Category Archives: Java

Observations on the Play! framework

Posted on September 18, 2011 by James Gregory

Java stacks certainly are tall. You have your web server, your application server, servlet container, an IoC container, JPA, JAAS, JAX-RS, and that’s before you actually write any code. The Play! framework seems set to change all that. It throws … Continue reading →

Also posted in .NET, Behavior Driven Development, C#, Unit Testing | 20 Comments

Java IoC containers and classpath scanning (or what I’ve been looking for from .NET for months)

Posted on September 19, 2010 by Ryan Svihla

Frustrated with the typical way I saw IoC used in Java where every example I found involved thousands of lines of XML and/or Java code to configure Java beans or components.  This is very different than IoC typically used in … Continue reading →

Also posted in Philosophy of Software, Principles and Patterns | Leave a comment

Project Management in Java: A Confused .NET Developer’s Perspective

Posted on July 12, 2010 by Ryan Svihla

When I was first introduced to workplace Java the amount of ways one could define a project appeared to be restrictive, confusing and a point of frequent friction. While those things may all be true, it’s a great deal better … Continue reading →

Also posted in Education, Lean Systems, Management, Philosophy of Software, Principles and Patterns | 4 Comments

Anonymous Types In C# Are A Crippled Hack

Posted on April 14, 2010 by Derick Bailey

I’ve been learning a bit of Java recently, reading Unlocking Android and playing with the Android SDK to try and learn how to write apps for my Droid. I have known, intellectually, about some of the key differences between .NET … Continue reading →

Also posted in .NET, Android, C# | 35 Comments

Awesome Code Analysis Plugin for Java

Posted on April 15, 2009 by Joshua Lockwood

I was browsing the plugins available for Intellij and came across this gem: http://findbugs.sourceforge.net/. Hats off to University of Maryland for this nifty little tool (does not require Intellij).  Findbugs does static analysis of your projects and identifies patterns for … Continue reading →

Also posted in Principles and Patterns | 35 Comments

Seeking Closures

Posted on September 4, 2008 by Joshua Lockwood

So, what’s a closure and why should I care? As Bob Dylan said, “…the times they are a changin’.”   The strange world of functional programming, once restricted to more esoteric languages such as LISP, Erlang and Haskell, is now invading … Continue reading →

Also posted in Management | 5 Comments

Note on sets in hibernate/nHibernate

Posted on June 5, 2008 by Joshua Lockwood

I just wanted to share this with anyone who is not aware… Caveat:  After reviewing my original post and the comments that follow I had initially elected to change the container tag in the example below from set to list.  … Continue reading →

Also posted in Community, Management | 5 Comments

Nested classes with JUnit

Posted on April 28, 2008 by Joshua Lockwood

Recently I was playing with JUnit 4.X.  I wanted to be able to define tests in nested classes as I had before with NUnit.  This was to facilitate BDD-ish test definitions, where I break up unit tests by test context. … Continue reading →

Also posted in Agile, Analysis and Design, Kanban, Lean Systems, Management | 4 Comments

JUnit 4 TestSuite Declaration

Posted on April 15, 2008 by Joe Ocampo

This is mainly for my own reference but if it helps people out there great!  The documentation on this aspect of JUnit is very poor. package agalliao.wealthManagment.domain;import org.junit.runner.RunWith;import org.junit.runners.Suite; @RunWith(Suite.class)@Suite.SuiteClasses({ investmentTests.class, catalogTests.class, markerTests.class })public class AllTests { // why on … Continue reading →

Also posted in Analysis and Design, CQRS, Pragmatism, Principles and Patterns | 6 Comments