Introducing our business starter template using NextJs15 and Strapi5 CMS

Amit Nandi — Tue, 01 Apr 2025 13:22:42 +0000

Introducing a batteries-included business starter template built on Strapi5 and Next15

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🚀 Features

NextJS 15 with turbopack bundler
Fully SSR Frontend
React 19 with RSC usage
Real-Time live visitor count and live chat feature without 3rd party services, powered by SocketIO
Prebuilt Custom Collections and Content Types
Form Submissions with file submissions enabled
10+ Reusable Dynamic-Zone Page Builder Blocks to create custom pages on strapi backend seamlessly
Full Sitewide Dynamic SEO integrated with Strapi SEO plugin
Includes Production Deployment Scripts for PM2 for traditional deployments.
Fully Dockerized and includes images as well as compose file for cloud native deployments.

Confusing JRE and JDK package naming in Linux Distros

Amit Nandi — Mon, 04 Nov 2024 15:13:59 +0000

Observations on Installing Java Development Kit on Linux Distros

After recently switching to Linux, I encountered a notable difference in package naming conventions when installing Java Runtime Environment (JRE) and Java Development Kit (JDK). Many popular Linux distributions follow a similar pattern in naming these packages, but it can be a bit confusing at first.

Most distributions, including Fedora and Debian-based systems, provide:

JRE package under the name java-xx-openjdk.arch
JDK package as java-xx-openjdk-devel.arch

Quick Note on Installing Java JDK vs. JRE

It's easy to accidentally install only the JRE when you're actually looking to set up a full development environment (JDK), as the commands can appear deceptively similar.

For example:

# Installs only the Java Runtime Environment (JRE)
sudo apt install java-21-openjdk     # On Debian/Ubuntu
sudo dnf install java-21-openjdk     # On Fedora

# Installs the full Java Development Kit (JDK)
sudo apt install java-21-openjdk-devel
sudo dnf install java-21-openjdk-devel

Summary

If you simply run apt install java-21-openjdk or dnf install java-21-openjdk, it will only set up the JRE. To ensure you have the full JDK (JVM + JRE), use apt install java-21-openjdk-devel or dnf install java-21-openjdk-devel.

Below is a screenshot showing the Fedora package name and description for Java 21: