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      Partition and Format Drive With NTFSSay we bought an external hard drive to back up some stuff from a crashed computer. We can use a Live USB to get at the data and put the data on the external hard drive. Because the data needs to be accessible by Windows, we are going to use format the drive with NTFS. Read more…
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      Create Arch Linux Live USBCreating a Arch Linux live USB is easy. In this post, I will walk you through downloading and verifying the image, finding your USB drive and copying the image onto it, all from the convenience of the command line. Read more…
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      Spring Basics Conditional Bean WiringIn Spring, it’s possible to wire a bean only when some condition is met. Read more…
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      Spring Basics Dynamically Inject Values With Springs ValueIf we do not want to hard-code values into our source code, we can use properties files. With the Read more…@Valueannotation, Spring gives us an easy means to get properties from properties files and inject them into our code.
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      Spring Basics Wiring Beans With Xml ConfigurationIf you have to work with legacy Spring applications, chances are you will have to know how XML-based configuration works. Although Java configuration is preferred for new applications, sometimes you just don’t have a choice, so you’d better be comfortable with it. Read more…
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      Quick Vim Tip: Change Text Between White Spaceprivate List<String> strings;When the cursor is on the Read more…SofString, useciWto deleteList<String>and start insert. Obviously, you can use any other command with that movement, for example yank the text (yiW) or delete it (diW).
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      Spring Basics Wiring and Injecting Beans With Java ConfigurationFor new projects, Java configuration is preferred over XML-based configuration. In this post, we’re going to look at how to configure Spring with configuration in Java, instead of the traditional XML. Read more…
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      Use Vidir to Quickly Edit Filenames in Your EditorIf you have installed Read more…moreutils(see below), you can typevidirto open up the current working directory in your$EDITOR. You can use all the power of your editor to edit and/or delete filenames and directories. Editing a line will rename the file or directory, deleting a line will remove the file or directory.
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      Use Pandoc With Pygments to Highlight Source CodeI am someone who has JavaScript disabled by default in his browser (I use uMatrix in Firefox for that). Only when I trust a site and I need to use functionality that truly depends on JavaScript will I turn it on. This hopefully protects me from most of the known and unknown bad stuff out there on the internet. It also makes me appreciate people who go through the trouble of making their webpages work without JavaScript. Read more…