How I’m learning Clojure in 2024
I’ve recently been learning a bit of Clojure and it’s been a lot of fun! I thought I would note down what has been useful for me, so that it might help others as well.
Anthony Bruno
Anthony Bruno - Software Engineer
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Full stack web development in a single Java file: An intro to Javalin and htmx
Introduction In my programming career, I have used a wide variety of frontend frameworks. From JQuery and Angularjs (not Angular!). To Vue and React. A common theme with these was a SPA (Single Page Application) architecture. The server would respond with JSON, the frontend would parse it, do some javascript-y things, and ultimately render as html on the page. But this isn’t cool anymore! There…
Migrating a classic Jekyll GitHub Pages site to GitHub actions
I’ve had this site (https://anthonybruno.dev/) running inside Github Pages for a long time now without many issues. Under the hood, it uses a ruby-based static site generator called Jekyll.
Common Java patterns in Kotlin
Recently, I’ve been using Kotlin for a project at work. As someone coming from a Java background, I’ve been taking notes on certain patterns that are used in Java, that can be done nicer in Kotlin. I feel like when using a new language, it’s easy to fall into the trap of writing non-idiomatic code simply because it’s what I would’ve done in another language. I wrote this article with the idea that…
My time at DDDAdelaide 2019
Recently (yes, I say recently even though it happened last year!) I attended the very first edition of DDDAdelaide. It’s awesome finally seeing Adelaide getting a software development conference. It was really well put together, and I had a great time. I would highly recommend anyone going to the next one! This article covers my key takeaways from some of the talks I saw. I’ve also included each…
Add RSS to GitHub Pages and link it to Dev.to
I’ve been posting to Dev.to for a little while now. I’ve always posted to my website first, then more or less copy and pasted the markdown into the Dev.to editor. I thought there must be a better way, and luckily stumbled upon a setting that allows you to automatically link blog posts from GitHub Pages (or any RSS feed) to Dev.to!
A quick look at Java 11’s HttpClient
Java 11 was released in September 2018 and is the first Long-Term-Support version after Java 8. One of its features is HttpClient, a new way to make HTTP requests. This post will give a quick overview of HttpClient, and how it’s a much-needed replacement for URLConnection!
Reading files in a Chrome Extension
Often, it is desirable for a Chrome extension to be bundled with files that need to be read. These files may contain data or configuration information to help the extension function. This short guide will show you how you can set up your Chrome extension to read files.
2017 Retrospective
Another year down! In this post I look back on what I did last year, what I need to improve on and plans for the future. The Good Made 302 commits on GitHub (Up from 145 in 2016!) Deployed a Java library to Maven. SDGen My post: ‘The non-broken promise of static typing’ gained some traction on dev.to Built a simple (but useful!) Node.js application for checking if a domain has been registered.…
Generating CSV files with SDGen and Faker
The CSV format is a simple but commonly used format for exchanging data. Many applications support the import and export of information as CSV files. Due to the popularity of this format, there is a requirement for developers to generate large amounts of CSV files for testing. This is where my latest open source project SDGen comes into play.