Novice programmers rarely see the value in externalized configuration. It's tedious and doesn't result in an immediate payoff. That means this task is often overlooked or done poorly, if at all. For ...

Developers like to code. They declare variables, write methods and integrate classes together. What developers aren't big on is configuration. It's a hassle to configure an application so that it can ...

When you get ready to deploy an application into production, the usual thought is: what’s the easiest way to meet all the application requirements? In this case, we have three components that need to ...

Microsoft has announced the availability of VS Code Spring Boot Application Development Extension Pack (aka Spring Tools 4 for Visual Studio Code). This collection of extensions for developing and ...

HTMX is a newer technology that takes plain old HTML and gives it extra powers like Ajax and DOM swaps. It’s included in my personal list of good ideas because it eliminates a whole realm of ...