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While a 1.1.0 release vs a 1.0.0 release might seem like a small feature update, for us, it was a huge milestone. For those unfamiliar with Datafaker, Datafaker is a JVM library to generate fake data for Java, Scala and Kotlin applications. Datafaker started as a fork of Javafaker, but over time has fewer bugs, …
Just days after my publication of Datafaker.net, an Open Source library to generate fake data for the JVM, on of the libraries by which Datafaker got inspired, Faker.js, decides to pull the plug. The owner of the library, Marak, published a new version of Faker.js with the significant 666 version number, and proceeds to remove …
A few days ago, we've released our first 1.x version of Datafaker. Datafaker, a modern and more up to date port of Javafaker, is a library to generate fake random data which looks like real data. What is Datafaker Datafaker is a Java/Kotlin library. It's has been created because the original project, Javafaker, was stuck …
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As a programmer, it’s often important to know what your program is doing, and debug statements can help a lot in understanding error conditions and thee actual behaviour of a program. However, to create such information, there are a couple of possible solutions available. For example, we can use System.out.println statements in our program to …
Most, if not all, Java and Android developers have come across logging requirements in their application. Most commonly known Java logging frameworks are Log4j2, Logback, and JUL (Java Util Logging), and most people have probably used SLF4J, the abstraction on top of these logging frameworks. A lesser know logging framework is TinyLog 2. This blog …
I’m sure most developers have been there: you have to develop a seemingly simple piece of work. You build it, you test it, you bring it to production, and a few weeks later you run into a bug. This is what happened to us, in a seemingly straightforward piece of code: accepting phone numbers in …
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There’s a common way in Java to do loops. One of the most well-known ways to iterate on a range is to use the traditional for loop. A more modern approach would be something like using a Java 8 IntStream. Examples of either can be seen below: // Traditional for loop for (int i = …
EasyRandom 4.0, the library to easily create test data, has been released. In this blogpost, I’ll walk you through some of the new features, most notably the three strategy classes to easily change the internal behaviour of the randomisation process. What’s new in EasyRandom 4.0 With the EasyRandom 4.0 release, several things have been changed. …
Recently I wrote about which Essential IntelliJ Shortcuts our team is using the most. Shortcuts like the ones listed help you keep into the flow of programming without the need to jump around your code. To help you even further, a helpful but often overlooked feature is IntelliJ’s postfix completion, a feature which has been …
A good craftsman knows their tools. Being a software developer is no exception. So, while programming and to stay in the flow of coding, it might be worthwhile to know some keyboard shortcuts and to not be distracted by clicking on menu items. In this blogpost, I’ll focus on IntelliJ. While IntelliJ has almost a …