I like to learn more efficient ways to use my dev tools, and making good use of the keyboard shortcuts in IntelliJ IDEA is a significant example. When I first saw Postfix Completion in use, I think my reaction was "Oooh… I need to start using that trick!" In this post, I’ll illustrate a few of these special code completion options.

When using Postman to access or test API endpoints that require authentication, such as a JWT or Bearer Token, you will quickly grow tired of manually updating the token value in multiple Postman request tabs, particularly if it expires in a short time period. Fortunately it is simple to automate this process, and this quick tip will show you how.

While working through the Spring Security aspects of my SpringBikeClinic.com project, I implemented SecurityUser, a custom UserDetails object which was composed with a User database entity. For unit testing my @Controller code, I wanted a clean way to provide a mock instance of my custom user type.