Some network teams are finding power and simplicity in the shift from telling devices what to do, using imperative programming, to describing what they should be, using declarative programming.

Java 8 introduced Java developers to functional programming with lambda expressions. This Java release effectively notified developers that it’s no longer sufficient to think about Java programming ...

In a variety of venues, the application of declarative programming practices and principles are starting to expand in ways that solve many long-standing frustrations with making technology work ...

Jenkins provides two different syntaxes for pipelines. When DevOps engineers write a Jenkins pipeline, they can choose between declarative and scripted. The differences between the two are both subtle ...