This article describes how to use Netgear Arlo Cameras API. Even though no public API is provided, I succeeded in interacting with the cameras by sniffing the traffic sent from the official web application
Classes with a lot of lines of code are generally bad.
Too many responsibilities, low cohesion, or both.
However, sometimes it is not possible to make functions smaller. Reasons could be various.
What can be done in this circumstance?
This article describes a TDD (Test Driven Development) approach to implement a Finite State Machine (FSM) using PHP+Laravel. However, such method is general and could be used in the programming language of your choice.
Very often you find yourself in situations where you need to make your data pass some kind of checks or filters before doing something with them. This post shows how to make a first attempt approach better and cleaner