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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.

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 :

Lessons Learned in November 2015

29 Nov 2015
Posted by Steven

This is what I learned in November 2015:

design-types.net - I am an author!

28 Nov 2015
Posted by Steven

The other day I read an article in the Java Magazin which was about the different types of software developers. The page design-types.net offers a test which analyses what kind of developer you are through a couple of questions. Despite the fact that I'm strongly against these kinds of tests, I gave it a try. Here's the result: I am an "author":

Java Forum Nord 2015 - "where has my software architecture gone?" by Oliver Gierke

27 Nov 2015
Posted by Steven

This article is part of a series about Java Forum Nord 2015, a conference that took place in Hannover, Germany. Links to articles about other talks I visited there can be found below.

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