Lately I noticed the increasing demand of Salesforce developers in The Netherlands and I like to explore new technologies. So I was looking for a way to start learning Salesforce, Rene Winkelmeyer, pointed me to Trailhead. I can confirm it is very refreshing way to learn a new platform, there a variaty of trails, Admins or Read More
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And the winner is…… HR Assistant
Last Friday during the closing session of Icon UK in London Inhi Suh announced, with a little help of Alan Hamilton, the results of the ICS Developer competition 2016. To my big surprise our submission, HR Assistant was selected as winner. Frédéric, my partner in crime in this competition was also very surprised a few timezones to Read More
2 years
Today it is 2 years ago that I started my own business as a Freelance developer and I must say I enjoy it every day. The past year I was helping out Belsoft with Application Development projects for their customers, but most of the time I was doing projects in the JEE world, working with Spring Framework (MVC, Read More
Mentoring, modernisation or liberation
Last week I was in Orlando for IBM Connect. The first time as independent developer and I was very happy to be part of the new format of the conference. My (short) take on IBM Connect There were mixed feelings about IBM Connect after last year. At the beginning you could this feeling again, but Read More
JSF and NoSQL
This month I had some interviews for new Java projects and I noticed when you start about Notes and Domino the first reaction is of ‘is this still around…….’. I thought what is the reason of this reaction?? Most it comes for not knowing the real power of the new Development platform created by IBM, Read More
My first anniversary as independent developer
Today one year ago I officially started as independent developer and I can say it was one of the best decisions I made in my life, till now. The start In September 2015 I started quite relaxed, the most of the time I was looking for projects and I was enjoying my new Read More
2014 was a year of change
It is the time of the year to reflect the ending year. 2014 was a year of change in my professional life. Thanks I finally made the step to leave e-office and move on to start my own business as Freelance Java/Web and XPages developer. It took some time to take the step, but after talking Read More
A step outside the yellow bubble
I am enjoying my new life as freelancer very much. Responsible for everything, it gives me a sort of relaxation. Till now I did some small projects, this week I finished a Quickr related one. Next week I will start a new project at a Dutch insurance company. It will be a pure Java project, Read More
Say hello to InstallJack
Today the news went out about tooling to simplify the installation of IBM Connections. As a developer I saw always the admin struggle with the installation of IBM Connections, lots of components to install and in the right order, correct me if I am wrong. Nice to see that Belsoft is taking up the Read More