I have been working with Angular 4x and TypeScript in Webstorm a lot lately and have been guilty of the occasional sloppy import statement. If you found this article, you are probably doing the same thing. Because adding spaces between the import and braces is super tedious, I took some time to find a solution. […]
Get Column Names From Access Database Table with VBA
It has been a long time since I have added a VBA post, so here is something that I had to quickly put together for a little project that I am working on this evening. I have a really large table with a bunch of fieldnames that I need to query through to make some […]
How to Get Linux Distro Name and Kernel Version from the Command Line
If you are using Linux as a development environment, to install a new utility, or for an almost infinite number of other reasons, it may be helpful to get the current version from the command line. Get Current Ubuntu Version From Command Line If you are an Ubuntu or Debian user, you can get the […]
SOLVED: Testing PATCH with Spring Boot TestRestTemplate
When writing integration tests for REST APIs in Spring Boot, it is common to use the org.springframework.boot.test.web.client.TestRestTemplate. Anyone who has attempted to test the PATCH method with Spring Boot’s default TestRestTemplate will find out that it doesn’t ship with the ability to use the PATCH method. As a workaround, org.apache.http.client.HttpClient can be added as a […]
Refactor Legacy AngularJS Controller to ControllerAs Syntax
There are a lot of resources and examples available on the web for learning AngularJS(1.x branch). Some are good, some are bad and some are super ugly and confusing. The recommended approach for building scalable applications with AngularJS is to follow the controllerAs syntax. In this post, I will be breaking down a really ugly […]