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How to stand out from the crowd as a Junior Developer
Career
August 18, 2021December 18, 2024

How to stand out from the crowd as a Junior Developer

When I finished my CS degree, a few other students were surprise not to land a job as a developer…

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Developing secure applications – Java advanced (OCP)
Development, Java
June 20, 2021January 9, 2025

Developing secure applications – Java advanced (OCP)

This post covers Java security related topics as presented at Oracle University Online (Java SE 11 training) and as required…

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Angular Material dark / light theme switcher
CSS, Front-end development, UX/UI
June 16, 2021December 18, 2024

Angular Material dark / light theme switcher

For my graduation work in Business Informatics, I chose to focus on on UX/UI, because it used to be something…

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Annotations – Java advanced (OCP)
Development, Java
June 14, 2021November 29, 2024

Annotations – Java advanced (OCP)

Java provides built-in ready-to-use annotations as well as the possibility to create one’s own annotations. Annotations allow to add metadata…

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Concurrency and Multithreading – Java advanced (OCP)
Development, Java
June 7, 2021November 29, 2024

Concurrency and Multithreading – Java advanced (OCP)

Every Java program running has at least one thread, “main”, automatically created by the JVM. Each thread is represented by…

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How to estimate your value and negotiate your salary as a developer (even as a Junior)
Career
June 7, 2021December 18, 2024

How to estimate your value and negotiate your salary as a developer (even as a Junior)

It’s sometimes taboo to say it out loud, but we’re all doing our job for a main purpose: earning a…

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JDBC : Java DataBase Connectivity – Java advanced (OCP)
Development, Java
June 1, 2021November 29, 2024

JDBC : Java DataBase Connectivity – Java advanced (OCP)

JDBC is a database neutral Java API in the java.sql package that allows connectivity and operations on databases. JDBC drivers…

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Modularity – Java advanced (OCP)
Development, Java
May 31, 2021January 9, 2025

Modularity – Java advanced (OCP)

Possibility to organize a projects in modules appeared in Java 9. In this post, we’ll have a look at differences…

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Who’s “she”

30-something Software Engineer

📌 Passionate about Knowledge Sharing, UX/User Centric development, Inclusion and Ethics, DevOps and automation, Developer Experience.

📌 Started working in IT after a career shift (10 years in a non-technical field).

📌 5 years’ experience in Software Engineering.

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