Calen Legaspi

Calen is CEO and founder of Orange & Bronze Software Labs (http://orangeandbronze.com), an outsourcing, consulting & training firm based in Manila, specializing in Agile Software Development, Spring Framework and Grails. He is an advocate and trainer of Test-Driven Development, Object-Oriented Design, and Domain-Driven Design.

Enterprise Java
Calen LegaspiOctober 6th, 2019
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Spring MVC Binding w/o Setters
You can bind form parameters to a domain model object even if the domain model object does not have setters.…
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Agile
Calen LegaspiSeptember 15th, 2018
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The Importance of Cadence
Thousands of years ago, military thinkers realized that the only way they could effectively move thousands of troops in the…
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Software Development
Calen LegaspiAugust 17th, 2018
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TDD in an Economically Sensible Way
On TDD, we’re often at two extremes: At the start of a project, we’re as idealistic as many TDD authors…
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Software Development
Calen LegaspiNovember 2nd, 2017
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Is the Service Layer Obsolete?
A few months back, I had a conversation with my colleague, Lorenzo Dee, about Service classes. “In many cases, you don’t…
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Agile
Calen LegaspiSeptember 21st, 2015
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Agile Myth #7: “Agile Means No Documentation”
The Agile Manifesto says, “Working software over comprehensive documentation”, and many people assume that Agile means little to no documentation.…
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Core Java
Calen LegaspiJanuary 27th, 2015
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Separating Integration Tests from Unit Tests Using Maven Failsafe & JUnit @Category
Why Unit Tests Should Run Separately From Integration Tests TDD at the Unit Testing level is fairly straight-forward, since classes in unit…
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Agile
Calen LegaspiSeptember 11th, 2014
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Agile Myth #6: “Agile Means No Upfront Design”
This is my 7th post in my 13-part series, “Agile Myths and Misconceptions”, It’s based on the talk I gave at the…
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Core Java
Calen LegaspiJuly 28th, 2014
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Template Method Pattern Example Using Java Generics
If you find that a lot of your routines are exactly the same except for certain sections, you might want…
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Agile
Calen LegaspiJuly 28th, 2014
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Agile Outsourcing is Like Marriage – A 5-Step Agile Outsourcing How-To
There’s a lot of horror stories in offshore outsourcing of software development, but every once in a while you hear…
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