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Flogo - Event Driven Ecosystem On SE Daily

Thu, 25 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +0000

A smart security camera takes in a high volume of video images and processes those images using a set of machine learning models. Those models can identify interesting snippets of movement throughout the day and decide which ones to keep. Some of the video snippets might contain movement of birds — but others might contain footage of intruders.

Project Flogo at KLM's Digital Studio

Mon, 22 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Two weeks ago, I had the opportunity to be at AirFrance/KLM in KLM’s Digital Studio to talk about Project Flogo and brainstorm on where they could use it to improve and expand their digital footprint. The team was kind enough to share the recorded video on YouTube.

TIBCO NOW 2018 - Project Flogo Serverless Integration Powered by Flogo and Lambda

Sat, 13 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +0000

No matter the metric, serverless is definitely gaining interest. It’s the dream of every developer, supplying the ability to deploy services in the cloud in no time, automatically scale them, enjoy automagic management by a cloud provider—and, most important, keep it all cost effective! How does this dream become a reality?

This presentation covered what serverless is all about and the benefits of running your apps in the serverless environment. It covers the monoliths-microservices-functions progression and when, where, and why to use serverless architecture and how Project Flogo fits in to the overall picture

Developers, Developers, Developers - Innovating at the Edge

Fri, 05 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Innovation at the edge is driven by a whole host of people and personalities, but who makes sure those innovations get into production? Developers.

In this TIBCO Tech Talk, I walk through tools and technologies that help developers build better software, faster.

The talk covers:

The latest updates for Project Flogo, an open-source and ultra-lightweight edge computing platform
A brief demo of Flogo and API Scout
How to get started on your developer journey with these tools

API World 2018 - Project Flogo an Event Driven Stack for the Enterprise

Mon, 01 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +0000

In today’s world everyone is building apps, most times those apps are event-driven and react to what happens around them. How do you take those apps to, let’s say, a Kubernetes cluster, or let them communicate between cloud and on-premises, and how can developers and non-developers work together using the same tools?

Tracking Microservices on Kubernetes with API Scout

Mon, 17 Sep 2018 00:00:00 +0000

As a developer advocate, I’m in the amazing position to talk to lots and lots of developers. Throughout those conversations I hear a lot of the same concerns popping up. Two of those being, “where did I deploy that microservice?” 😩 and “what is the API definition of that microservice again?"😟

The Art Of Using Go in Flogo

Tue, 28 Aug 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Not too long ago Flogo introduced a new Go API that allows you to build event-driven apps by simply embedding the Flogo engine in your existing Go code. Now you can use the event-driven engine of Flogo to build Go apps while using the activities and triggers that already exist and combining that with “regular” Go code. In one of my other posts, I built an app that could receive messages from PubNub and for this post, I’ll walk through building the exact same using the Go API.

Deploying Flogo Apps to Lambda with the Serverless Framework (Part 2)

Thu, 16 Aug 2018 00:00:00 +0000

I can hear you think “Part 2?! So there actually is a part 1?” 😱 The answer to that is, yes, there most definitely is a part 1 (but you can safely ignore that 😅). In that part I went over deploying Flogo apps built with the Flogo Web UI using the Serverless Framework. Now, with the Go API that we added to Flogo, you can mix triggers and activities from Flogo (and the community) with your regular Go code and deploy using the Serverless Framework.

Flynn in Flight: Secure Microservice Communication with Flogo and PubNub

Tue, 14 Aug 2018 00:00:00 +0000

I got a ton of great feedback on my post Securely Chatting Microservices, so I decided to create a video out of it and start a new video series called Flynn in Flight!

How To Build Securely Chatting Microservices With Flogo And PubNub

Mon, 13 Aug 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Building microservices is awesome, having them talk to each other is even more awesome! But in today’s world, you can’t be too careful when it comes to sending sensitive data across the wire. Last week I was at PubNub for a Meetup where, together with Jordan Schuetz and Nicholas Grenié, we spoke about cool things you can do with PubNub. One of them is using PubNub as a messaging layer to have your microservices, built with Flogo (duh), talk to each other in a secure way. In this post, I’ll go over the steps to build those microservices and hook them up using PubNub.

Efficiently Build And Deploy Event-driven Functions to Kubernetes & AWS Lambda

Fri, 03 Aug 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Building multi-platform event-driven microservices and functions can get complicated fast. In this short webinar hosted by DZone, I cover how to use Project Flogo to build event-driven microservices and functions that target both Kubernetes and AWS Lambda — without losing your mind in the process.

