(Martien van den Akker) For a while now, I’m quite into Vagrant in combination with VirtualBox. A few years ago I started with trying to script FMW environments, and since my discovery, and resulting fancy, of Vagrant, I also created a project for creating and provisioning a SOA Suite box.
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EBR – Part 11: Database-Level Default Edition
(Oren Nakdimon) This is part 11 of a post series about Oracle Edition-Based Redefinition.
Speeding up Initial data load for Oracle to PostgreSQL using Goldengate and copy command
(Amit Bansal) Oracle Goldengate supports Oracle to PostgreSQL migrations by supporting PostgreSQL as a target database, though reverse migration i.e PostgreSQL to Oracle is not supported.
Transform Data in Power BI with R and Python
(Siddharth Mehta) Power BI supports a large variety of connectors to data sources. It also supports a powerful query editor for editing a data model as well as data. But it does not have a library of functions for data science, statistics, NLP and many other areas.
End-To-End Testing in Azure Pipelines using Nightwatch.js
(Florian Rappl) We look at running End-To-End tests in an Azure Pipeline using the Nightwatch.js framework with TypeScript.
AMD EPYC Processors in Azure Virtual Machines
(Glenn Berry) Back on December 5, 2017, Microsoft announced that they were using AMD EPYC 7551 processors in their storage-optimized Lv2-Series virtual machines.
New Improved Azure Elastic Jobs
(blobeater) There is a new way to setup Azure elastic jobs to run against a target group of databases (targeting an elastic pool).
Java 101: Learn Java from the ground up
(Jeff Friesen) So, you want to program in Java? That’s great, and you’ve come to the right place. The Java 101 series provides a self-guided introduction to Java programming, starting with the basics and covering all the core concepts you need to know to become a productive Java developer.
IBM Releases Db2 12 for z/OS Function Level 504
(Craig S. Mullins) Early in March 2019, IBM announced the latest and greatest new function level, 504 (FL504), for Db2 12 for z/OS. For those of you not paying attention, starting with Version 12, IBM has moved to a continuous delivery model and has been releasing new functionality regularly.
Using the ng-BootStrap TypeAhead Control with Dynamic Data
(Rick Strahl) Ok I admit it – it took me way too long to figure out how to hook up and use the ng-Bootstrap’s Typeahead control to work with dynamic lookup data that comes from the server.