teleren/devto huggingface dataset:
A DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO VIRTUAL REALITY
Tags: virtualreality, guidetovr, augmentedreality, queppelin
Published: 2020-08-04 06:46:33

In this VR guide you will learn:

Characteristics of Virtual reality
Definitions of Virtual Reality
How did Virtual reality evolve?
Real-world applications of Virtual Reality
Difference between Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality | AR vs VR
Future of Virtual Reality | VR 2020
Best VR handsets of 2020
Difference between Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality | AR vs VR
Future of Virtual Reality | VR 2020
Best VR handsets of 2020

Read More in Our VR Guide: https://www.queppelin.com/an-ultimate-guide-to-virtual-reality/
What is AppMesh, really?
Tags: appmesh, microservices, architecture, webmethods
Published: 2020-08-24 12:26:29

---
title: What is AppMesh, really?
published: true
date: 2020-08-04 06:35:00 UTC
tags: #appmesh, #microservice, #architecture, #webmethods
canonical_url: http://techcommunity.softwareag.com/techniques-blog/-/blogs/what-is-appmesh-really-
---

## What exactly is AppMesh, and how it works? You might have seen the term here and there, but do you know what it does for you and why you need it?

**Learn why we started with AppMesh and how it could help you make a difference in better understanding and running your microservices architectures:**

1. [Two reasons why we started with AppMesh](https://youtu.be/CiWC4e523gI)  
  
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="400" scrolling="no" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/CiWC4e523gI" width="700"></iframe>
  
2. [East-West vs. North-South? Why Choose?](https://youtu.be/gzeAs9nBDSU)
3. [Service Mesh or API Gateway?](https://youtu.be/s35bXHWY9q8)
4. [Avoid the Death Star Architecture](https://youtu.be/hJKiP3YltzI)
5. [Who Meshes the Service Mesh?](https://youtu.be/WHdvxSG2EVE)
6. [Is API Gateway going through midlife crisis?](https://youtu.be/3KrJ0wgeqHY)
7. [Ready to get started? Learn how to Install, Configure and Build with AppMesh in 15 minutes](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87oPT6zpQlQ&list=PL3HwmrSYjxiPeGJop8a57Trpbn_XV4g3K&index=8&t=0s):  
  
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="400" scrolling="no" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/87oPT6zpQlQ" width="700"></iframe>

Watch the full playlist [here](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3HwmrSYjxiPeGJop8a57Trpbn_XV4g3K).

## About webMethods AppMesh

AppMesh extends the webMethods API Management platform to manage microservices as well as APIs. Some of the key benefits are:

1. Application owners can manage microservices-based applications in the cloud. Deep understanding of how the app is used helps put focus on the right features. Capture and analyze all interactions so you can personalize your app and make it more "sticky". Then apply contextual policies to refine consumer targeting without changing a line of code.
2. IT leaders can govern apps centrally. Every microservices is automatically exposed as an API, so you can enable reuse, governance, service consumption, landscape management & integration all from a single location.
3. Developers and architects can deliver without disruption. Using API policies, you can modify how existing services behave, add access and data security, and add new functionality without modifying, testing, and redeploying microservices. Deeper visibility and centralized metrics make debugging faster and easier.

Visit us at [http://softwareag.com/appmesh](http://softwareag.com/appmesh) to learn more and make sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel to receive notifications about the latest webMethods AppMesh videos.
webMethods.io integration Free Forever
Tags: webmethods, integration, free, forever
Published: 2020-08-20 11:59:06

---
title: webMethods.io integration Free Forever
published: true
date: 2020-08-04 06:31:00 UTC
tags: #webmethods, #integration, #free, #forever
canonical_url: http://techcommunity.softwareag.com/techniques-blog/-/blogs/webmethods-io-integration-free-forever
---

# Do you know that feeling when you’re halfway through a project, but the free trial is about to end? webMethods.io Integration now comes in a Free Forever so you can skip the time limitations of a trial and easily start with cloud integration for free, forever.

