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Creating a release info dashboard
12 Feb
4

Creating a release info dashboard

Posted by Roman Sery tool, wicket No Comments

Are you deploying different versions of your software to multiple clients with test, staging, and production environments? Are clients picky about features they want to release to each environment? Let’s create a dashboard to keep track of all of this.

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04 Feb
3

Five reasons you should use Apache Wicket

Posted by Roman Sery wicket No Comments

In case you aren’t using it yet, Apache Wicket is a java-based, stateful, component-based web development framework. Let’s look at why you might want to use it.

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26 Jan
0

How to write a JSON response in Wicket

Posted by Roman Sery wicket No Comments

Learn how to create JSON response endpoints in Wicket

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15 Jan
0

Adding fuzzy search to Wicket autocomplete components

Posted by Roman Sery database, wicket No Comments

In part 2 we show how to add fuzzy search to our dropdowns using Levenshtein distance. We discuss some limitations and possible improvements.

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autocomplete
05 Jan
1

Wicket autocomplete components with remote data

Posted by Roman Sery database, java, wicket No Comments

Autocomplete or type-ahead fields are used when the large number of options makes it infeasible to use dropdowns containing all the possible options. Let’s learn how to implement them in Wicket.

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24 Dec
1

Happy holidays

Posted by Roman Sery Uncategorized No Comments

Just a short note

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17 Dec
2

How to add a data access layer to your Wicket app using Hibernate and Spring JPA with minimal code

Posted by Roman Sery database, wicket No Comments

Learn how to quickly add database communication to your Wicket app using Hibernate and Spring Data JPA while writing almost no code!

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06 Dec
0

Using MySQL JSON columns to simplify your data storage: Part 2

Posted by Roman Sery database No Comments

In part 2, we get into the nitty gritty details of how to implement the hybrid approach.

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28 Nov
2

Using MySQL JSON columns to simplify your data storage: Part 1

Posted by Roman Sery database No Comments

Simplify data storage in your apps by using JSON column types instead of relying on database normalization.

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16 Nov
5

Creating secure encrypted links in Wicket with Apache Shiro

Posted by Roman Sery wicket No Comments

Quickly get started creating secure encrypted links in your Wicket application!

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