Long Time no Blog…
A few months ago I moved on to a new full time job at Siemens Building Technologies. I was so exited about all the new technologies and software srchitecture concepts that I did not find the time to...
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Continuous Integration with Travis CI
Travis CI is a cloud-based continuous integration service that supports many different programming languages and environments. If you have projects at GitHub, Travis CI might be interesting for you. I...
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Eclipse 4 Application Platform Tutorial Update
Recently I worked a bit on my Eclipse 4 Application Platform Tutorial. The good news for you: The slides are now licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. If you find...
View ArticleDeploy Multi-Language Projects to Heroku
In my current technology playground chatty I use Java, TypeScript and JavaScript as programming languages. For the TypeScript/HTML based Web UI I use a node/grunt based build, for the Java parts I use...
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JavaLand 2015
Last week I attended the JavaLand conference (March 23-24, 2015) and this is a short personal blog about it. The Venue The conference took place at Phantasialand, a great theme park in Brühl, close to...
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Docker on Windows behind a Firewall
Working with Docker under Windows becomes easier and easier. I am often ask by co-workers how to run Docker behind a firewall, this blog gives a little recipe, how to set up the whole...
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Creating colorful Banners for Spring Boot Applications
Often it is nice if a service provides its own banner. Then you can easily recognize the start of the service, even when you just take a quick glimpse. Its even nicer if the banner could provide...
View ArticleDeploying Spring Boot Apps to Heroku using Docker
I am using Heroku for a long time now. The usual deployment method for me was to push a Git repository to Heroku, then build and run the software in their cloud. Since a long time, Heroku supports also...
View ArticleSticky Transparent OceanWP Header
Recently I updated my web site to a new, fresh look. I chose the great OceanWP theme (free version). While the build-in functionality is already awesome, I wanted my header to be sticky and...
View ArticleAdd Social Icon to OceanWP
Recently I migrated my WordPress-based site to the free version of the great OceanWP theme. While many social icons are already supported, Mastodon is currently not supported. So I filed a feature...
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