TIBCO Meetup 2018 - Building serverless apps with Go & SAM

Thu, 02 Aug 2018 00:00:00 +0000

“Serverless” allows developers to focus on writing their code, and a cloud provider, like AWS, takes care of all the other bits. Building serverless apps means the developer doesn’t have to worry about server management, scaling, or high availability, a convenience that usually comes with the added benefit of lower operational cost. We’ll be showing how to use the Project Flogo lightweight integration engine and open source framework to deploy functions to AWS Lambda using SAM.

Why You Should Go Serverless with AWS and TIBCO

Tue, 05 Jun 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Serverless has real potential to change how businesses build and architect cloud applications. No provisioning infrastructure, no dealing with maintenance, updates, scaling, or capacity planning — you just upload your apps to AWS and go. This webinar walks through the case for going serverless and what that looks like in practice.

Integration + Cloud - A Match Made In Heaven

Wed, 18 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Every developer has that one technology they gravitate toward — whether it’s ESB, open source tooling, or Node.js. The idea behind this webinar was simple: what if you could bring all of that into one place? And you’re not locked into iPaaS for deployment either. You can deploy on-premises, to a private cloud, to devices, or to serverless environments.

Transform your business app with low-code, APIs, and microservices

Thu, 12 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Together with the O’Reilly team, we did a webinar on low-code app development. APIs and microservices are great if you’re a technical developer, but what if you’re not — and you still need to understand how they connect? In this 60-minute webcast, Leon Stigter and Bruno Trimouille of TIBCO Software walk through how low-code platforms can help marketing and sales teams automate their workflows and deliver on business goals without needing to get under the hood.

Adopting Serverless Computing with TIBCO & AWS

Tue, 03 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +0000

As the AI-fueled, edge-exposed, blockchain-driven, and streaming analytics-enabled use cases of the future move closer into view, new technologies are needed to make the vision real. Unique and complex workloads accompany the use cases of the future, but luckily, the enabling technologies to compute those workloads have already arrived.

Join TIBCO and AWS for an exciting webinar to help you better understand what serverless architecture is all about, and the benefits of running your apps in a serverless environment. Before you give a listen, how about a quick introduction?

Serverless and Flogo - A Perfect Match

Sat, 24 Mar 2018 00:00:00 +0000

I get to work with serverless microservices on a daily basis, those are services I use myself and ones I help our customers build to take advantage of the benefits that serverless brings you. With many services needing to be deployed and continuous updates, I found myself doing the same thing over and over. It is that specific task that frustrates me most; it simply wasn’t as seamless as I thought it could be.

In this article, I’ll walk you through how I cut the development time and make deployments easily repeatable like a walk in the park — thanks to the combination of the Serverless Framework and a tool called Project Flogo.

A Visual Approach To Building And Deploying Microservices

Tue, 13 Mar 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Together with the O’Reilly team, I did a webinar on visually building microservices. Modern digital experiences run on microservices, but building them isn’t always straightforward — especially if you’re not deep in the weeds of API specs and Swagger definitions.

The core questions we tackled: how do you let developers and architects visually define an API without needing to be Swagger experts? And once you’ve built your microservices, how do you deploy the same project to a private cloud, a public cloud, and on-prem without reworking everything?

Integration + Cloud - A Match Made in Heaven

Tue, 13 Feb 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Last year on February 14th we published a blog post on “Building the Ultimate Valentine’s API.” Personally, I had a lot of fun writing it and finding facts related to how we spend our Valentine’s Day (though I forgot to bring home chocolates and flowers to my wife, who was none too pleased)! To prevent history from repeating itself, we’re taking things a step further this year with a Valentine’s Day webinar on why Integration + Cloud = A Match Made in Heaven.

Gopherfest SV 2017 - Architectures, Design Patterns, and Lessons Learned

Mon, 11 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +0000

I spoke at a Gopherfest meetup about the Go Programming Language. Together with an awesome colleague (Miguel Torres) we talked about Project Flogo and the lessons we learned building it.

What Do I Do In Between re:Invent Live Streams? Build Lambda functions

Fri, 01 Dec 2017 00:00:00 +0000

This year I wasn’t able to attend re:Invent, but I did want to do something nice in between the live streams and specifically around Serverless compute and AWS Lambda.

Lambda lets you run code without provisioning or managing servers. You pay only for the compute time you consume — there is no charge when your code is not running. With Lambda, you can run code for virtually any type of application or backend service — all with zero administration. Just upload your code and Lambda takes care of everything required to run and scale your code with high availability.

How To Deploy Flogo Apps To Kubernetes

Wed, 15 Nov 2017 00:00:00 +0000

With Project Flogo you can visually create Ultralight Edge Microservices and run them anywhere. But what if you want to run those incredibly light microservices using one of the most powerful container management platforms, Kubernetes?

Prerequisites
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As described on the Kubernetes website

Kubernetes is an open-source system for automating deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications. It groups containers that make up an application into logical units for easy management and discovery.

