Preparing for SCDJWS Part 20: XML Processing APIs: SAX, StAX, DOM, XSLT, and JAXB
Some time ago I wrote the following JUnit test case. It contains 10 methods which test SAX, DOM, StAX, and JAXB in both validating and not validating... more »
Add, remove and reorder a method's arguments instantly across multiple classes in Eclipse
Eclipse has a lot of refactorings, but one that can save you oodles of time is Change Method Signature, a way to add, remove or reorder arguments on a... more »
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Unit testing with Commons HttpClient library
Commons Http Client from Jakarta facilitates integration with HTTP services but how to easily unit test code that depends on the HttpClient library?
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Tales From The Cloud. Everything beta
Commons Http Client from Jakarta facilitates integration with HTTP services but how to easily unit test code that depends on the HttpClient library?
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Week 3 – Myths and Truths about Performance Measurement Overhead Performance, Scalability and Architecture – Java and .NET Application Performance Management (dynaTrace Blog)
In this third article of my Performance Almanac I discuss the role of overhead in performance management. As a performance management solution... more »
A Quick Comparison of VMware vCloud & Amazon EC2 APIs
Key differences and similarities between the APIs to help developers decide which meets their needs. VMware recently entered the cloud computing IaaS... more »
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Git for Eclipse users
An introduction to the concepts behind DVCS and Git for those Eclipse users who are used to CVS and SVN. Note that this blog entry does not compare... more »
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Learning Clojure #5: Iterator as Sequence
Some of the first code I wrote in Clojure was calling into an existing Java library which returned something that extends Iterator. In Clojure,... more »
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Project Euler infected
Step by step explanation of how to improve a computer program which solves the mathematical puzzle no. 4 of the Project Euler site.
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Name your objects right
How much does it costs to think about the right name for you object/variables ? What are the implications ?
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