Performance is a feature. This book provides a hands-on overview of what every web developer needs to know about the various types of networks (WiFi, 3G/4G), transport protocols (UDP, TCP, and TLS), application protocols (HTTP/1.1, HTTP/2), and APIs available in the browser (XHR, WebSocket, WebRTC, and more) to deliver the best—fast, reliable, and resilient—user experience.

Integrating systems that every day grow larger is a complex task. Apache Kafka is a software that tries to solve this by using events. In this article, we are going to give you an Apache Kafka introduction. So that you get an understanding of what it is and how to get started with it.

The best SF and fantasy books of 2016

In a recent survey, ISACA found that 48 percent of the IT professionals surveyed believe that, for consumers, the benefit of the Internet of Things outweighs the risk. But do they really understand the kind of risks the IoT might pose?

Short stories are the lifeblood of science fiction and fantasy — novels get all the buzz and the parties, but short fiction is where the wildest ideas and coolest characters come out. And here are 15 or so anthologies that will show you just how superb science fiction and fantasy storytelling can get.

Node.js is a rapidly growing technology that has been overtaking the world of server-side programming with surprising speed. MongoDB is a technology that’s revolutionizing database usage. Together, the two tools are a potent combination, thanks to the fact that they both employ JavaScript and JSON.