Ubuntu full-disk encrypted, alongside MacOSX
If you, like me, prefer to use Ubuntu on any hardware you use, and want it completely encrypted, this is for you. These are instructions on how to install Ubuntu…
How to use make and Makefile in Maven pom.xml
As a frontend web developer, I often find myself in a larger project, where I'm responsible for the frontend web app, and others work on the backend. More often than…
Sharing AngularJS modules with component.js
Component.js has emerged as a very sensible way to package and share web components. It knows about scripts, css, images and html. That makes it a good fit for AngularJS modules. But there's more! :)
Auto-install Node.js and npm from Makefile
This is how you can detect existing Node.js and npm, or automatically install a temporary Node.js if none is already installed. About the only things needed are make, bash, curl…
Executable .jar, with onejar-maven-plugin
Onejar-maven-plugin collects your application including dependencies, into one executable jar. It's both easy and works well! (UPDATED for version 1.3.0. See below.) It lets all your dependency jars stay jars, and your code is in its own jar. All of those jars are put in a bigger jar, which is made executable.
Configuration
It may sound weird, but it's quite elegant! Just put this in yourpom.xml's <plugins> tag to make it work:[...]
Executable .war with winstone-maven-plugin
You don't need to install Tomcat, JBoss or any other web server in order to run a Java web application (.war file)! If your project is configured with a Maven…