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Steven Schwenke

My Name is Steven Schwenke. I am a passionate software craftsman and love to share my experiences.

No Database Tables Visible in IntelliJ IDEA

Yesterday, I finally found a solution of one of the most unnerving problems with IntelliJ IDEA. When connecting to my HSQLDB, I couldn’t see any tables. They...

Lessons Learned in January 2017

Lessons Learned in January 2017

This is what I learned in January 2017: At one of our HackTalk meetings, I learned about how to use the Java WebStarter. Here is a protocol (in German). ...

Feedback via Sweets

Feedback via Sweets

A while ago, I conducted a full day workshop for my colleagues. In the middle of the day, I realized I forgot to decide which feedback technique to use at th...

How We do Estimation Meetings

How We do Estimation Meetings

Recently, my team changed the schedule for estimation meetings. I use this opportunity to explain how we manage estimating the user stories in our backlog. ...

Lessons Learned in December 2016

Lessons Learned in December 2016

This is what I learned in December 2016: At the end of the year, I had to use some of my vacation days. That bought me time to do some of those projects ...

Writing Awesome Java Code Workshop

A couple of weeks ago, I gave another workshop for my colleagues in Braunschweig, Germany. The first thoughts for this workshop came to me months ago. I noti...

Lessons Learned in October and November 2016

Lessons Learned in October and November 2016

This is what I learned in October and November 2016: As you may have noticed, this is a lessons learned from two months instead of one. Due to a pretty s...

My New Vertically Adjustable Desk

My New Vertically Adjustable Desk

Couple of months ago, I started looking for a new desk for my home office. Changes in my project caused me to work from home a lot. Also, a colleague told me...

Java Forum Nord 2016 - tdlcr - Test Driven Legacy Code Refactoring by Falk Sippach

Java Forum Nord 2016 - tdlcr - Test Driven Legacy Code Refactoring by Falk Sippach

This article is part of a series about Java Forum Nord 2016, a conference that took place in Hannover, Germany. Links to articles about other talks I visited...