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As part of my daily activities during automated test development for our Ext JS 6.5 web applications, I usually need to verify that newly developed test can be run on various platforms. Those platforms are various web browsers running on all sort of devices such as desktop, tablets or smartphones. To manage automated test execution I have been using Sencha Test from Sencha for last couple of months. I rely on Sencha Test ability to execute tests on multiple platforms in parallel as well as it’s ability to give me…

Sencha ExtJS is popular JavaScript framework for building data-intensive, cross-platform web and mobile applications. It comes with unique visual app builder called Sencha Architect that released its latest version 4 in December. If you don’t know Sencha Architect, it’s fully fledged IDE for developing ExtJS apps. Few months ago we talked about theming options in Sencha Architect. This time we will take a look at some tips and tricks how to speed up your work with Sencha Architect. We will take a look at features in these Architect UI sections:…

Profiq’s co-founder and CEO, Gabor Puhalla, recently published an article on LinkedIn to offer his personal insights on how Agile software companies could benefit from hiring outside engineering teams. Gabor explores the key considerations in his post, "Could Agile Software Companies Benefit From Hiring An International Software Engineering Team? Consider The Pros And Cons”. Gabor shares how highly skilled remote engineers benefit in-house teams and can be a great option for speeding up development, filling hiring gaps in highly competitive markets, provide longevity, and support long-term, complex projects. You can…

The Innovation Support Centre in Ostrava published an interview with our CTO Rasta Kanócz last week. The original is in Czech. We're providing an English translation here on profiq's blog. (more…)

In an earlier blog entry, we wrote about diving into virtual reality through tech research at profiq. We started by thoroughly examining VR, back when we were primarily interested in the general status of this technology. What equipment is available on the market, and what usage opportunities does it present for users? What’s the architecture of the technical solution itself, and on which platforms is it built? What are the use cases in the real world, and how can we, as software engineers, use our expertise and our own development…

Preface Recently I needed to setup k8s cluster on my local machine in order to see if I'm able to do it on bare-metal servers lately. So I decided to first give it a shot using Virtual Box machines. There were a few places where I was a bit stuck and spent some times googling. This article should summarize all of the problems and give you solution. Most of knowledge used here can be found in official kubernetes documentation. I will also show you how to configure your virtual machines…

Sencha ExtJS is popular JavaScript framework for building data-intensive, cross-platform web and mobile applications. It comes with unique visual app builder called Sencha Architect that released its latest version 4 in December. Sencha Architect 4 is fully-fledged IDE for developing ExtJS applications which can help you with all the key features such as theming. The latest version of Sencha Architect made creating of themes really nice and easy. There are 3 main ways how to theme your ExtJS 6 application. Use framework default theme without custom modification Use only theme…

As software engineers, it’s deeply embedded within us that we constantly keep a finger on the pulse of the times and an eye on technological trends. In other words, we like to get to the bottom of things and understand the principles by which things function in great detail. It is for this very reason that here at profiq we have a special team of engineers doing tech research focused on detailed examination of various topics from the world of information technology. Sometimes we review client software and search for…

Introduction After a brief introduction to the MuleSoft platform in my first blog, I would like to share my first experience with developing a connector. I decided to develop a Gitlab connector because it is a great system and I did not find a connector that would be developed for it. First, I'm going to focus on describing the options you have when you decide to develop a connector. Next, I will describe, how to structure the connector and what are the specifics that you need to care of in comparison to the…

I have developed two solutions for getting informed about source code changes on GitHub, when you are sharing code with other developers. I described one solution in a previous article. This article is describing a second solution. You are welcome to try both approaches, so you can decide which could on work better for you. (more…)