Programming Language Assimilation: BE the Borg - Nulls in Java

Programming Language Assimilation: Be the Borg

John Hoestje Articles, Development Technologies & Tools, Java, Programming, Spring Leave a Comment

One of the great benefits of learning multiple programming languages is the ability to learn how languages are different from one another and what the best pieces of each language are. Iโ€™m not deep into Star Trek, but the Borg Collective fascinated me. Before assimilating a new species, the Borg assessed if the new species was worthy of assimilation. To be worthy, the speciesโ€™ assimilation would need to get the Borg closer to perfection.

We can think about new programming languages like the Borg treats new species. When we learn a new language, we should measure success based on how it hones our programming tool kit and how its concepts grow our overall programming knowledge and understanding…

LDAP Server on AWS

Setting Up an LDAP Server Instance on AWS

Luke Zeisset Articles, AWS, Development Technologies & Tools, Programming, Tutorial Leave a Comment

This blog describes the basics of what it takes to get an existing LDAP server moved from the PV virtualization type to HVM. I encountered this situation personally while working for a client earlier this year. Efforts have been made to keep most of it generic enough to be useful for other situations involving system upgrades or replacements as well.

Testing the Current Date/Time in Spring and Java

Keith Shakib Articles, Development Technologies & Tools, Java, Spring, Testing, Tutorial 1 Comment

Attention: This article was published over 3 years ago, and the information provided may be aged or outdated. While some topics are evergreen, technology moves fast, so please keep that in mind as you read the post.How often in Java services do we need to use the current date and time? Most of us would agree we use it quite …

Selenium Automated Testing: Getting Started

Getting Started with Selenium Automation

Samuel Seidl Articles, Automation, Development Technologies & Tools, Programming, Testing Leave a Comment

Automated testing is a great way to ensure that any application can continue to grow and change while still giving fast and practical feedback to developers. This feedback can tell developers whether or not the changes introduced meet the requirements of the product and donโ€™t introduce bugs.

As discussed in a previous blog series, automated testing can be a valuable resource when trying to deliver both agile and maintainable applications. But where should you get started and what technologies should you use to build automated tests?

In this post, I will discuss how to get started with and how to build out a simple automated test in one of the most popular options: Selenium.

Sequelize Command Line and Migration

Sequelize ORM: Interacting with databases using Node

James Fielder Articles, Databases, Development Technologies & Tools, Programming Leave a Comment

Today, we are going to be going over a very useful tool called Sequelize. It is an Object Relational Mapper (ORM), which allows us to interact with relational databases using Node.js.

Sequelize supports many different databases, but in this blog, we will be using MySQL. We will go over how to set up a local MySQL instance and a Node.js server using Sequelize to communicate with it.

Along the way, weโ€™ll learn basic Sequelize functionally, such as the command line tool and migrations, to understand how to work with the database…