Tag: REST

Cassandra and Sharded MySQL

Stefan Piesche, Constant Contact CTO, spoke at the Data @Scale conference in Boston, hosted by Facebook. He discussed how Constant Contact moved from scaling data vertically in large DB2 databases attached to even larger SANs, to using Cassandra as a horizontally scalable data tier for key/value type data. CTCT used to scale data vertically in large DB2 […]

What LEGO Blocks Teach Us About REST API Testing

My son loves LEGO® blocks. He is continually fascinated about the ways he can use and reuse various LEGO blocks to build different kinds of towers and other edifices.  He also likes to use the same larger LEGO blocks as a foundation for a multitude of different towers.  Why should REST API testing be any […]

The Next Generation of Small Business Software Developers Won’t Need a Sales Team

The following is a guest post from Alan Wells, co-founder and product designer at Glyder, a 500 Startups-backed company that gives small businesses the content and metrics they need to be effective online marketers. He’s been designing mobile and social software since 2007, including roles at Affinity Labs (acquired by Monster.com), Zynga, and a design […]

Announcing the New Constant Contact V2 API, Developer Portal, and Developer Acceleration Tools

Over the past year, we’ve mentioned a few times that we are working on a new version of our API.  It’s been quite a journey since we launched our original public REST API in 2008.  Since then, expectations have changed, technologies have advanced, and our developer community has been vocal about what they want.  They’ve […]