Top 10 Causes of Java EE Enterprise Performance Problems
Please note that this article is in-depth but I'm confident that this substantial read will be worth your time.
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The Reality of a Developer's Life
In this post I am going to try to illustrate in a funny way the reality of a developer's life. With GIFs
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MVC is dead, it's time to MOVE on.
MVC is a phenomenal idea. You have models, which are nice self-contained bits of state, views which are nice self-contained bits of UI,... more »
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eXo Insights from Devoxx World 2012
Two weeks ago, three eXoers had the opportunity to attend the Devoxx 2012 conference, aka Devoxx World, in Belgium. Alain Defrance... more »
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Must-reads for Java Developers: From Beginner to Professional
In the last few months I noticed that I’ve been recommending the same books again and again to new and also to experienced developers.... more »
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Testing Java with Groovy
What makes Groovy particularly appealing with respect to other scripting languages is its seamless integration with the Java platform.... more »
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5 tips for proper Java Heap size
Determination of proper Java Heap size for a production system is not a straightforward exercise. In my Java EE enterprise experience, I... more »
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I Don't Care About "Agile"
All ideas are great, until they are confronted with reality. The concept of Management By Objectives by Peter F. Drucker was great,... more »
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CodeBrag - code reviews done differently
A super-simple tool that makes code reviews well-managed and fun to your team. Be proud of your code! Powered by @softwaremill, sign up for the Beta!
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20 Subjects Every Software Engineer Should Know
Here are the most important subjects for software engineering, with brief explanations.
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JUnit's evolving structure
Evolution of JUnit packages from 3.7 to 4.11 - more interesting than it sounds! :)
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8 Things you should not be afraid of as a Developer
In Software development, you are often faced with certain problems. This Article describes some, and how to deal with them.
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Why Your Next Cloud App Will Probably Suck Without….Unit Testing
Every day, developers are the world use unit tests as an internal control on the functionality and compatibility of their applications... more »
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Test Driven Development brings Stability to Zurmo Open Source CRM
Employing a Test Driven Development (TDD) methodology when building a complex application may be tedious and take twice as much time, but... more »
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Technical Lead != Team Lead
During my career, I’ve worked with, for, and as a Technical Lead, Technical Authority, Technical Architect, Team Lead, and a Agile Team... more »
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This is my NetBeans IDE, and how I work
NetBeans is a powerful and highly customizable IDE. Let me explain how I use it everyday.
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Programming language trends
Every since I started investigating the popularity of programming languages by looking at their usage on Github and StackOverflow I have... more »
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Building lightweight in memory caches with Google Guava – no more putIfAbsent
I can’t count the number of times I found myself implementing some sort of cache. In many situations caching is really useful e.g. when... more »
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Scrum in 5 Minutes
The goal of this blog entry is to explain the basic concepts of Scrum in less than five minutes. You learn how Scrum can help a team of... more »
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Deep testing of integrations with Camel
How to integration test your Apache Camel applications; while keeping your tests decoupled from real services, and the rest of your development team.
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Serious About Your Software Career? Leave your job
I believe to be successful and well-rounded in the technology/software space, you have to change jobs every few years or so. Ultimately,... more »
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Remember when Software Testing was Considered an Artform?
Over the last few months I’ve had the opportunity to attend a number of extremely interesting and mind-expanding conferences focusing on... more »
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Jenkins on PaaS: Continuous Integration with Jenkins for Java Projects
Jenkins is an open source CI server written in Java. It is licensed under the MIT license terms, and it is widely adopted throughout the... more »
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Software Development tips and tricks
These are just some tips and tricks I learnt over my career that I'd like to share. This list does not contains silver bullets and it... more »
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6 Tips to Improve Your Java Exception Handling
Getting exception handling right can save you hours finding and resolving issues. Here are some tips to take your Java exception handling... more »
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