**What does “Free Forever” mean, you might ask? It’s simple. With this new edition, you get a tenant of webMethods.io Integration with up to 1000 transactions per month. Plus, you receive all the capabilities of webMethods.io Integration Basic Edition. This helps you continuously explore and evaluate your cloud integration projects at no cost before taking the next step.**

webMethods.io Integration comes with a variety of connectors for major popular SaaS & on-premise applications and a breadth of prebuilt integration recipes. Using webMethods.io integration Free Forever, you can:

- Quickly integrate SaaS applications using a simple drag-and-drop UI.
- Scale on demand to meet business requirements
- Enable non-integration specialists to quickly configure integrations
- Lower maintenance and upgrade costs compared to on-premise deployments
- Enjoy faster time-to-value and integrations
- Experience the benefits of an iPaaS at no cost to you

![](http://techcommunity.softwareag.com/documents/10157/11553402/free_forever.png/0a92f6c5-c962-446d-893c-01f2cb295643?t=1596784969781)

Ready to get started?[Get the free edition that will last forever](http://softwareag.com/freeforever).
Vanilla JavaScript String to Number
Tags: javascript
Published: 2020-08-04 06:27:54

Sometimes we want to convert a number to a string; in my latest code piece, there was a limit set on a data attribute. This comes true as a string, so how do we convert this to a number in `JavaScript`?

In this case, there is not one but three valid and supported methods of converting our string to a number.

- Number
- parseInt
- parseFloat

## JavaScript Number Method

Number is a generic way of converting. It's actually the more stricter check here are some examples with outputs:

```js
<!-- Number -->
console.log(Number(`1337`)); // 1337
console.log(Number(`13.37`)); // 13.37
console.log(Number(`13leet37`)); // NaN
console.log(Number(`13,37`)); // NaN
```

As you can see it works on actual numbers, but as soon as we use other characters or a comma it won't work.

## JavaScript ParseInt Method

ParseInt converts our string into an integer non rounded.
It has two arguments, the input and the `radix` which is the base number. For us the default is 10

```js
<!-- ParseInt -->
var text1 = '1337';
var text2 = '13.37';
var text3 = '13leet37';
var text4 = '13,37';
console.log(parseInt(text1, 10)); // 1337
console.log(parseInt(text2, 10)); // 13
console.log(parseInt(text3, 10)); // 13
console.log(parseInt(text4, 10)); // 13
```

The downside can be it's rounding everything, so let's look at ParseFloat.

## JavaScript ParseFloat Method

As mentioned the parseFloat is used to return stuff with decimals.

```js
<!-- ParseFloat -->
var text1 = '1337';
var text2 = '13.37';
var text3 = '13.3leet37';
var text4 = '13,37';
console.log(parseFloat(text1, 10)); // 13.37
console.log(parseFloat(text2, 10)); // 13
console.log(parseFloat(text3, 10)); // 13.3
console.log(parseFloat(text4, 10)); // 13
```

Very cool method!

See all these in action on Codepen.

<p class="codepen" data-height="265" data-theme-id="dark" data-default-tab="js,result" data-user="rebelchris" data-slug-hash="gOrYWWp" style="height: 265px; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center; border: 2px solid; margin: 1em 0; padding: 1em;" data-pen-title="Vanilla JavaScript String to Number">
  <span>See the Pen <a href="https://codepen.io/rebelchris/pen/gOrYWWp">
  Vanilla JavaScript String to Number</a> by Chris Bongers (<a href="https://codepen.io/rebelchris">@rebelchris</a>)
  on <a href="https://codepen.io">CodePen</a>.</span>
</p>
<script async src="https://static.codepen.io/assets/embed/ei.js"></script>

![Alt Text](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/i/qmvfdm2tmje84mb4x9zw.png)

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Use the GitHub profile to show your medium articles
Tags: github, node, readme, medium
Published: 2020-08-04 06:27:12

Mediumblog-cards 📢
https://github.com/harshalrj25/mediumblog-cards
Fetch your medium blog information and display it in your github profile. Use the below markdown and just update your medium user name in the query param.

```
[![Harshal Jadhav Medium](https://mediumblog-cards.vercel.app/getMediumBlogs?username=harshalrj25)](https://medium.com/@harshalrj25)
```
![Alt Text](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/i/1bdwx7o9azft8ehd15ru.gif)

You can also set limits to the number of blogs that are being fetched. There is also an option to change the alignment of the cards. Please visit the [repo] (https://github.com/harshalrj25/mediumblog-cards) for more details.
Data Science Course in Noida
Published: 2020-07-22 13:32:14


With over 16 years of experience in the area of Business Analytics, he is properly acknowledged as an expert throughout the trade. 

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Pathfinding Algorithms
Tags: architecture
Published: 2020-08-04 06:24:24

Pathfinding algorithms solve the problem of finding the shortest path between two points. 

