Programming
Selenium Tests with Maven and Selenide
Spring+Freemarker Tips
I hope you will find following tips useful when developing Spring Boot application with Freemarker.
DevMode Javascript Exception Handler
StackOverflow-driven JS development:
try {
something
} catch (e) {
window.open('https://stackoverflow.com/search?q=[js]+"' + e.message + '"');
}
Secure Java coding best practices
Making your web application flawless against security attacks is a challenge for every java developer. In this article I will briefly describe common practical development techniques that can help you to achieve it.
Secure Java logging with Logback
Deploying application into secure environment adds some restrictions on logging and log management. OWASP community gives some useful recommendations.
Implementing Automatic Reconnection for Netty Client
One of the first requirement of Netty ISO8588 client connector is the support for automatic reconnect.
One of the first receipts I came across was Thomas Termin’s one. He suggests adding a ChannelHandler which will schedule the calling of client’s connect() method once a Channel becomes inactive. Plus adding ChannelFutureListener which will re-create a bootstrap and re-connect if initial connection was failed.
Although this is a working solution, I had a feeling that something is not optimal. Namely, the new Bootstrap is being created on every connection attempt.
So, I created a FutureListener which should be registered once a Channel is closed.
Java Application Development Tutorial
I’ve been meaning to write a small tutorial for building web applications. Now it’s time! Let’s define the steps and choose some solutions for developing back-end java web application.
I will give my design recommendations and list a technologies I would use. You may have your own opinion, and you may share it in comment. Over time, this post may change since my favourites are also changing over time.
Tags Input Control for AngularJS
API Authentication: Generating HMAC digest in PHP and Java
User authentication is an important part of the web service API design. One of the common approaches is the Hash-based Message Authentication Code – HMAC. Used together with transport level security, it provides a reliable mechanizm of user authentication and message integrity validation.