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Deploying a COTS Application in the AWS cloud with Continous Delivery, IaC, Packer, GitLab, Ansible and Terraform

In this post we discuss how to deploy a COTS application in the Amazon cloud using a continuous delivery pipeline in GitLab, using Packer and Ansible to create an AMI (abstract machine image) and Terraform to lay out the infrastructure to which the application will be deployed.

Posted at 11:19PM Apr 30, 2018 by Zeger Hendrikse in Continuous Delivery  |  Comments[0]

Fullcalendar with json-server

In this post we describe how to get Fullcalendar working with json-server.

We show how to both create and edit event entries (in this application only for whole days, as it is meant to show who will be on site when.

Some useful links were:

• JSON server by Eleven Labs
• Creating a monthly calendar with FullCalendar.io
• JSON server docs
• fullcalendar.io docs

Posted at 09:01PM Apr 29, 2018 by Zeger Hendrikse in Linux  |  Comments[0]

Authors page of Baeldung

Posted at 11:04PM Dec 10, 2017 by Zeger Hendrikse in Java & J2EE  |  Comments[0]

Docker containers in Kubernetes with Java

How to manage Docker containers in Kubernetes with Java.

Posted at 06:49PM Oct 22, 2017 by Zeger Hendrikse in Java & J2EE  |  Comments[0]

The death of software architecture

In my series "the death of...":

• The death of (the) architecture (metaphor): Architecture and design
• The death of design patterns: How Functional Programming will (Finally) do Away With the GoF Patterns
• The death of continous integration

Posted at 05:00PM Sep 06, 2017 by Zeger Hendrikse in General  |  Comments[0]

Jez Humble's response on branching

In the endless discussions I need to do almost everywhere on branching, there is the one and only reply from Jez Humble to save the day. Moreover, see Martin Fowler on Continuous Integration and Branches considered harmful. Finally, in 5 traits of a good delivery pipeline there are references to "on DVCS, Continuous Integration, and Feature Branches", and "Enabling Trunk Based Development with Deployment Pipelines", all stating the same message.

Jez Humble's reply is reproduced below: 

Posted at 03:16PM Sep 04, 2017 by Zeger Hendrikse in Continuous Delivery  |  Comments[0]

Links to Agile Resources

Agile hospital: how to cure yourself of everything that is not agile! 

Posted at 11:23PM Sep 01, 2017 by Zeger Hendrikse in Scrum & Agile  |  Comments[0]

Published articles at Baeldung

As a technical editor at Baeldung I have edited the following articles:

1. A Guide to Neo4J with Java.
2. Java 9 – Exploring the REPL.
3. Array Processing with Apache Commons Lang 3.
4. String Processing with Apache Commons Lang 3.
5. Spring LDAP Overview.
6. A Guide to the Java API for WebSocket.
7. Spring Boot Authentication Auditing Support.
8. A Guide to the Java Web Start.
9. Exploring the Spring Boot TestRestTemplate.
10. A Guide to the Spring State Machine Project.
11. A Guide to the Java Web Start.
12. Using @JsonComponent in Spring Boot.
13. Flattening Nested Collections in Java.
14. How to Copy an Array in Java.
15. Dynamic Proxies in Java.
16. Introduction in Groovy Language.
17. Difference Between Sleep and Wait.
18. Dynamic Proxies in Java.
19. How to Copy an Array in Java.
20. Guide to Guava ClassToInstanceMap.
21. Count Occurrences of a Char in a String.
22. Java Double Brace Initialization.
23. Introduction to Java Serialization.
24. Introduction to HikariCP.
25. The Difference Between map() and flatMap().
26. Intro to Structurizr.
27. Merging Streams in Java.
28. Converting String to Stream of chars.
29. Introduction to Quartz.
30. How to Get a Name of a Method Being Executed?.
31. Iterate over a Map in Java.
32. How to Warm Up the JVM.
33. Exceptions in Lambda Expression Using Vavr.
34. Apache Commons Collections SetUtils.
35. Apache Commons Collections BidiMap.
36. An Introduction to Atomic Variables in Java.
37. Apache Camel with Spring Boot.
38. A Guide to Byte Buddy.
39. Microbenchmarking with the Java Microbenchmark Harness.
40. Introduction to PCollections.
41. Introduction to Neuroph.
42. Guide to hashCode() in Java.
43. Securing Java EE with Spring Security.
44. Broadcasting and Multicasting in Java.
45. Introduction to Apache Shiro.
46. CharSequence vs. String in Java.
47. Introduction to EJB JNDI Lookup on WildFly Application Server.
48. Hibernate Many to Many Annotation Tutorial.
49. Introduction to Vavr's Validation API.
50. Delete a Directory Recursively in Java.
51. Spring MVC Setup with Kotlin.
52. Guide to Collections API in Vavr.
53. Test a Linked List for Cyclicity.
54. The @RequestBody and @ResponseBody Annotations.
55. Introduction to EthereumJ.
56. Using Pairs in Java.
57. Introduction to EthereumJ.
58. Commits and NRT Search in SolrCloud.
59. Intro to JDO Queries 2/2.
60. HibernateException: No Hibernate Session Bound to Thread in Hibernate 3.
61. Groovy Bean Definitions.
62. The Java continue and break Keywords.
63. Introduction to Spring Cloud CLI.
64. CAS SSO With Spring Security.
65. Customizing the Order of Tests in JUnit 5.
66. Polymorphism in Java.

Posted at 01:08PM Apr 07, 2017 by Zeger Hendrikse in Java & J2EE  |  Comments[0]

Configuring a CD pipeline using Docker

These two articles nicely describe how toset up your own Continuous Delivery stack using Docker containers:

• Set up your own Continuous Delivery stack
• Configure Jenkins for Continuous Delivery of a Spring Boot application

Posted at 04:58PM Feb 24, 2017 by Zeger Hendrikse in Continuous Delivery  |  Comments[0]

Published articles at Baeldung part 11

As technical editor at Baeldung I have edited the following articles this week:

1. CORS with Spring.
2. Guide to Guava Table.
3. Guide to Guava’s PreConditions.

Posted at 11:32PM Feb 06, 2017 by Zeger Hendrikse in Java & J2EE  |  Comments[0]