Call me nostalgic, but I was thinking recently about the day when I knew for sure that I had to become a software developer. I studied Computer Science at the University of Bucharest. During my first year, the only programs that I created were about solving math problems or various algorithms using. That was very… Continue reading
How to run a SQL query in PowerShell
For many years, I have looked at PowerShell like it was some magical tool that only an elite group of people understand. However, since we started to embrace more DevOps practices at work, I found myself using it more and more to perform various automation tasks. One of them is the ability to execute database… Continue reading
Send emails in Spring Boot
If you are looking for a fast tutorial on how to send emails in Spring Boot applications, then you landed in the right place 😀 1) Add the spring-boot-starter-mail dependency to the pom.xml file <dependency> <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId> <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-mail</artifactId> </dependency> 2) Configure a mail server for testing purposes. I would recommend Mailtrap, a free online service for… Continue reading
Set Culture for all threads in C# apps
Set the culture for all threads in C# before .NET 4.5 In the simplest form, to change the culture of .NET applications, we can just set the current thread Culture/UICulture during the initialization phase. But, problems can occur if the application is multi-threaded. Take a look at the example bellow. class Program { static void… Continue reading
Email testing for developers with Mailtrap
Email testing for developers can be annoying Do you remember the last time you worked on a project that had email integration? Do you remember when you spammed all your colleagues because you had to test the email capabilities of your application? Email testing for developers, while not a difficult task, can be very annoying… Continue reading
Implement a custom comparison function for select in Angular 4 using [compareWith]
The Problem There are times when you want to bind a select to a custom object. You use some property of the object for display and you store the entire thing in a field. But, when you receive data from the server, you stumble across a problem. The select does not seem to display correctly…. Continue reading
Install a Spring Boot Application as a Windows Service
Spring Boot applications are versatile by nature and provide a lot of deployment possibilities. In this post, I am going to show you how to install a Spring Boot application as a Windows service. It is a fairly simple process that should take a couple of minutes 😉 1. Sample Application For this demo, I… Continue reading
Run Linux Desktop Applications on Windows 10 using Bash
If you’re a developer working with both Linux and Windows, you can use Bash shell on Windows 10 to run Linux commands. I use it all the time for Git or Python. But did you know that Bash shell on Windows can run native Linux desktop applications like Gedit, Kdiff3 or even Xfce4?. As strange… Continue reading
Initialize a Relational Database in Spring Boot Using Java or SQL
Initializing a database means to put it in a state that allows an application to work as expected. Think about it for a second. When you deliver a product to your client, do you ship it with an empty database and let them populate it or create the schema? I sure hope not 🙂 The… Continue reading
How to use the new editor based REST client in IntelliJ
A brand new feature has been introduced with IntelliJ 2017.3, the editor based REST client. This editor allows you to define and execute HTTP requests. You can save them in a file and reuse them whenever you want to test the back-end of your application. I think this is pretty cool from a productivity point… Continue reading