Topic · 4 articles
Software theory
APIs, webhooks, ETL and low-code, from the basics up.
Is Low-Code viable for developers?
Low-code platforms are often praised for their ease of use and understandability by business users however some developers may not be too excited by this prospect.
3 min readWhat are APIs? The basics
A plain-language introduction to APIs: what they are, how they connect front-end, back-end and other systems, why they're used, and everyday examples.
5 min readAPI vs Webhook – What’s the difference?
In this post we look at the difference between APIs and Webhooks. We will also take a deeper look into APIs. Spoiler alert: a webhook is just a reverse API.
4 min readETL, what? Why?
The absolute basics of ETL (extract, transform, load), with a small worked example of loading a CSV file through staging into a target table.
4 min read