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Magazine · 2013

Code Digest Magazine: Your Guide to Programming, ICT & Software Development

Information Technology is the catalyst that drives fast the activities involving business transaction. It is a general concept encapsulating all ICT related features such as programming, computer networking, computer maintenance, software engineering etc. Code Digest is a magazine that focuses on Information Communication and Technology (ICT). It is aimed at contributing towards national development through encouraging programming among the citizenry. The articles packaged in this edition will go a long way to contribute immensely to the growth and development of the society and, interested individuals will find it beneficial. Although this is the first edition of this magazine, we will endeavor to provide good and interesting articles, interviews from the masters in the field of programming and, coding concepts from the most popular websites like codeguru, codinghorror, vbtotur, daniweb, freevbcode, stackoverflow etc.

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AI & Coding

The Case for Coding Without AI: Why Developers Should Sometimes Go Back to Writing Code by Hand

AI can generate code in seconds, but the real value of software engineering lies in understanding problems, making decisions, and learning how to solve them.

Julius Fasema

Backend

Getting Started with Spring Security: A Practical Guide for Spring Boot Developers

Learn how to integrate Spring Security into Spring Boot applications with practical Java examples covering authentication, authorization, Maven dependencies, BCrypt passwords, and API security.

Julius Fasema

Backend

Integrating Interswitch VAS Authentication with Spring Boot

Build a Spring Boot service that authenticates with Interswitch VAS using OAuth 2.0 Client Credentials

Julius Fasema

Backend

Spring Boot 4.1 Arrives With gRPC, Security and Observability Improvements

Spring Boot 4.1 brings gRPC support, SSRF protection, improved observability, Log4j file rotation and updates across the Spring ecosystem.

Julius Fasema

Backend

Laravel Nightwatch vs Spring Boot Actuator: A Practical Comparison

Explore the comparison between Laravel Nightwatch and Spring boot Actuator

Julius Fasema

Backend

Laravel Nightwatch: Monitoring Your Application in Production

Explore how to use Laravel Nightwatch for production application monitoring

Julius Fasema

Backend

Laravel 13: Building an AI-Powered Application with Laravel's New Features

Explore Laravel 13 with practical examples covering the Laravel AI SDK, agents, embeddings, vector search, JSON:API resources, PHP attributes, queue routing and security changes.

Julius Fasema

Backend

Getting Started with Laravel: Setting Up a Laravel Development Environment

Learn how to set up Laravel from scratch with PHP, Composer, Node.js, npm, Laravel Installer, and frontend asset tools in this practical guide.

Julius Fasema

Backend

Java 27 Expands Pattern Matching with Primitive Types: What JEP 532 Means for Developers

Explore Java 27’s JEP 532 and primitive types in patterns, instanceof, and switch, with practical examples of exact conversions, pattern matching, and preview features.

Julius Fasema

Backend

Java 27 Introduces Post-Quantum TLS: What Developers Need to Know About JEP 527

Explore Java 27's JEP 527 and its post-quantum hybrid key exchange for TLS 1.3, including ML-KEM, X25519MLKEM768, configuration, and practical examples.

Julius Fasema

Frontend

Building a Vue 3 Inventory Login with Axios and JWT Authentication

Learn how to build a Vue 3 inventory login page, connect it to a REST API with Axios, authenticate users with JWT, and redirect them to a dashboard.

Julius Fasema

Frontend

Integrating a Vue 3 Frontend with a REST API: Building an Inventory Control System

Learn how to build an inventory control system with Vue 3 and REST APIs, covering authentication, products, sales, purchases, customers, staff, roles, and permissions.

Julius Fasema

AI & Coding

Machine Learning Model for Hate Speech Detection: Practical Approach

Learn how to use Python and machine learning to classify tweets into hate speech, offensive speech, and non-offensive content using a Decision Tree classifier.

Paul Ekung

Backend

Integrating VAS Services for Airtime and Data with Node.js

Learn how to integrate VAS services for airtime and data using Node.js, Axios, REST APIs, environment variables, and HMAC SHA512 authentication.

Julius Fasema

AI & Coding

Vehicle Document Verification Without Training Your Own ML Model

Law enforcement agencies need a fast way to verify that a vehicle's license plate, driver's license, and registration are all current.

