we need for our life to have purpose. I think, that with the proper perspective, we can find meaning and purpose in the most basic, seemingly ordinary, day to day things that most of us take for granted.

A study on modern concepts of space and their fallacies. This is an in-depth look at current ideas and beliefs about the cosmos, the age of earth, and an examination of the possibilities of life in outer space.

This book is a parody and is not meant to reflect my real worldview or beliefs about life. It is not meant to be taken seriously. However, I do hope it serves to make people think about the way we just take what we are taught for granted, as if it is always the truth, which, often, it is not.

This is a book that addresses a question that we all ask a some point in our lives..... Why does evil exist in the world, if there is a God, why doesn't He do something about it.

Everyone faces trials of many kinds in their lives. It is not a matter of "if", but "when". Jesus said, "In this world you will have trouble, but take heart, I have overcome the world. How do you face your trials?

A better way of looking at how to handle your problems. No one likes problems. We all face them of varying types, degrees and at different times. This book offers a perspective that will enable anyone to face their problems in a new way.