If you’ve found this post, you very likely came across an error while trying to push code to a new second GitHub account.  The issue is…

This video shows you how to use our favorite editor, vscode, to create any type of diagram you want.  This is super useful for things like…

This video will should you how to use the official MongoDB extension for Visual Studio Code.  This awesome extension allows you to connect…

Intro So this one is mostly for fun, but I wanted to see how difficult it would be to develop a basic Spring Boot project using command line…

Intro While its easier than ever to create a new website, web app, or blog today, the availability of quality free hosting providers…

Since I actually use virtual machines for all of my work, standard backups of the VM files are very important to me. I recently decided to…

Hey everyone and welcome back to Developer Soapbox. In this post, I’d like to share with you some details on how to install and use my new…

Problem Enabling 3D graphics for a Windows 10 guest VM on Virtualbox would cause unpredictable visual effects and transparent start menu…

Issue I recently reformatted my computer and proceeded to install Virtualbox, which I use extensively for development and making videos…

Similar to Ruby on Rails, .NET has a really cool command line interface (CLI) utility for easily creating boilerplate code such as MVC…

Requirements The only requirement is that you must have Java JRE installed on your system, and PATH variable updated so that “java” command…

What You’ll Need Java JDK 8+ installed IDE (Eclipse, IntelliJ, etc) What You’ll Get A bare bones Spring Boot command line app which connects…

What You’ll Need GraalVM installed and bin directory in your PATH variable Text editor (VS Code, vi, etc) REST API client (cURL, Postman…

1. Download JRuby Zip Go to https://www.jruby.org/download and download the option named “JRuby Binary.zip” for the latest available…

The example below will show you how to query a Microsoft Access database using JRuby and JDBC.  I have to say that this was probably the…

What You’ll Need Java JDK and Kotlin compiler installed Kotlin IDE.  IntelliJ recommended. What You’ll Get A simple CRUD application to…

In the video below, you’ll learn the quickest way to get a Spring Boot project up and running in VS Code using the Spring Initializer Plugin…

In the video below, you’ll see how to connect to a Microsoft Access database using Java and Spring Boot.

In the video below, you’ll see how to use the awesome Visualize feature in Postman to convert your JSON to an easy to ready HTML table.

Starting with build 17063, Windows 10 now has some great linux command  line tools available out the box!  This video provides a basic…

The video below is a simple and concise walk-through of how to use Visual Studio Code to  connect to a SQL Server database, execute SQL…

In the video below, I want to show you what GraalVM is at a high level, how  to install it in Windows 10, and some basic commands.  This is…

The video below shows you how to call ANY native server side SQL statement from MS  Access.  This includes functions, stored procedures, DDL…

1. Download Oracle XE Database Select download based on your OS from here https://www.oracle.com/database/technologies/xe-downloads.html…

From my initial introduction to Java back in college, Eclipse has been my primary choice as an IDE.  Nowadays however, I feel like an old…

Microsoft Excel provides most functions you will ever need out of the box.  By chaining the built in functions, almost anything can be…

First a word of warning.  Unless you have a good reason, you should not disable the login step.  OS login could save your personal data from…

1. Install required packages Install the required packages in the CENTOS guest OS by executing the following: After installing, restart…