When Is iPaaS The Right Level Of Abstraction?

Thu, 05 Oct 2017 00:00:00 +0000

SaaS has become the default way enterprises acquire software, which means any given organization has (or will have) dozens of apps that need to talk to each other. The average Marketing department uses around 30 different SaaS apps, and HR isn’t far behind. This webinar looks at the integration challenge that creates and when iPaaS is the right level of abstraction to solve it.

How To Build Extensions For Flogo Apps In TIBCO Cloud Integration

Mon, 11 Sep 2017 00:00:00 +0000

Last month TIBCO added the ability to add custom activities to TIBCO Cloud Integration — Web Integrator (I’ll use Web Integrator going forward). The Web Integrator experience is “Powered by Project Flogo”, so when you create your own extensions for Web Integrator, and use them in every flow that you want, those activities will work with Project Flogo as well. In this blog post I’ll walk through creating a new extension that connects to IFTTT using the WebHooks service.

How To Build Twelve Factor Apps with Node.js in TIBCO Cloud Integration

Thu, 31 Aug 2017 00:00:00 +0000

Back in 2012, the engineering team at Heroku created a set of best practices for developing and running web apps. That document, consisting of 12 important rules, became the 12 Factor App manifesto. It gained a lot of traction over the years, especially as microservices took off. Along with microservices came a wave of related practices and tools — git, DevOps, Docker, Configuration Management — that all reinforced these principles.

Introducing tibcli-node for TIBCO Cloud Integration

Wed, 30 Aug 2017 00:00:00 +0000

Pretty much all the large cloud platforms provide not only a great visual interface to get things done, they also have a great command line interface. As much as I like a great UI when browsing the web, I tend to favor the command line when I’m focused on building things.

How To Continuously Test Flogo Activities With Jenkins

Wed, 23 Aug 2017 00:00:00 +0000

In 2016 TIBCO announced Project Flogo as an ultra lightweight integration engine — up to 20 to 50 times lighter than Node.js and Java Dropwizard. It’s open source and easily extensible, which means you want to make sure the activities you build keep working after each check-in. The question is straightforward: how do you test your activities every time code is pushed to Git?

How To Add Basic Auth To Flogo Apps in TIBCO Cloud Integration

Mon, 21 Aug 2017 00:00:00 +0000

I’ve gotten a lot of questions about using Basic Authentication with the Web Integrator in TIBCO Cloud Integration. Turns out it’s pretty straightforward.

Monitoring Node.js Apps with Prometheus

Fri, 18 Aug 2017 00:00:00 +0000

In the age of monolithic apps and app servers, monitoring was relatively straightforward. With microservices, you’re dealing with more servers and more services, and monitoring gets complex fast. You have options — Nagios, Zabbix, or Prometheus. My preference goes to the Greek deity that stole fire from Mount Olympus and brought it to us.

Building REST Services in TIBCO Cloud Integration

Wed, 16 Aug 2017 00:00:00 +0000

You shouldn’t have to be a Swagger expert to design and build an API. Creating an API from scratch can be a difficult task, so what if you could do it without writing a line of code?

How To Combine APIs With Flogo Apps In TIBCO Cloud Integration

Wed, 16 Aug 2017 00:00:00 +0000

In 2002 Jeff Bezos issued a mandate that would change the world forever. At the very least it brought a massive change to how data is reused on the Internet:

All teams will henceforth expose their data and functionality through service interfaces.

Teams must communicate with each other through these interfaces.
There will be no other form of inter-process communication allowed: no direct linking, no direct reads of another team’s data store, no shared-memory model, no back-doors whatsoever. The only communication allowed is via service interface calls over the network.
It doesn’t matter what technology they use.
All service interfaces, without exception, must be designed from the ground up to be externalizable. That is to say, the team must plan and design to be able to expose the interface to developers in the outside world. No exceptions.
Anyone who doesn’t do this will be fired. Thank you; have a nice day!

That mandate kicked off a lot of what we now call the API economy. Many enterprises have APIs that deliver data so you can focus on building value rather than figuring out how to get the data. That said, most APIs out there are documented but don’t have a swagger.json you can import directly. The Web Integrator in TIBCO Cloud Integration lets you paste sample messages from API docs and use those as the basis for invoking REST APIs.

How To Connect Google Forms to APIs

Fri, 11 Aug 2017 00:00:00 +0000

Ever wanted to capture data from a form and send it somewhere useful? Google Forms handles the collection side well, but what about routing that data to an API? That’s where TIBCO Cloud Integration comes in.

