Brian J. Bayer brianjbayer

Using an NVD API Key with dependency-check-maven

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For Java-based projects, you can use the Open Worldwide Application Security Project (OWASP)

Version GitHub Actions Workflows and Actions with Git Tags

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Versioning is crucial for maintaining the stability and consistency of your GitHub Actions Reusable Workflows

Developing and Reusing Dockerfile-based Actions in GitHub Actions

GitHub Actions is powerful tool for automating workflows within the GitHub ecosystem such as Continuous Integration/Continuos Deployment (CI/CD).

One of its standout features is the ability to create custom actions that can be tailored to perform specific tasks. Among the different types

How to Remove a Dead Docker Container (Docker Desktop for Mac)

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If you have a Dead Docker container that you can not remove with the usual Docker commands, especially on Docker Desktop for Mac, this post may help you finally remove it.

Run Your Ruby RSpec or Cucumber Browser Tests in Parallel in Docker Compose

This shows you how to add running your Ruby RSpec or Cucumber browser tests in parallel natively (macOS) and in your docker compose framework.

Add and Configure FactoryBot To Your Rails RSpec Project

This guides you through adding the test data fixture utility factory_bot to your Ruby on Rails RSpec project.

To install factory_bot you will need to...

Add the factory_bot_rails gem to your Rails RSpec project
Configure factory_bot_rails to be used by RSpec Rails

🙇 📖 I originally learned this from these posts...

Add and Configure shoulda-matchers To Your Rails RSpec Project

This guides you through adding the test expectation-matching utility shoulda-matchers to your Ruby on Rails RSpec project.

To install shoulda-matchers you will need to...

Add the shoulda-matchers gem to your Rails RSpec project
Configure shoulda-matchers to integrate with RSpec Rails

Dockerfile: Build the Right Machine for Your App

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In this post, you will learn how you can craft your Dockerfile specifically for your application to reduce size, cost, and risk. It covers Docker Best Practices, uses

Fundamentals of Testing 3: What Values to Test - Equivalence Class Partitioning

In this third post in this series on the fundamentals of software testing, I finish the topic of which values to test as part of your Verification Testing which I started in my previous post on using Boundary-Value Analysis.

Even if you can test all possible values of what you are testing (also known as the system under test), you do not need to waste

	#!/bin/sh

	# Exit script on any errors
	set -e

	usage() {
	cat << USAGE
	Usage: $(basename $0) [-dhin] [IMAGE-NAME]

	This performs a docker build of the default Dockerfile in the current