Little socket services Naturally in the past whenever I needed to interact with a long running process, whether it be an API or other such daemon, I've always built some sort of http api off the
docker Memory analysis of a Spring Boot application in docker - lessons learnt I have a Spring Boot application running an embedded TomCat server, pretty basic... It's running inside a Docker container. If I was to $ docker run the image (without memory restrictions), this is what
f# How functional programming helped me recognise patterns and concepts in mathematics I've never been strong at mathematics, and to this day I don't believe you need to be a skilled mathematician to be a good developer, but as time has gone on I've found
Modelling simple finite state machines in F# State machines are found everywhere, whether they are fleshed out initially as such is a different matter. In an application it's common to see different states being represented as an enum, and the
elixir Elixir Connect4 elixirConnect4 repository At work, we use Connect4 as our technical test, which we send out to possible candidates. The candidate must write a working implementation of Connect4 as a console application. So there
Code we talk and code we walk Talking about code is hard. I genuinely find it much harder to persuade fellow peers of my approach to a problem than to actually write it. I'm sure there are the opposing types
f# A functional choice To begin a story, a while back, I wanted to learn a functional programming language. I wanted to find out just how different the functional paradigm is to the imperative paradigm. Previously the
javascript Flux data-flow architecture Flux is a unidirectional data flow architecture for building front end applications. Coined (and used) by Facebook Inc. Flux is a pattern, not a framework. You can implement Flux in any existing application,
Managing state in SPAs Introduction Why is nobody talking about state management in Single page applications? There are endless posts, tutorials and resources (such as pluralsight) on building a SPA using frameworks such as AngularJs or EmberJs.
c# C# 6 - What's good? To get a full list of completed and planned features included with C# 6 / Rosyln take a look here It's great to see with Rosyln being build out in the open we get
c# Using Domain Events An issue commonly encountered when working with DDD aggregates, is getting aggregates to interact; with each other, and other services around it. If you are unfamiliar with the aggregate pattern, Martin Fowler sums
Flow Psychologists call it Flow. Developers might refer to it as being in the zone, or wired in. Don't disrupt him Dave, he's in the zone! It's an interesting subject, especially looking at it
Delving into new languages I've always thought it important to explore other languages. To be taken out of your comfort zone is the most efficient way to improve in the least amount of time. As developers we
ddd Handling immutable types (part 2) You can read the first post of the series - Handling immutable types part 1 - If you haven't already. In my last post, I went on to explain some of the benefits
c# Handling immutable types (part 1) Immutable types are nice. We like immutable types. They are massively undervalued when building software. Many of us don't take the time to consider the purpose of the class we are creating and
OWIN OWIN self-hosting using Nancy One of the problems surrounding OWIN self-hosting currently, is that MVC is not compatible. Due to System.Web's tight integration with IIS. vNext will solve these issues, but what about now? I want
c# Procedural, not OO Take this simple class public class Foo { public int SomeInt { get; set; } public string SomeString { get; set; } public Bar SomeBar { get; set; } public void DoSomeWork() { SomeString.Append(" Blah Blah"); SomeBar.BarMethod(); } } And initialise
c# RAW and MEAN RAW - RavenDb / Angular.js / WebApi MEAN - MongoDb / Express.js / Angular.js / NodeJs Both are considered full application stacks. With Angular.js in common. If I were creating any decent sized application,
reflection Newing up T Parameterless constructor new() By far the most readable way to new up T. As long as your type has a parameterless constructor - you're good to go. It's also worth noting that this
computing From PC to Mac I recently bought a Mac for home computing. Previously I owned an Alienware M17X R3. Beast of a machine - which I chose to buy over a Mac mostly because of gaming. I
How is your infrastructure layer holding up? So how is the architecture of your software/web project holding up? If you were to attempt the project again, from the beginning, would you change your approach? This first came to my
blogging Is blogging with Ghost the future? Okay, so this is my first post using the Ghost blogging platform. Before I begin Let me confess, I am not a great writer of words, more of code. So blogging in general
