Blog posts from November 2021

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Generate Plain Old Java Objects (POJOs) from JSON Schema Definitions with Gradle (3 mins read).

How to generate POJOs really quickly and easily, with no manual work, using the Gradle jsonschema2pojo Plugin.

Mon, 29 Nov 2021 09:23 by Jamie Tanna . #blogumentation #gradle #java #json-schema.

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Shift Your Testing Left with Spring Boot Controllers (5 mins read).

How to break down your tests for Spring Boot controllers, which could be used when performing Test Driven Development.

Sun, 28 Nov 2021 17:31 by Jamie Tanna . #java #testing #tdd #spring-boot.

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Generate Plain Old Java Objects (POJOs) from XML Schema Definitions with Gradle (1 mins read).

How to generate POJOs really quickly and easily, with no manual work, using the Gradle XJC Plugin.

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 17:35 by Jamie Tanna . #blogumentation #gradle #java #xml.

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Use (End-to-End) Tracing or Correlation IDs (4 mins read).

Why you should be requesting, and logging, a unique identifier per request for better supportability.

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 09:30 by Jamie Tanna . #production #incident-management #supportability.

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Lessons Learned from Running Java in Serverless Environments like AWS Lambda (10 mins read).

Some recommendations for running Java as a Serverless application language, for instance on AWS Lambda or Google Cloud Functions.

Wed, 17 Nov 2021 17:21 by Jamie Tanna . #java #aws #aws-lambda #serverless #google-cloud.

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Determining the Version Of Libraries Packaged into the Java AWS Lambda Runtime (3 mins read).

How to determine what libraries, and their respective versions, are packaged into AWS Lambda.

Wed, 17 Nov 2021 17:21 by Jamie Tanna . #blogumentation #java #aws #aws-lambda #serverless.

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Generating Dynamic Identifiers with Thymeleaf (1 mins read).

How to generate a dynamic ids for elements in Thymeleaf.

Tue, 16 Nov 2021 21:54 by Jamie Tanna . #blogumentation #java #thymeleaf.

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Controlling the Linux Backlight via the Command-Line (1 mins read).

How to manage your screen backlight on the command-line, without installing any tools.

Wed, 10 Nov 2021 19:15 by Jamie Tanna . #blogumentation #command-line #linux.

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Make Your RSS Feed Discoverable (1 mins read).

Why and how you should make it possible to automagically discover your feed(s).

Wed, 10 Nov 2021 19:06 by Jamie Tanna . #blogumentation #rss #feed.

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Why You Should Avoid using Client Secret Authentication for OAuth2 Client Credentials (7 mins read).

Why I recommend against using client secret authentication for OAuth2 and OpenID Connect APIs.

Tue, 09 Nov 2021 11:45 by Jamie Tanna . #oauth #oauth2 #oidc #security.

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Running a Java WAR File on the Command-Line (2 mins read).

How to run a WAR file locally, using Jetty, without installing anything.

Mon, 08 Nov 2021 21:17 by Jamie Tanna . #blogumentation #java #war.

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Querying and Interacting with CSV Files More Easily with SQLite (1 mins read).

How to use sqlite3 to parse and query comma-separated value files.

Mon, 08 Nov 2021 10:29 by Jamie Tanna . #blogumentation #csv #sqlite.

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How We Built a Team with a High Net Promoter Score (24 mins read).

Sharing the "Secret Sauce" of why the Purple Pandas was a team that was highly effective, and had a high NPS, too.

Fri, 05 Nov 2021 20:30 by Jamie Tanna . #capital-one #job #communication #diversity-and-inclusion.

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Creating More Descriptive and Fluent Assertion Helpers (4 mins read).

How to improve test readability, and developer experience, using assertion helpers.

Thu, 04 Nov 2021 19:26 by Jamie Tanna . #blogumentation #testing #java #ruby #rspec #assertj.