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Steven Schwenke

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

Something about Microservices

Something about Microservices

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 ...

Lessons Learned in March 2016

Lessons Learned in March 2016

This is what I learned in March 2016: Installed and began using GitKraken. Pretty nice Git client! Enrolled in the Udemy course “Spring Core - Learning...

Lessons learned in February 2016

Lessons learned in February 2016

This is what I learned in February 2016: There have been some interesting situations in a project I used to work in. These gave me the idea to write an a...

Why Automated Tests are Important

Why Automated Tests are Important

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 aut...

How to I18n in Javafx and IntelliJ IDEA

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...

Lessons Learned in Dezember 2015 and January 2016

Lessons Learned in Dezember 2015 and January 2016

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 Dezem...

Lessons Learned in November 2015

Lessons Learned in November 2015

This is what I learned in November 2015: In the JavaMagazin I read about design-types.net, a questionnaire to determine the type of developer you are. An...

design-types.net - I Am An Author

design-types.net - I Am An Author

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 whi...

Java Forum Nord 2015 - Where has my Software Architecture Gone? by Oliver Gierke

Java Forum Nord 2015 - Where has my Software Architecture Gone? by Oliver Gierke

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 visite...