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... to the digital home of Steven Schwenke.

This site is supposed to be a showcase for my thoughts about software engineering, less a personal homepage. If you want to know more about me, invite me to a beer.

 

lessons learned in May 2018

03 Jun 2018
Posted by Steven

This is what I learned in May 2018:

When and how I use Timeboxing

21 May 2018
Posted by Steven

For the last two weeks, I’ve been testing a new tweak for my self-management: Timeboxing. This article explains the principle and summarizes my insights.

lessons learned in April 2018

01 May 2018
Posted by Steven

This is what I learned in April 2018:

Angular and Bootstrap: Use ng-bootstrap!

13 Apr 2018
Posted by Steven

In this article I wrote about my attempt to add a navbar to my Angular app and how I ended up with adding the full JQuery library to be able to use Bootstrap components. Already when releasing this article I knew that this is not the best way to get a working navbar. In this article, I explain why using ng-bootstrap seems to be the best way to add Bootstrap components to an Angular application.

Adding Bootstrap to an Angular application that got generated with JHipster

13 Apr 2018
Posted by Steven

Yesterday, I wanted to add a simple Bootstrap Navigation bar to my Angular application that I created with JHipster. Although this is a standard component, I had difficulties because I didn’t understand how Bootstrap, Angular and NodJS play together. This article explains how to “really” add Bootstrap to an Angular application that got created by JHipster.

Software Engineering Course for 3rd Term Students

04 Apr 2018
Posted by Steven

From March  to June 2018 I have the great privilage to be the visiting professor for the course Software Engineering at the Ostfalia university in Wolfenbüttel, Germany, in representation of Prof. Dr. Bernd Müller. Most of the students study computer science and are in their 3rd term. This article explains what topics I teach and why.

 

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