by Greg Turnquist | May 1, 2017 | software
I remember reading about polymorphism for the first time. I was in high school, and boy it sure looked cool! Too bad I didn’t realize that the myth of polymorphism was a bunch of poppy cock. You see, polymorphism never seems to be presented in its real state....
by Greg Turnquist | Apr 25, 2017 | software
Good developers take breaks. But why? Last night, I attended a men’s session where two very different people talked on stage about very different breaks. The first was a pastor who was granted a six month sabbatical. The second was someone that was fired, and...
by Greg Turnquist | Apr 4, 2017 | software
I just arrived in Germany for our big Spring Data summit. Our team is having a get together to do some planning and scoping of work for the next year. And I couldn’t be more excited. I arrived at 7:00 am local time, and waited two and half hours to discover the...
by Greg Turnquist | Mar 14, 2017 | learning spring boot, software, writing
I just sent in the last chapter of Learning Spring Boot 2nd Edition’s 1st draft. And my brain has collapsed. I’ve been working for several months on this 10-chapter book that embraces Spring Boot 2.0 and reactive programming. There are several books out...
by Greg Turnquist | Feb 28, 2017 | javascript, react, software
I’ve talked in the past how I like the approach React leads me to when it comes to building apps. How does such grandiose talk play out when it’s time to add a new, unexpected feature? Let’s check it out. I’ve been building an installation app...
by Greg Turnquist | Jan 31, 2017 | software
Recently, my latest conference presentations have been released. You are free to check them out: In the Introduction to Spring Data talk, I live code a project from scratch, using start.spring.io, Spring Data, and other handle Spring tools. In the Spinnaker: Land of a...