Month: May 2014
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Core Java
Writing Clean Tests – It Starts from the Configuration
It is pretty hard to figure out a good definition for clean code because everyone of us has our own…
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Core Java
Three-State Booleans in Java
Every now and then, I miss SQL’s three-valued BOOLEAN semantics in Java. In SQL, we have: TRUE FALSE UNKNOWN (also…
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Agile
Agile tools do NOT make you Agile
Ask yourself the following questions: Do great golf clubs make you a great golfer? Does a formula one race make…
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Core Java
Common Java Myths
These are questions which are likely to be too advanced to ask in any interview as they may just put…
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Software Development
Simple Binary Encoding
Financial systems communicate by sending and receiving vast numbers of messages in many different formats. When people use terms like…
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Core Java
The effects of programming with Java 8 Streams on algorithm performance
Multi-paradigm programming with Java has been possible for many years, with its support for a mix of service oriented, object…
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Groovy
Groovy Closures: this, owner, delegate let’s make a DSL
Groovy closures are super cool. To fully understand them, I think it’s really important to understand the meaning of this,…
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Core Java
Java 8 Friday: Let’s Deprecate Those Legacy Libs
At Data Geekery, we love Java. And as we’re really into jOOQ’s fluent API and query DSL, we’re absolutely thrilled…
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Enterprise Java
Java EE7 and Maven project for newbies – part 2 – defining a simple war for our application
Resuming from the first part Part #1 We have just defined, our parent pom. A special type of pom that…
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