There are different kinds of JDKs, each with its own pros and cons. We will walk you through a couple of known JDKs, so you know exactly which one to download under which circumstances. JDK stands for Java Standard Edition Development Kit and is used for programming Java. It is an implementation of the Java … Continue reading
DynamoDB is a NoSQL database from AWS. It can be quite overwhelming when starting with a serverless stack to learn all the DynamoDB concepts and caveats. We’ve put the most important questions and answers for you all in a single article. How does DynamoDB work? DynamoDB is a managed NoSQL database. The main concepts in … Continue reading
Microsoft yesterday released a new build for Windows 11 insiders. The new build with build number 25281 contains a number of interesting changes, such as a redesigned graphics settings page for the Settings app in Windows 11. The settings themselves have not changed, only the way they are presented. The new settings page should be … Continue reading
From the dock in macOS you can start applications, see which apps are active and which apps you have opened recently. A lot of users nevery modify their dock settings, even though you can set all kinds of options and really make it your own. In this howto we will walk you through the most … Continue reading
Azure DevOps is a SaaS solution for your git repositories, wikis, artifact repository and more. One part of it is Azure Pipelines, for your CI/CD pipelines. We will show you how can quickly build your first pipeline with Azure DevOps. Azure Pipelines is a part of Azure DevOps with which you can create CI and … Continue reading
Heroku has announced that later this year it will end its free tier, which means users can no longer use free Dynos and free Postgres and Redis add-ons. Users have until 28 November 2022 to migrate to a paid plan. Heroku announces the changes in a blog. Affected customers also received an email in which they … Continue reading
Python has support for type hinting since version 3.5. That’s quite useful, because it makes your code more predictable since you have more information about what types to expect. In this article we will dive deeper into what type hinting exactly is, how it works and how you can use it in Python 3. With … Continue reading
In september 2021 Java 17 was released. Now, almost one year later, it is about time to upgrade. Java 17 is an LTS release with support until September 2023 and extended support until September 2026, which makes this version ideal for running in a production environment. We will walk you through the most important new … Continue reading
With the AWS CDK you can easily build your infrastructure on AWS as Infrastructure-as-Code. Instead of writing long CloudFormation templates in YML you can write short, to the point code to create an S3 bucket, deploy a Lambda or create a CloudFront distribution. We will walk you through everything you need to know to get … Continue reading