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OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect 1.0 solve user authorization and authentication. In this article, I discuss the advantages and the authorization and authentication flows of both protocols, based on a video presentation by Nate Barbettini. Introduction If you develop an application, e.g. a mobile or web app, common problems are user authentication and authorization. The … Read more
GitOps is a methodology for Continuous Deployment, where you use Git to store (and track changes of) a declarative definition of your deployment configuration, and have a GitOps tool apply this configuration to your (production, etc.) environment. In this GitOps introduction you will learn how GitOps is defined. By looking at several examples, you will … Read more
This article presents all necessary steps to get your macOS application into the hands of your users. I list and compare the four distribution and packaging options: the macOS app store, package managers like Homebrew, Disk images (dmg) files, and installers (pkg files). I also introduce the signing and notarization process. Introduction In my previous … Read more
This article presents all necessary steps to get your Windows (desktop) application into the hands of your users. I list and compare 13 installer builders which package your application as a setup, discuss distribution options such as package managers, and present solutions to integrate automatic updates and licensing into your application. Introduction If you are … Read more
To be able to distribute Python application to end-users you need to freeze Python code. There are numerous freeze tools which produce self-contained binaries for the most common platforms, like Windows, Linux and macOS. This article presents and compares seven freeze tools, which are being actively maintained at the time of writing, and recommends specific … Read more
A Cloud IDE provides a complete development environment running on a server in the cloud, instead of you running it on your developer workstation. In this article I will discuss general advantages and disadvantages of Cloud IDEs, provide a Cloud IDE comparison of the best 9 IDEs I found, and give recommendations on how to … Read more
Collaborative code editors let developers write code together in real time, just like Google Docs. This article compares Microsoft Live Share, Code with me, Floobits, CodeTogether, GitDuck, and CodeInterview. I clearly demonstrate the limitations and benefits of each tool, including how it integrates into existing IDEs, end-to-end encryption and pricing. I’ll conclude with recommendations for … Read more
This article is a link collection for Python developers who want to go beyond the basics. It presents my personal favorite articles and libraries for various use cases. Introduction Whenever you fall in love with a programming language, you will wonder what you can do with it, beyond the basics. Most modern programming languages come … Read more
This article describes an experiment where I apply acoustic fingerprinting and speech recognition to detect duplicates in my personal collection of episodes (mp3 files) of the German radio play “Philip Maloney”. I discuss the advantages and disadvantages of both approaches, and present the results of applying the Olaf acoustic fingerprinting implementation. Introduction Acoustic fingerprinting (Wikipedia) … Read more
With PlantUML you can create diagrams as plain text code. This article covers several advanced features, e.g. how to choose the right output file format, or using the include-mechanism effectively. I also explain how you can generate code from PlantUML diagrams (and vice versa), or how to work on a model-layer by extending PlantUML’s syntax. … Read more