8 Proven Ways to Improve Developer Productivity
The quest for ways to improve developer productivity matters a lot, for individual contributors and managers alike. As a leader, you want to get the best bang for your buck when it comes to your developers’ output. As a developer, having a keen interest in maximizing your productivity is vital for maintaining high employability and marketability. But how to improve developer productivity? This post from Carlos Schultz on DevZero’s blog answers that question.
How To Implement Passport.js in Nest.js: An Easy Tutorial
NestJS is a modern framework of Node.js. It’s used to easily make server-side routes and other things related to server programming. NestJS is a framework on top of Node.js like Express.js, but it has more features. Passport.js is used to authenticate Node.js apps. It makes authentication very easy with various strategies. For example, if you want to add Facebook login or Twitter login to your site, you implement the strategy for it. In this post from Nabendu Biswas on OwnID’s blog, we’ll create a simple NestJS app and integrate Passport.js into it using the Passport local strategy.
Improving Your Drop-Off Rate: A Comprehensive Guide
You have a website for a reason. You want to show viewers what you know and build an audience via newsletter subscriptions. But posting new content next to a sign-up form isn’t enough. You need a strategy to get users to register, and you need a way to see if that strategy works. In this article from Eric Goebelbecker on OwnID’s blog, we’re going to look at one of the key metrics you should follow if you’re trying to improve your sign-up conversions: drop-off rate.
iOS Passkeys: What Every Developer Needs To Know
Apple has announced the impending release of their passkeys security system. They’re going to release it with iOS 16 and macOS Ventura. The feature will be available on all up-to-date Macs, iPhones, iPads, and AppleTVs by September 2022. IOS passkeys is a passwordless security system that promises to make life easier and more secure for users. It’s safe to say that Apple will expect app developers to have iOS passkeys implemented quickly, and that users will demand support soon, too. In this post from Eric Goebelbecker on OwnID’s blog, you can learn what iOS passkeys are, how they work, and what you need to know to get them working in your applications fast.
How to Implement QR Code Authentication: A Walkthrough
QR codes for “mobile-to-web QR code authentication.” This authentication technique uses an already authenticated mobile app to authenticate the web app without the need to follow the same login process. In this post from Boris Bambo on OwnID’s blog, you can learn how to implement QR code authentication using JavaScript and a few frameworks.
Why Passwordless Authentication is More Secure
We all know the weaknesses of passwords. They’re difficult, hard to remember, and ideally you should have a different one for each website. Password managers help but don’t solve the problem completely. Moreover, even if you have a long and complicated password, you can only hope that it’s properly encrypted on the servers powering the websites you’re logging into. Most data breaches these days happen due to weak or cracked passwords. We assume that passwords are necessary, but are they really? They’ve been with us for a long time. Maybe it’s time for something better? How about authentication with something other than a password? In this post from Dawid Ziolkowski on OwnID’s blog, you’ll learn about passwordless authentication and why it’s more secure.