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obs · JUN 20 · 2020

How to stream from OBS with Zoom on OSX

If you have been using Zoom now during the global COVID pandemic, then you might have started to ask yourselves how you could integrate it with broadcasting functionality like layovers, transitions, multiple cameras and more. Once...

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jhipster · JUN 15 · 2020

The quick guide to API First development with JHipster

Many have written API’s and then genereated Swagger documentation based on the annotated code.

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intellij · JUN 10 · 2020

How to open IntelliJ (idea) from the command line on OSX

I have been using IntelliJ for years, and have seem dozens of live coding sessions at conferences, or online tutorials which start a project with idea pom.xml, but never tried it myself.

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java · MAY 23 · 2020

How to generate a UUID column with JDL and JHipster

Not satisified with the standard autoincrement implementation of the default ID columns with the JHipster generator, I did some digging to see what was possible.

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java · MAY 21 · 2020

Deploying a gradle Micronaut service to AWS Elastic Beanstalk with github Actions

Now that I can develop and test my Micronaut Java service in my browser, in the cloud, the next step is automating deployment to AWS Elastic Beanstalk.

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java · MAY 20 · 2020

How I Achieved Incredibly fast Java Micronaut Service Startup Times with GraalVM

Despite my Micronaut Java service having a fast startup time, I wanted to see if I could get it starting even fast for production. The short answer was YES.

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ruby · MAY 19 · 2020

Installing and Running Ruby with Jekyll on Visual Studio Codespaces

So ruby was not working out of the box, but I wanted to build and test my Jekyll blog directly in Visual Studio Codespaces. After some experimentation, this is what I had to run in the...

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java · MAY 18 · 2020

Running a Java Micronaut application in Visual Studio Codespaces

So you can use (https://sdkman.io) to install any Java version you want (like the Amazon Correto in case you plan on deploying to Elastic Beanstalk): sdk install java 11.0.7-amzn

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MAY 17 · 2020

Accesing a URL on localhost from the internet with ngrok

Have you ever needed to expose a URL from you local development machine to the internet in order to test something, or let someone else take a quick look?

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MAY 15 · 2020

Finally, a browser based IDE I can use

Ok, so I am not 100% sure that this will work so well with Java applications that I typically write, but I wanted to attempt a full cloud-based development experience again with IDE, git repository, and...