According to Wikipedia
> Pathfinding or pathing is the plotting, by a computer application, of the shortest route between two points 

## Why is pathfinding important?
You find yourself rushing to a hotel in a new city where a meeting that determines the fate of your career would be held. The meeting is scheduled for 5 pm. The time is 4:30 pm. Asking around would take at least 40 minutes. You have to use the shortest route to ensure you are punctual to the meeting. Luckily, google maps calculate the shortest route. No worries on your side. You arrive at the hotel at 4:55 pm. A pathfinding algorithm in google maps saved your career. 

## Uses of pathfinding
The anecdote shows one use of pathfinding algorithms. There are tons of applications. These include
1. Video games: think maze games, RPG games, etc
0. Mobile robots: moving an object from point A to B in the shortest time
0. Delivery drones

## Different Pathfinding Algorithms

I won't go deeply into the various pathfinding algorithms. But here are a few. 

1. Dijkstra's Algorithm (say dike-stra): the father of pathfinding algorithms; guarantees the shortest path
0. A* Search: arguably the best pathfinding algorithm; uses heuristics to guarantee the shortest path much faster than Dijkstra's Algorithm
0. Greedy Best-first Search: a faster, more heuristic-heavy version of A*; does not guarantee the shortest path
0. Swarm Algorithm: a mixture of Dijkstra's Algorithm and A*; does not guarantee the shortest-path

I got this information from [this site](https://clementmihailescu.github.io/Pathfinding-Visualizer/#). It is a visualizer for pathfinding algorithms. Here's a visualization of Dijkstra's algorithm


![Dijkstra's algorithm visualization.gif](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1596488345836/x-gpLQLYQ.gif)

Please share this article if you found it useful and also leave a like. Thanks for reading. Adios ✌🏽🧡

## Credits
1. Cover image from [growing with the web](https://www.growingwiththeweb.com/2012/06/a-pathfinding-algorithm.html)
Google's BERT in 2 minutes
Tags: google, seo, bert
Published: 2020-08-04 06:20:15

BERT (Bidirectional Encoder Representations from Transformers) is a deep learning algorithm related to Natural Language Processing (NLP) that helps Google Search to understand what words in a sentence mean with all the nuances of context [1]. In English, BERT helps Google understand the intent behind a search query. 

As an example, let’s say you search “I love chicken”. This doesn’t mean that you have romantic feelings towards chicken but you need to eat a chicken. With BERT, Google knows that you want to eat chicken and it will show KFC or McDonalds or shops that serves chicken, not shops where you buy gifts for your girlfriend! What BERT essentially does is, it reads the surrounding words of a certain word to understand the intended meaning of that word. To do so, BERT uses Google NLP services like Syntax Analysis, Sentiment Analysis, Entity Analysis, etc. and combine the results together to come to a conclusion.


### Live example:

A user searched for “math practice book for adults”. Before BERT, Google couldn’t process the phrase “for adults”. So, it just showed up math practice books. Now with BERT, Google knows the person is looking for math books for grown-ups. [2]

 
<table style="border:none"> 
<tr>
<td>
<img src = "https://www.singlegrain.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Practice-before.jpg">
</td>
<td>
<img src = "https://www.singlegrain.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/After-2.jpg">
</td>
</tr>
</table>
  

### I want BERT on my site. How?
 

You CANNOT! Google Search Liaison, Danny Sullivan tweeted, “There's nothing to optimize for with BERT”. But then the Webmaster Trends Analyst at Google, John Mueller offered an explanation with that can be done to SEO for BERT. [3]

- Write the content naturally using a simple language.
- Creating highly specific, Succinct content around a topic.
- Be Specific with the Keywords or Search Queries you target.
- Using Topic Clusters (Topic Cluster is a group of interlinked web pages that are constructed around a pillar content which targets a broad topic [4]).


## References:

[1] 	Google LLC., “Understanding searches better than ever before,” [Online]. Available: https://blog.google/products/search/search-language-understanding-bert/.

[2] 	J. BHATTACHARYA, “What Is the Google BERT Search Algorithm Update?,” [Online]. Available: https://www.singlegrain.com/google/what-is-the-google-bert-search-algorithm-update/.

[3] 	B. Csutoras, “BERT Explained: What You Need to Know About Google’s New Algorithm,” [Online]. Available: https://www.searchenginejournal.com/bert-explained-what-you-need-to-know-about-googles-new-algorithm/337247/.

[4] 	SEO Hacker, “http://seo-hacker.com/topic-cluster-model-seo-strategy/,” [Online]. Available: http://seo-hacker.com/topic-cluster-model-seo-strategy/.
AZ-900 Notes: Compute
Tags: azure, az900, certification
Published: 2020-08-04 06:12:00

# Core Compute products available in Azure

Azure compute is an on-demand computing service for running cloud-based applications. 

