Maven Marvels - The Maven Archetype Plugin

Creating new projects from scratch is a common task in today’s world. Often, this involves manually setting up folders and files or using tools like Spring Initializr, Micronaut Launch, Eclipse Starter for Jakarta EE, Quarkus Starter, or IntelliJ to streamline the initial setup. But what if there was a way to automate and standardise these tasks, taking your project setup to the next level? While these tools are excellent for generating a basic “Hello World” application, they often fall short when it comes to adding project-specific configurations and components that are standard within your organisation....

September 28, 2024 · 9 min

J-Fall 2023 20th Anniversary

With about 450 Proposals, 1800 attendees, 70 speakers and 50+ sessions, J-Fall 2023 organized by the NLJUG was one to remember. Celebrating the 20th anniversary, with people from all over the world, we took a moment to appreciate the great community that is available to us as Java developers. With that being said, here are some of my takeaways from the sessions I attended this edition. Missed out? Don’t you worry, the recordings will be available on their youtube channel ....

December 14, 2023 · 5 min