How to use JSON Web Token (JWT) validation policy

Do you want to establish secure transactions between clients and your APIs? Do you want to know a safe way to represent information between two parties? Or confirm that the data was sent by an authentic source? JSON Web Token (JWT) is a compact way to securely transmit information between two parties. If you have […]

Event-driven architectures and the AsyncAPI specification

I’m at the Barcelona airport. It’s summer and I’m finally going to visit my family in Badajoz after a long period. The queue at the security checkpoint looks endless but I have time. The phone rings. It’s my mom, she’s excited that I’m visiting and is giving me an update on how things are there […]

Mule 4 migration made easy: migrating to MUnit 2

It is no secret that migrating to Mule 4 from Mule 3 is a challenge. Mule 4 saw the biggest change in the Mule runtime since its inception. However, with this series of “Mule 4 migration made easy” blogs, I will attempt to soothe any pain you might feel while migrating and provide tips and tricks […]

Getting to know Anypoint Visualizer

Anypoint Visualizer is a graphical visualization that provides a high-level view of your application network. It automatically organizes APIs, Mule applications, and third-party systems into a comprehensive view of how they are connected. The data displayed is dynamically updated based on real-time traffic and does not require any prior configuration.

Microservices on rails

In the intro to this blog series, I promised to reconcile the apparent incongruence of strategic business objectives (move fast) with traditional IT must have paradigms (be safe). In the last post, we chugged away at the surrounding ecosystem that’s needed to support the velocity promised by the former. In this post, I pause at […]

How to build your CI/CD pipeline for the full API lifecycle

For many, a continuous integration (CI) and continuous deployment (CD) pipeline is an important aspect of software development that provides wide benefits––from reducing error-prone deployment work to providing early visibility into bugs. This blog post will cover the API lifecycle through different phases––from designing and managing APIs to deploying and discovering them. The blog will […]