There are four common techniques for performing compute in Azure:

### 1. Virtual machines

Virtual machines, or VMs, are software emulations of physical computers. They include a virtual processor, memory, storage, and networking resources. Azure Virtual Machines (VMs) let you create and use virtual machines in the cloud. They provide infrastructure as a service (IaaS) 

Detailed Notes: [Here](https://dev.to/sudhachandranbc/az-900-notes-azure-virtual-machines-29c8)

### 2. Containers
 Containers are a virtualization environment for running applications. Just like virtual machines, containers run on top of a host operating system.

Detailed Notes: [Here](https://dev.to/sudhachandranbc/az-900-notes-containers-in-azure-586h)

### 3. Azure App Service: 
 Azure App Service is a platform-as-a-service (PaaS) offering in Azure that is designed to host enterprise-grade web-oriented applications.

Detailed Notes: [Here](https://dev.to/sudhachandranbc/az-900-notes-azure-app-services-4ck1)

### 4. Serverless computing
 Serverless computing is the abstraction of servers, infrastructure, and OSs.
Azure takes care of managing the server infrastructure and allocation/deallocation of resources based on demand.

Detailed Notes: [Here](https://dev.to/sudhachandranbc/az-900-notes-serverless-computing-3bap)


# Azure Compute services.


![Alt Text](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/i/gxqym58yfkhwvawdcsy0.png)


Thank you for reading!
What Do Serial Entrepreneurs Do Differently to Create Wealth? | Ziad K Abdelnour 

Tags: business, entrepreneur
Published: 2020-08-04 06:11:42

https://www.ziadabdelnourblackhawk.com/what-do-serial-entrepreneurs-do-differently-to-create-wealth/
Creativity is expressed in countless ways. As like somebody feels a sense of pleasure after composing a song or, perhaps, building a house, entrepreneurs find building a business to be the ultimate expression of their creativity. It is to make something from nothing. Building a successful business requires complete engagement – physical, emotional, and mental &hellip;
Memoirs of a Financial Warrior – About Branding | Blackhawk Partners

Tags: business, entrepreneur
Published: 2020-08-04 06:10:36

https://www.blackhawkpartners.com/blog/memoirs-financial-warrior-branding/
Please Share! I have frequently been asked the question over the years as to how we brand our products and services here at Blackhawk and what is my general philosophy on branding my name, my activities and my work – both professional and non-professional Well first off, I strongly believe that in this ever-changing society, the &hellip;
AZ-900 Notes: Serverless Computing
Tags: azure, az900, certification
Published: 2020-08-04 05:54:01

Serverless computing is the abstraction of servers, infrastructure, and OSs.

Azure takes care of managing the server infrastructure and allocation/deallocation of resources based on demand.

Serverless computing implemented in 3 ways:

### Abstraction of servers: 
Serverless computing abstracts the servers you run on.
Deploy your code, which then runs with high availability.

### Event-driven scale: 
- Serverless computing is an excellent fit for workloads that respond to incoming events.
- Events include triggers by timers (for example, if a function needs to run every day at 10:00 AM UTC), HTTP (API and webhook scenarios), queues (for example, with order processing), and much more. 
- Instead of writing an entire application, the developer authors a function, which contains both code and metadata about its triggers and bindings. 
- The platform automatically schedules the function to run and scales the number of compute instances based on the rate of incoming events. 
- Triggers define how a function is invoked and bindings provide a declarative way to connect to services from within the code.

### Micro-billing: 
Pay only for the time their code runs.

Azure has two implementations of serverless compute:
- **Azure Functions**, which can execute code in almost any modern language.
- **Azure Logic Apps**, which are designed in a web-based designer and can execute logic triggered by Azure services without writing any code.

## Azure Functions
They're commonly used when you need to perform work in response to an event, often via a REST request, timer, or message from another Azure service.
Azure Functions scale automatically based on demand
 Azure Functions can be either stateless (the default), where they behave as if they're restarted every time they respond to an event, or stateful (called "Durable Functions"), 

## Azure Logic Apps
They are similar to Functions,  both enable you to trigger logic based on an event.
 Logic Apps execute workflows designed to automate business scenarios and built from predefined logic blocks.
You create Logic App workflows using a visual designer on the Azure portal or in Visual Studio.  The workflows are persisted as a JSON file with a known workflow schema.

## Differences between functions and logic apps.

![Screenshot 2020-08-04 at 10.15.17 AM.png](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1596516353263/sJEGGzCPd.png)