Software Development

Jul 8

Go! Run! Go!

A small field report about replacing a bash script with a small golang program and develop it further to a "true" script in the context of gitlab ci. Comparing small aspects of bash scripts and with the equivalent constructs in go. Also mixed with some of my thoughts about scripting in general :)

Mai 16

Validating internal structure / dependencies using IntelliJ IDEA

There are several different tools to maintain the internal structure of a java application available. The tools range from simple open source software like jdepend and degraph to full fledged architecture…

Feb 26

Entwicklertag Frankfurt 2015

Während der Karlsruher Entwicklertag der andrena objects ag schon seit 2010 ein etabliertes Event in Karlsruhe ist, brachte der Veranstalter die Konferenz dieses Jahr erst zum zweiten Mal nach Frankfurt.…

Feb 3

Javascript Linting Tool Evaluation

In our internal JavaScript ‘User Group’ (called JS-Posse in honour of the legendary ‘The Java Posse‘ by Dick Wall, Chet Haase et al.), we recently decided to evaluate alternatives to…

Aug 3

Migrating data with Liquibase

Recently, we started integrating Liquibase as a database schema migration tool into most of my team’s projects, for both new from-scratch projects and already existing ones. Liquibase is great because…

Apr 25

My take on things – Java Community events vs. Java Conferences

Heute will ich einmal die Gelegenheit nutzen und die beiden wohl populärsten Konferenzen für Java-Entwicklung innerhalb Europas gegenüberstellen. Dazu muss ich aber fairerweise anmerken, dass ich die Devoxx’2011 komplett besuchte,…

Okt 25

Make software-projects fit for git

More and more Projects at our company are taking advantage of distributed and local revision control by using git. So to make a complete software-project fit for git, by not…

Aug 23

Continuous Delivery or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Pipeline

Following our principle of Continuous Skill Enhancement here at Synyx I recently read the book Continuous Delivery: Reliable Software Releases through Build, Test, and Deployment Automation by Jez Humble (from…

Mrz 21

Utilizing Git to dive into huge code bases – Git SVN Tips

Unfortunately there are still projects not on dvsc like git. That’s especially true for enterprise customers which are at least stuck on Subversion if not worse. So the first thing…