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Software Development
Good Programmers Write Bug-Free Code, Don’t They?
Good programmers create fewer bugs while bad programmers cause more. Sounds logical, doesn’t it? However, there is a lot of…
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Software Development
A Few Valid Reasons to Reject a Bug Fix
A bug exists when something doesn’t work as expected. A bug fix is basically a patch (a pull request) to…
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Core Java
A Few Thoughts on Unit Test Scaffolding
When I start to repeat myself in unit test methods by creating the same objects and preparing the data to…
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Core Java
Constructors Must Be Code-Free
How much work should be done within a constructor? It seems reasonable to do some computations inside a constructor and…
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Java
Java Web App Architecture In Takes Framework
I used to utilize Servlets, JSP, JAX-RS, Spring Framework, Play Framework, JSF with Facelets, and a bit of Spark Framework.…
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Core Java
JAXB Is Doing It Wrong; Try Xembly
JAXB is a 10-year-old Java technology that allows us to convert a Java object into an XML document (marshalling) and…
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Software Development
Code For the User, Not for Yourself
First, no matter what the methodology is, we all write software for our users (a.k.a. customers, project sponsors, end users,…
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Core Java
Utility Classes Have Nothing to Do With Functional Programming
I was recently accused of being against functional programming because I call utility classes an anti-pattern. That’s absolutely wrong! Well,…
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Software Development
Making Your Boss Happy Is a False Objective
We all have bosses. We also have customers who pay us for running their software projects. They are my bosses…
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