Boost the Security of a MySQL Database – Step by Step

MySQL is one of the most popular relational database management systems (RDBMS) around the world. Unfortunately, due to its popularity, people already know its weak points. A straight-out-of-the-box, freshly installed MySQL database can be vulnerable to many risks. To prevent attacks and security exploits, we must arm ourselves with knowledge about security improvements. So let’s […]
Using DataTables – Simple and Fast Data Listing

Looking for something to speed up your work with tables? You can use a simple jQuery plugin named DataTables. It’s a highly flexible tool that adds advanced interaction controls to any HTML table. I’ll show you how to use it. Problem: sometimes working with lists (such as product lists) just takes too long. Everything is […]
How to Build a Development Environment with Docker

Building a reliable and comfortable development environment is not an easy task. Running multiple versions of the same software might be a bit tricky. This post shows how to build an awesome development environment with Docker. Docker is an open-source platform that automates the development of applications inside software containers.What are the advantages of using […]
ElasticSearch: How to Solve Advanced Search Problems

A few months ago me and my team were faced with a challenge: to provide an advanced search engine with many simple (and more complicated) criteria and an ability to use a full text search mechanism. In addition, we knew that our client demanded high efficiency and scalability. I’d like to focus on full text […]