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Something about microservices

17 Apr 2016
Posted by Steven

Microservices are one of the hype topics I didn’t manage to have a look at. So this week I was lucky finding that the cover story of the Java Magazin (issue 5.16) is “Microservices – the hype in the reality check”.

Lessons Learned in March 2016

03 Apr 2016
Posted by Steven

This is what I learned in March 2016:

Lessons Learned in February 2016

03 Mar 2016
Posted by Steven

This is what I learned in February 2016::

Why automated tests are important

28 Feb 2016
Posted by Steven

Automated tests like JUnit are a mandatory part of developing software. Recently I saw some bad things happening in a project that are good arguments for automated testing. I'd like to share them so they can be used as examples when convincing other people to test their software.

How to I18n in JavaFX and IntelliJ IDEA

24 Feb 2016
Posted by Steven

Yesterday I noticed there is an important topic missing in my JavaFX workshop: Internationalization. So here is a SSCCE for that. It's basically a copy of my recent commit to my JavaFX workshop.

Lessons Learned in Dezember 2015 and January 2016

14 Feb 2016
Posted by Steven

Because the Dezember is traditionally a month of appointments that keep me from programming and learning a lot, this article is about what I learned in Dezember 2015 and January 2016 :

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