https://twitter.com/adinnaplus/status/1266772475003768838?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw Have you heard about open-spaces before? Have you ever been to an unconference? If yes, find something else to read. Otherwise, keep on reading. I’m going to describe how I...
https://twitter.com/ConstantinHoria/status/1351458487088406529 Learning Scala doesn’t have to be painful. In a previous article, I proposed the use of a checklist to give structure to learning a new programming language. My intention with this articl...
Update 22/01/2020: I’ve applied the checklist to learning Scala and I’m updating it based on that experience. In a workshop that I recently gave, I compared learning a new programming language with learning a new natural language. Depending on your e...
A friend came to me recently with the idea of creating a mobile app that would support the learning platform that he already has. We discussed what features he wanted and what his budget was. The budget was tight, and I realized that developing the a...
29/12/2020 Final update: Almost a year after my complaint, I received an answer: the Dutch Personal Data Authority is not going to research my complaint further because they can’t say if they are able to be effective in reaching the goal of the compl...
In the last weeks, I’ve been improving my computer science knowledge by solving programming problems. Since these problems have multiple solutions, I find myself writing duplicated unit tests. And refactoring these tests is cumbersome (if find&replac...
Did you ever get stuck while trying to find the best way to write a database integration test without mocking the third party? I know I did. I’ve known about Martin Fowler since I was a junior developer. He is one of my favorite technology thought-le...
I wrote a set of quick-start scripts for developers that use macOS. A Windows version of these scripts might follow soon. Setting up a “fresh” laptop for development is always painful, be it Windows, macOS, or Linux. It was the second time in the yea...
I’ve been through a couple of projects until now and I’m noticing that there are a couple of maven plugins that are useful but are not that famous. I’ll list them below, together with a small explanation of why I find them useful. Build Number Maven ...