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Broaden your horizon @ IoT Tech Expo Europe 2017

von Daniel Karzel | Juni 9, 2017 | Allgemein, English, Senacor

So, last week I visited the IoT Tech Expo Europe in Berlin[1]. The conference was running for two days offering a wide range of all kinds of IoT stuff - socializing time with a nice, cold beer included. To be more specific there were 3 main focus areas: IoT:...

In praise of Vavr’s Option

von David Schmitz | Mai 27, 2017 | Allgemein, English, Software Engineering

Null is sometimes considered the billion dollar mistake. One could argue about this forever, but certainly, null has lead to a lot of awful code. Most functional programming languages offer a concept called Option or Maybe to deal with the presence or absence of a...

Unit testing with Java 9, Jigsaw and JUnit

von Alasdair Collinson | Mai 12, 2017 | Allgemein, English, Software Engineering

Java 9 is on it's way and with it - maybe - Project Jigsaw. Project Jigsaw adds modularization to Java, which will change the way we write Java code. The recent public review ballot for JSR #376 (the Java Platform Module System, or JPMS for short) however produced a...

Using Terraform for Cloud Deployments – Part 1

von David Schmitz | Apr. 27, 2017 | Allgemein, Cloud, English

This post explores Terraform from a beginner's perspective. We'll look at the problem Terraform solves and what it's distinct features are. By using some rather simple examples we'll get a good feeling of how to use it in real life. We will build a running EC2...

Innovation @ Senacor – 24 h Sprint

von David Schmitz | März 30, 2017 | Allgemein, English, Senacor

In the last couple of years different companies tried different means for improving company culture.We at Senacor face basically the same challenges as non-consulting companies.Meaning: too much to do and not enough time to play, learn, innovate. So, in 2016 we tried...