Spring and LDAP. Should not really be a problem, right? Considering a vast amount of resources and examples. Well, in my experience things do not always go that smoothly. I have been struggling enough with bits and pieces to set up yet another “sample” application. Just to have a quick Read more…
Have you ever struggled with lengthy chunks of unwieldy JavaScript code? Tired of chasing down all those subtle intricacies of event-driven asynchronous processing? If you value simplicity and well-structured code Knockout might be an option. Knockout is a JavaScript library utilizing the MVVM pattern to handle UI changes behind the Read more…
I have recently received an email from GitHub asking me to confirm my SSH key. It took me a while to figure out how to generate the required fingerprint from the saved key file. Here is what needs to be done: ssh-keygen -lf .sshid_rsa.pub 2048 8d:f4:e7:95:76:b4:3d:5f:49:ec:49:79:50:8a:be:91 ..sshid_rsa.pub Credit goes to Read more…
Here is a list of hot keys I frequently use in Netbeans and their equivalents in IntelliJ and Eclipse. All of them are customizable, what follows are default settings. Function Netbeans IntelliJ Eclipse Debug File Ctrl + Shift + F5 Alt + Shift + F9 Alt + Shift + D Read more…
When it comes to transactions, the Spring manual suggests that marking your classes as @Transactional and enabling annotation-driven configuration is somewhat insufficient. When you keep reading it though, you pick up many interesting details but won’t get much further in terms of best practices. At the end of the day, Read more…
To be honest, the Data Transfer Object pattern is not my favourite one. I like to keep my code DRY and the idea of replicating parts of the domain model does not appeal to me. However, exposing entities directly to clients can be tricky, mostly due to their relational nature. Read more…