Transferring Spring Batch Apps to AWS Cloud
The last few years have seen a lot of movement to bring applications that don't require manual intervention from the mainframe to Unix, Linux, Windows servers, or even to the desktop. This concept is...
View ArticleQuick Look: java.util.stream Examples
Some of us take for granted the newer features in Java, but, being a software consultant, I get to be involved in projects that are sometimes constrained to older versions of Java. The features from...
View ArticleGot Formik? Yup!
Let us present this scenario. You’re building a React application, and you’ve been tasked to build a registration form. Seems simple enough, you think at first, but then you start hearing the...
View ArticleReact, The Extras.
We’ve all seen and read the React tutorials. We know about classes and components and JSX and whatnot, but then there comes the time when you have to start doing things for real. “Real” you say? Yes....
View ArticleMock RESTful Servers Fast With JSON Server
As a frontend developer, have you ever found yourself in a situation where the backend didn’t have a RESTful API that you could call to test out your user interface? Have you ever wanted to prototype...
View ArticleAzure Web Apps in Docker Containers
So you want to host a web application on Azure with minimal overhead, but how is this done? Azure makes it possible by running an App Service using Docker containers. Setting up an App Service is...
View ArticleAn Introduction to State Machines Using xstate
State machines are an old concept. They are a proven solution that provides a solid architectural foundation for application processes. In this article, I hope to provide an introduction to what they...
View ArticlePlacing React in Timeout with Material-UI
As your application complexity increases, you may start thinking about implementing a session timeout in instances when there is no activity for a period of time. Whether you want a session timeout to...
View ArticleMockups with MockOla
MockOla is a simple and diverse tool that has many use cases. In this post, we created a blog mockup by dragging and dropping widgets, customizing those widgets through the property pop-up, importing...
View ArticleGot Formik? Yup!
Let us present this scenario. You’re building a React application, and you’ve been tasked to build a registration form. Seems simple enough, you think at first, but then you start hearing the...
View ArticleReact, The Extras.
We’ve all seen and read the React tutorials. We know about classes and components and JSX and whatnot, but then there comes the time when you have to start doing things for real. “Real” you say? Yes....
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Xamarin.Forms App Push Notifications with Azure Notification Hub
Push notifications are a vital feature for today’s enterprise mobile applications. Why are they so important? They allow the business to communicate with its users without requiring the application to...
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Quick Start: Spring Security 5 OAuth2 Login
Social logins using Oauth2 have become a industry standard. It has revolutionized the way sites share data and has allowed users to quickly access new applications without having to create a new set...
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Getting Started with Expo
Expo is a platform and framework that allows you to write cross-platform code using React Native, taking advantage of the APIs native to each platform. It makes it extremely simple to develop and...
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Infrastructure as Code Using Azure CLI
Infrastructure as Code (or IaC) is the process of using code and versioning in the same way you do your source code to manage your networks, VMS, and Azure resources. It generates the same environment...
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Using Jest and Testing Library with React Native Part 1: Setting Up
Unit testing allows developers to test code that they write. One of the main goals of unit testing is to catch bugs earlier by running the test(s) locally or through a process. For developers who may...
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Using Jest and Testing Library with React Native Part 2: Our First Test
This is Part II in our Using Jest and Testing Library with React Native tutorial series. This series covers getting set up with and using Jest and Testing Library with React Native. Seriers Outline:...
View ArticleRefactoring: Ugly Code That Does Everything
If you’ve been writing code for a significant amount of time, you’re sure to have seen the anything but godly “God Method.” A “God Method” is a method that performs way too many processes in the system...
View ArticleUsing Jest and Testing Library with React Native Part III: Element Not Found
This is Part III of my eight-part series: Using Jest and Testing Library with React Native. In this series, we discuss testing your React Native applications with Jest and Testing Library. Seriers...
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Cook Your Own Modal with Styled Components
I created several JavaScript modal dialogs – I always extend a framework modal instead of scratch-coding my own. I thought I knew the things a framework needs to implement in order to present a modal,...
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