David Green

David Green is a developer and aspiring software craftsman. He has been programming for 20 years but only getting paid to do it for the last 10; in that time he has worked for a variety of companies from small start-ups to global enterprises.

Software Development
David GreenJune 15th, 2012
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Enterprise class Java code
There’s a natural instinct to assume that everybody else’s code is an untidy, undisciplined mess. But, if we look objectively,…
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Software Development
David GreenMarch 2nd, 2012
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Shame driven development
I always aspire to write well-crafted code. During my day job, where all production code is paired on, I think…
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Software Development
David GreenFebruary 10th, 2012
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Growing hairy software, guided by tests
Software grows organically. One line at a time, one change at a time. These changes soon add up. In an…
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Software Development
David GreenJanuary 5th, 2012
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Enough whitespace already
In most sensible languages the compiler ignores whitespace; it’s only there to help humans understand the code. The trouble is,…
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Software Development
David GreenNovember 8th, 2011
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Dealing with technical debt
We’re drowning in technical debt. We have a mountain to climb and don’t really know where to start. Sound familiar?…
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Enterprise Java
David GreenOctober 25th, 2011
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Code coverage with unit & integration tests
On a pet project recently I set out to build automated UI (integration) tests as well as the normal unit…
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Software Development
David GreenOctober 13th, 2011
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If I had more time I would have written less code
In a a blatant rip-off of the T.S Eliot quote: “if I had more time, I would have written a…
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Enterprise Java
David GreenOctober 10th, 2011
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Rich Domain Model with Guice
The anaemic domain model is a really common anti-pattern. In the world of ORM & DI frameworks we naturally seem…
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