How To Send Emails Using Flogo Apps in TIBCO Cloud Integration

Tue, 08 Aug 2017 00:00:00 +0000

Sending emails is still a core part of many integration flows — error notifications, confirmations, alerts. This tutorial walks through setting up the Send Mail activity in TIBCO Cloud Integration’s Web Integrator, using Gmail as the provider.

How To Use Git Hooks To Automatically Deploy Apps

Mon, 07 Aug 2017 00:00:00 +0000

Probably the most common version control system used by developers today is git. Whether that is a self hosted server (like Gogs), a bare repo (git init) or with GitHub, most developers intuitively choose git. I try to store all my projects in local git repos and some of them make it to GitHub, while many of them don’t. When it comes to deploying apps to TIBCO Cloud Integration, I do many updates per day so I wanted an easy way to not only store my latest source but deploy it right after.

How To Set Up Continuous Integration with Jenkins and Node.js

Fri, 04 Aug 2017 00:00:00 +0000

Creating deployment artifacts every time you check something in to GitHub gets old fast. Jenkins can handle that for you. This post walks through using Jenkins with the tibcli utility to deploy Node.js apps to TIBCO Cloud Integration every time updates are pushed to GitHub.

VSCode Extension For TIBCO Cloud Integration

Fri, 04 Aug 2017 00:00:00 +0000

I’ve just updated the Microsoft Visual Studio Code extension to help develop and deploy Node.js apps to TIBCO Cloud Integration. Apart from a whole bunch of restructuring, it now has the ability to create a new Node.js app (if you don’t want to start from an API spec) and it makes use of the .env files to work with process.env context.

How To Use Express Middleware To Filter Traffic In Node.js

Thu, 03 Aug 2017 00:00:00 +0000

With Node.js in TIBCO Cloud Integration you have a solid toolset for building APIs. Here we’ll create a custom Express middleware that checks if the IP address of the sender matches a predefined list. In this tutorial we’ll use the list of TIBCO Mashery Traffic Managers as a ‘whitelist’ (so traffic from all other IP addresses will be blocked).

The Art Of Getting Back To Your Data Securely!

Wed, 10 May 2017 00:00:00 +0000

If you are like me, the data I need to do my job exists not only in the cloud. It can be hard to get to all data sources, especially when those are on-premises and behind a firewall. I am not alone, as pretty much everyone is facing these challenges. In fact, Gartner predicted that over sixty-five percent of all integration flows will be created outside of the control of IT departments as a result of the growing number of integration related tasks that they need to take care of. Simply put, organizations today are integrating to everything. The ‘everything’ in the last sentence not only includes Software-as-a-Service applications like Salesforce.com or NetSuite, but also includes applications and services hosted in private networks and datacenters.

The Art Of Building Node.js Microservices in TIBCO Cloud Integration

Wed, 05 Apr 2017 00:00:00 +0000

The world of integration is hybrid. Not only hybrid in the sense that you have on-premise and cloud-based applications, but also hybrid in the types of people that connect systems together or build something completely new. What really doesn’t change is the fact that people want to use the tools that fit their purpose.

There is quite a good chance that you know Node.js. According to Techworm, it is the number 7 programming language. If you’ve ever built a Node.js app, chances are pretty good that your first app said “Hello World” every time. In fact, that might even have been your first API!

The Secret Of The Ultimate Valentine’s API

Tue, 14 Feb 2017 00:00:00 +0000

Integration is red (it is my heart, after all), clouds are blue, interconnect everything and I’ll 💙 you!
With the theme of TIBCO NOW this year being “Digital Smarter”, I wanted to see if I could build the ultimate Valentine’s Day API using our own technology while considering the requirements that might impose on one’s choice of tech.

Valentine’s Day is traditionally the holiday where people receive cards from their significant others and secret admirers and is also a great day to have a first date. What to do on a first date? Catch a movie. According to research, one in ten people would ask someone out based on their movie preferences, so having the ability to connect to different film APIs could make or break that first date.

How To Create An API Without Writing Any Code

Wed, 14 Dec 2016 00:00:00 +0000

To successfully compete or even survive in today’s ever-changing business climate, organizations need to become more agile. They need to respond to customer expectations and market changes more quickly. Companies are doing this by using and building APIs. APIs are the model for quickly building and growing successful businesses. The Internet has transformed from a network of informational web pages to an ecosystem of APIs and applications that work together to empower new applications, new businesses, new ways of working together, and new business opportunities.

CloudExpo 2016 - The Road to a Cloud First Enterprise

Tue, 01 Nov 2016 00:00:00 +0000

Companies must find a way to join both paths and view the transition to digital as a unified journey, with the end goal clearly defined, then utilize APIs to help them get there faster. The question then becomes, how can companies and developers leverage ESBs, APIs, and a Fast Data platform to cultivate innovation?