Book Review: Professional Node.js
Professional Node.js, written by Pedro Teixeira and published by Wrox, is a well-crafted introduction to writing server-side JavaScript with the Node.js […]
Book Reviews, Programming
Programming
JavaScript as a Mirror of Our “Real” Languages
How tightly coupled are JavaScript and server-side communities? When evaluating a JavaScript library, how much should its related communities matter? […]
Infrastructure, Programming
WAR files vs. Java apps with embedded servers
When should you deploy a Java app to the server as a traditional WAR file, and when should you use an embedded server in the application itself? […]
Infrastructure, Programming
How to install Oracle’s Java on Ubuntu the easy way
Installing the Oracle JDK on Ubuntu is painful since it was removed it from the apt repositories. Restore the easy install method with this simple script. […]
Programming
INI files for easy multi-environment config in Java
When your app is too small for a DI framework, yet has too much config for environment variables, this old-school gem really hits a sweet spot in between. […]