Easy Database Manipulation with Groovy and Gradle
Taking a renewed look at Groovy, the under-hyped yet ubiquitous JVM based language, and how it makes database scripting easy.
Understanding the New Cross-Platform .NET, part 4 (demo walkthrough)
Walking through the process of installing the new cross-platform .NET, creating a sample application, and deploying it with all dependencies included.
Understanding the New Cross-Platform .NET, part 3 (Visual Studio)
Breaking down the new generation of development tools under the Visual Studio brand, including support for OS X and Linux.
Understanding the New Cross-Platform .NET, part 2 (ASP.NET)
The open source and cross-platform changes coming to the ASP.NET framework, as explained to an audience of Java developers new to .NET.
Understanding the New Cross-Platform .NET
An overview of the open source and cross-platform changes coming to the .NET world, from the perspective of Java developers new to this platform.
Go for Java Programmers: Simple Types
Part of a series explaining Go from a Java developer perspective. This article covers Go’s built-in primitive data types, and how they compare with Java’s.
Book Review: Practical Vim
A book review for “Practical Vim”, by Drew Neil.
Simplify Time Intervals in Java With TimeUnit
How to use Java’s TimeUnit enum for simple and clean representation of time intervals, instead of using ugly multiplication to calculate millisecond values.
Hosted Continuous Integration Options for Java Projects
Trying out Travis CI, Codeship, Drone.io, and Shippable… to see if any of them can stack up to Jenkins for continuous integration with Java projects.
Go for Java Programmers: Formatting Rules and Surprises
Part of a series explaining Go from a Java developer perspective. This article covers code formatting rules, and other surprises enforced by the compiler.