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 … [Read more...] about SOLVED: Testing PATCH with Spring Boot TestRestTemplate
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 legacy controller and converting it to … [Read more...] about Refactor Legacy AngularJS Controller to ControllerAs Syntax
Spring Boot Set Port Number
By default, the embedded tomcat port number for a Spring Boot application is 8080. If you are like me and run multiple machines while developing locally, you have no doubt encountered a situation where port 8080 is already in use or where you will need 8080 for something else. There are three ways to set the port number for your application: Command Line, … [Read more...] about Spring Boot Set Port Number
Spring Boot Set Root Logging Level
Sometimes it is nice to be able to see all debugging information from your spring boot application. I am not going to go over the various Java logging frameworks but rather the quick and easy way to set a logging level. Logging Level Types By default, ERROR, WARN and INFO level messages are logged. You can show more specific logs by explicitly setting the type. There are … [Read more...] about Spring Boot Set Root Logging Level
SOLVED: Force Assets to use HTTPS in Laravel
I have been doing some work with Laravel lately and needed to force a site to use https for everything. One of the first problems I encountered was figuring out how to force https in Laravel for linked stylesheets, javascript assets, etc... I found a few different solutions, but none of them solved the issue. I was able to combine a couple of different approaches and found … [Read more...] about SOLVED: Force Assets to use HTTPS in Laravel