Jeroen Reijn is a Cloud Solutions Architect and AWS Community Builder from the Netherlands, writing about AWS, Serverless, DevOps, Java, and cloud engineering best practices.
111 articles from this blog
A developer explores using free SaaS tools like GitHub and Travis CI to build and manage an open-source project, moving beyond traditional forges.
A detailed look at the continuous integration setup, development environment, and build processes used by the Hippo CMS development team.
A tutorial on configuring the Maven site plugin to generate project documentation using Markdown syntax instead of XDOC or APT.
A developer explains how to prevent Bootstrap and ForkedBooter apps from popping up in the OS X dock during Maven builds by using Java headless mode.
A technical guide on integrating Couchbase with Elasticsearch and Kibana to perform real-time visitor analysis and overcome search limitations.
Hippo's monthly 'Hippo Fridays' for developers lead to new features in the upcoming Hippo CMS 7.8 release, including HTML5 History API and scripting support.
An overview of the official communication channels and online communities for connecting with the Hippo CMS team and other users.
A personal review of the dotJS conference in Paris, covering the venue, logistics, and the technical vs. general nature of the talks.
Explains how to integrate WebJars for client-side dependency management in a Hippo CMS project using Servlet 3 containers like Tomcat 7.
Introducing a Groovy scripting add-on for Hippo CMS, allowing admins to run dynamic scripts against the repository directly from the CMS interface.
A guide to creating a custom plugin for Spring Insight to monitor and analyze performance of Hippo CMS HST queries using AspectJ.
Analyzing and optimizing slow date range queries in Apache Jackrabbit within Hippo CMS to improve performance and reduce memory usage.
A detailed guide on upgrading a MacBook Pro Mid 2009 with a Kingston SSD, including benchmarks and performance improvements.
A technical guide on integrating MongoDB, a NoSQL document database, with the Spring Data framework for Java applications.
A detailed account of the challenges faced when attempting to upgrade a mid-2009 MacBook Pro with an SSD, including hardware compatibility issues.
Exploring Apache Cocoon 3 for streamlined XML processing with Java, including setup and code examples for parsing RSS feeds.
Explains how to use Hippo CMS 7.5's new RESTful JAX-RS components to expose data for external apps, with a focus on Android development.
A developer shares their experience learning Android development, focusing on creating custom layouts and ListViews for a mobile app.
Explains how to share data between HST components in Hippo CMS using the HstRequestContext object during request processing.
A developer's introduction to the Vaadin framework, covering its architecture, setup via Maven, and creating a simple Java web application.
