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The IT industry is fast-paced and exciting, and yet, burnout is commonplace amongst developers. There are endless opportunities to learn new technologies, develop your skills, and hone your software development craft. IT work is also very accessible, meaning all you typically need is a computer and possibly an internet connection to start working.
Although they are positives in the big picture, these combined factors lead me to todayโs topic: developer burnout. Developer burnout is a physical or mental collapse caused by excessive amounts of work or stress, and Iโm sure all of us have experienced it in one way or another over the course of our careers. Burnout manifests itself in different ways for many different people. In this post, Iโm going to go over some causes of burnout and how you can avoid it.
Keyhole Labs has released an updated version of the design tool, MockOla. MockOla gives users the power to build beautiful UI wireframes, free-form designs, flow charts, and UML diagrams. Insert elements from specialized palettes by simply dragging and dropping them onto the canvas. Easily add, move, reshape, and customize the elements to fit your unique design purpose. Share your designs by downloading them in either JSON or PNG format, or save your designs locally to access and edit them later.
While working with a client recently, my team was given the task to retrieve the held securities and account data from the system and export it to XML with the goal of importing it into another external system. The solution involved building a Spring Batch job that would read a set held security data, export that to XML data, and deliver the file to the external vendor securely.
In this blog, I’ll be giving a tutorial on how to execute this solution. These requirements form the basis for the example we’ll use.
This is a tutorial for how to use the VS Code Remote-Containers extension to containerize your development environment.ย First, I will discuss my reasons for separating my programming environment and why virtual machines didnโt work.ย Then, Iโll show a simple example using a containerized Python development environment.ย Finally, Iโll give you my reasons why containerizing the development environment fits what Iโm looking for in a solution.