Paul Ekung

Backend

Integrating XpressPay Cable TV VAS with Node.js

A practical look at integrating XpressPay Cable TV VAS with Node.js, covering service listing, smartcard validation, subscription fulfilment, Axios, and HMAC SHA512 authentication.

Julius Fasema

Backend

Building an Electricity VAS Integration with Node.js: Complete XpressPay Implementation

Many applications that provide financial or utility services need to integrate with third-party Value-Added Service (VAS) providers

Julius Fasema

Frontend

Creating Categories in Vue 3 Using Axios: A Practical Guide

While building a category management section in my Vue 3 application, I needed a simple way to create new categories and send the data to a Spring Boot REST API.

Julius Fasema

Backend

JWT Authentication in Spring Boot: A Practical Guide

When building a REST API, protecting endpoints so that only authenticated users can access them is an important part of application security.

Julius Fasema

Backend

Fixing CORS Issues in Spring Boot: A Practical Guide for Frontend API Integration

When building a frontend application that communicates with a Spring Boot REST API, one of the common problems developers encounter is CORS (Cross-Origin Resource Sharing).

Julius Fasema

Frontend

Deleting Categories in Vue 3 Using Axios: A Practical Guide

In this practical example, we will implement category deletion using Vue 3, Axios, the Composition API, localStorage, and a REST API.

Julius Fasema

Frontend

Editing Categories in Vue 3 Using Axios: A Practical Guide

In this practical example, we will build an Edit Category feature using Vue 3, Axios, Vue Router, the Composition API, and a REST API.

Julius Fasema

Frontend

Listing Categories in Vue 3 Using Axios: A Practical Guide

In this practical example, we will build a simple category listing page using Vue 3, Axios, the Composition API, Vue Router, and a JWT authentication token.

Julius Fasema

Backend

Connecting MongoDB to a Spring Boot Application

MongoDB is a popular NoSQL database that stores data as flexible JSON-like documents rather than rows and tables. Spring Boot makes it relatively straightforward to work with MongoDB through Spring Data MongoDB, which provides repositories and abstractions for database operations.

Julius Fasema

Frontend

Axios Login in Vue 3: Connecting a Login Page to a REST API

Building a login page is a common requirement when developing modern web applications. In Vue 3, Axios provides a simple way to communicate with a backend API and submit user credentials.

Julius Fasema

Frontend

Using Axios with Vue 3 Composition API: A Practical Guide

Modern Vue applications often need to communicate with backend APIs. Whether you are retrieving products, submitting forms, loading user profiles, or sending authentication requests, the frontend needs a reliable way to make HTTP requests.

Julius Fasema

Software Engineering

UML Design: A Practical Guide to Modeling Software Systems

When building software, it is often useful to design and understand the system before writing the actual code.

Julius Fasema

APIs

Understanding APIs: A Practical Guide to Building and Consuming REST APIs

A mobile banking application communicates with backend servers. An e-commerce website communicates with payment services.

Julius Fasema

Backend

Practical Guide to Configuring Swagger in Spring Boot

When building REST APIs with Spring Boot, documentation is an important part of the development process.

Julius Fasema

Databases

MySQL Database Practical: Building a Real-World Database from Scratch

Learning MySQL is much easier when you stop looking at SQL as a collection of isolated commands and start using it to solve an actual problem.

Julius Fasema

Backend

Spring Boot Constructor Injection: Why It Matters and How to Use It

Dependency injection is one of the fundamental concepts behind Spring and Spring Boot applications. It allows a class to receive the objects it depends on rather than creating those objects itself.

Julius Fasema

Frontend

Getting Started with Vue 3: Building Modern Frontend Applications

Modern web applications are expected to be fast, interactive, and easy to maintain.

Julius Fasema

People & Innovation

Spotlight People & Innovation

People & Innovation

From Nigerian Innovation to African Infrastructure: The Technology Story Behind Milsat

Discover how Nigerian tech company Milsat Technologies is powering digital postcode infrastructure, mapping millions of properties and expanding geospatial technology across Africa.

Julius Fasema

People & Innovation

What African Founders Can Learn From TIME's 2026 Technology Leaders

Discover key lessons African founders can learn from TIME’s 2026 technology leaders, from solving real problems to building scalable, globally competitive companies.

Julius Fasema

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