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Jeko Esmailzadeh - 12/06/2020

Mockito Flavoured Unit Testing in Java

I was recently introduced to Mockito by my colleagues at Sentia, where I currently work as a Java software developer. As a green developer we all know that, being told to use new tools in fast paced…

Mario Pinkster - 08/06/2020

Using Antlr4 in Bloomreach Experience Manager

Embedding script in CMS content allows content creators to use expressions which are evaluated when the content is served. The evaluated results can be formatted in a highly versatile manner and…

Alex van der Wal - 08/05/2020

To Java 11 and beyond - Part 2

In this second installment of this blog series, I’ll take a look at some of the features introduced in Java 11 we haven’t looked at previously. After this, I reflect on what we have learned…

Alex van der Wal - 21/04/2020

To Java 11 and beyond - Part 1

It has been over a year since the release of Java 11, the latest LTS version of Java. Since this release, we already saw two new non-LTS releases, as part of Reinholds 6-month release cycle proposal…

Mario Pinkster - 15/04/2020

Introducing: Bloomreach Splitify

The Bloomreach Experience Manager web application has tonnes and tonnes of configuration which is kept in a series of Yaml files within the project source tree. In addition, content intended…

Mario Pinkster - 28/02/2020

Users, Documents and Privileges in Bloomreach Experience Manager 13

In this short piece I will discuss how, in BrXM (Hippo) 12 and 13, the question "Is user X allowed to perform action Y on document Z?" is answered. The Bloomreach documentation for version 12 and 13…