Given that Oracle’s Java licensing model has changed, I have uninstalled all Oracle JDKs from my computer and am using SDKMAN to download free Java JDK versions. However I did not find my favourite Java JVM monitoring tools, VisualVM and Mission Control, in any of the JDKs that I downloaded with SDKMAN. VisualVM VisualVM was… Read More »
After Pivotal have changed the topics of the Spring 5 certification, I have received several requests to update my book Core Spring 5 Certification in Detail. First of all, I want to thanks everyone for their encouragement and patience. It has been a very busy summer and autumn for me, but this is a short… Read More »
In this my third GitLab-related article I will show how I set up a CI/CD pipeline in GitLab CE for Maven-based applications that can produce, scan Docker images for release versions of the application. When I set out to create this pipeline, little did I know that I would also need to define a Git… Read More »
In this article I will show how I added a GitLab runner with a Docker executor to my original GitLab CE setup. This type of GitLab runner will allow me to run GitLab jobs in containers created from Docker images. Almost a year ago I wrote an article about running GitLab CE in a Docker… Read More »
It’s been a long time since I started looking at Spring Integration 5 and after miscellaneous interventions, such as a book on the Spring Core certification, having moved and a job that provides a never-ending stream of surprises, I am finally back! This article is an article in a series of articles introducing Spring Integration… Read More »
Update: The Core Spring 5 Certification in Detail book has been moved to Kobo. I am happy to announce that my book Core Spring 5 Certification in Detail is now completed! Thanks to all readers for the patience. Thanks for the kind words left here in the comments and on Leanpub. I also want to… Read More »
In this article I will show how to create a Spring MVC web application that uses Spring Security 5 but that does not use SpringBoot. The method used to configure Spring Security 5 in this article is not something I recommend and really is doing things in an overly complicated manner. It is purely a… Read More »
I have wanted to set up a Git repository of my own for some time now. Not just for the sake of source code version control, but also for other purposes that I plan to write about on this blog in the future. In this article I will show how to set up a local… Read More »
In this article I will show you how I built my own aluminum router fence. Yes, this is related to woodworking and not at all related to software engineering, which is what I usually write about. Though I am new to woodworking I am quite happy with this router fence this far. True to my… Read More »
It has been a long time since, but I am happy to announce the availability of a new book that I am in the process of writing: Core Spring 5 Certification in Detail This book goes through each of the topics as described in the Core Spring 5.0 Certification Study Guide as published by Pivotal.… Read More »