As a software developer, once you have ensured your application's overall quality, robustness, and reliability, its acceptance and reputation among users depend primarily on how fast and responsive it is. Learn more about the importance of response time! Read more
Developing software is hard to keep up with. Learn how to optimize Laravel application performance with these top tricks from our brilliant team members! Read more
To err is human. The process of software development can’t be error-free; fixing errors is part and parcel of building software applications. Learn why error monitoring is the most necessary application feature! Read more
Frontend monitoring is a process of tracking and maintaining the health of an application’s client-side. It involves monitoring the availability, functionality, and performance of the client-side of an application. Learn more! Read more
SPOTcon 2022 is an annual conference hosted by Scout APM that empowers developers with solutions that drive leading-edge transformation in application development and observability. This year’s event took place virtually and was an educational couple of days filled with insights into the current and future states of application monitoring and observability. Read more
Interested in the new open-source project OpenTelemetry? Check out this post on how to configure OpenTelemetry in a python application. Read more
Root cause analysis is one of such well-tested strategies to help you handle issues as they occur. Root cause analysis focuses on determining the root cause of a problem before working towards a solution. Read more
Design patterns are some of the best practices you should follow while composing your application’s code architecture to be able to maintain it better in the future. Design patterns also help reduce resource leaks and common mistakes since you must follow a pre-tested style of designing your codebase. Check out these 10 popular design patterns! Read more
Scout is focused on hosting the best community event for developers by offering informative sessions presented by industry-leading experts. To keep our promise to this mission, we are excited to announce the speakers for SPOTcon 2022. Read more
Comprehensive Guide to Migrating from Python 2 (Legacy Python) to Python 3. Python powers many applications we use day-to-day like Reddit, Instagram, Dropbox, Spotify, etc. The adoption of Python 3 has been a subject of debate in the Python community for long. While Python 3 has been out for more than a decade now, but there wasn’t much incentive to migrate ... Read more