Author: Ryan Van Fleet
01 Aug, 2018
Build a Responsive Navbar Using Angular 5 and Bootstrap 4
A UI that is responsive to device and browser size is critical to provide usable access to your website and services. One of the most important parts of the UI is the navigation bar (navbar), which allows users to easily find and access information. The good news is that...
06 Jun, 2018
XML Schema Definition:
A Definitive Quick Guide
The XML Schema Definition is a dense document that will take you a lot of time to parse to get to the heart of what you’re after. Even if you’ve worked with XML and XSDs for years, you may still need to drill down into it in order to...
10 Apr, 2018
Spring Boot JPA Relationship Quick Guide
This week we return to a more technical topic, Spring Boot JPA, and unwind its complexities into practical examples of common persistence patterns. Spring Boot JPA has a ton of documentation, references, and articles. That’s a lot of material to sort through, so I created this Spring Boot JPA...
02 Aug, 2017
The Compressed Java Zip Solution
Recently, I had a requirement on a project to systematically zip up a directory of reports to be stored on AWS S3 and later downloaded by the user. I thought it can’t be too hard to zip files using Java with the expectation that the APIs would reflect the...
20 Apr, 2017
Taming of the Subselect: Three ways to use this troublesome SQL Query
Subselects can be used in many ways: filtering, retrieving specific data, and creating custom joins. Writing effective SQL using subselects, though, can be frustrating. While SQL is ubiquitous in software engineering and is a valuable skill for testing, data analysis and reporting, nowadays a lot of SQL is abstracted...
08 Nov, 2016
6 Out of Scope Ways to Add Value to your Company and Clients
It seems to go without saying that adding value is important. As consultants, we add value through our work; otherwise, our clients wouldn’t hire us. Every day, we try to maximize our delivery according to the Statement of Work (SOW) we have in place and the business needs of our client. Value...
24 Aug, 2016
Springing the JSON Template into Postgresql
Two popular open source components used in full stack development are Spring and Postgres. Spring gives the developer a plethora of opportunities to integrate with third party ORM libraries, such as Hibernate and iBatis. Frequently, rather than use a separate ORM library, developers elect to use the Spring JDBC...
06 Oct, 2015
Utilizing Maven Enforcer plugin to ensure dependency and version usage
Apache Maven is a software project management and comprehension tool. Based on the concept of a project object model (POM), Maven can manage a project’s build, reporting and documentation from a central piece of information. Using Maven for managing builds, reporting, and documentation has become a standard practice in...