Coffee Talk: News & Insight

• Get started with GoLang maps: A tutorial

  Walker Rowe  17 Jul 2018 

  Object oriented programming has been the standard for years, but more and more use cases are demanding a functional programming approach to solving problems. ...

• Embed the WebSphere Liberty profile in an executable JAR with Maven

  Cameron McKenzie  06 Jul 2018 

  The last step you take before deploying your Java web apps into containers is packaging them in executable JAR files. Here we show you how to take the ...

• Where system, global and local Windows Git config files are saved

  Cameron McKenzie  30 Jun 2018 

  Windows Git configuration is an unwieldly mess. Or at least is seems that way when you realize it's contained in three uniquely named files and spread across ...

• Functional Programming with Scala

  Walker Rowe  25 Jun 2018 

  Object oriented programming has been the standard for years, but more and more use cases are demanding a functional programming approach to solving problems. ...

• Aging successfully in technology: Addressing the graying elephant in the room

  Bob Reselman  16 Jun 2018 

  Is software development a game for the young? Despite maintaining a passion for programming and software development, seasoned veterans in their 40s and 50s ...

• Introduction to Scala for enterprise Java developers

  Walker Rowe  15 Jun 2018 

  This introduction to Scala programming will introduce you to a new way to program one the JVM. Scala rides atop the Java virtual machine. In compiles into Java...

• ObjectOutputStream example: A Java object serialization tutorial

  Cameron McKenzie  13 Jun 2018 

  Java object serialization is a feature of the JDK that is far too often overlooked. When a developer puts together a prototype or cooks up a proof of concept, ...

• JPA and Hibernate enum mapping with annotations and the hbm.xml file

  Cameron McKenzie  13 Jun 2018 

  Ever since they were introduced in Java 5, enums have been catching developers off guard. How do you perform JPA and Hibernate enum mapping with annotations or...

• How to set Notepad++ as the default Git editor for commits instead of Vim

  Cameron McKenzie  01 Jun 2018 

  Frustrated every time you forget to add a Git commit message and Vim, the default Git editor pops up? Here's a way to make issuing git commits a bit friendlier...

• How to 'git cherry-pick' from another branch to your own

  Cameron McKenzie  23 May 2018 

  In a previous tutorial, we took a look at how to cherry-pick a commit on the current branch, but one of the ancillary questions that commonly arises is how to ...