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Software Development
Why I stopped using Spring
My post on DZone about Humble Architects sparked somewhat of a controversy, especially around my disparaing comments regarding Spring and…
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Agile
11 areas an Agile Project Manager needs to focus on
In my previous posts I focused on the Attitudes of a Great Software Developer and the Attitudes of a Great…
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Core Java
Garbage Collector guidelines and tips
These are some of the guidelines and tips I usually look at when I need to tune the GC. Are…
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Enterprise Java
Scaling Spring Batch – Step Partitioning
We have talked about how to get up and running with Spring Batch in a few of previous articles. Now,…
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Agile
When something works, share it!
When I joined PaddyPower in October 2012 I was asked to improve quality without affecting throughput. I studied the teams…
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Enterprise Java
Dozer: Mapping JAXB Objects to Business/Domain Objects
Dozer is an open source (Apache 2 license) "Java Bean to Java Bean mapper that recursively copies data from one…
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Software Development
Service Composition: Modularity for SOA and Event-Driven Applications, Part I
Modularity is a cornerstone of good application design. As systems become more distributed, we’re faced with unique challenges to achieving…
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Agile
Agile, Agile, Agile. What is so different about Agile for Developers and Testers?
The word Agile has taken the software world by storm. Agile has grown well past it’s hype cycle. People have…
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Core Java
Lambda, will it serialize?
So I have been ponder an enhancement required on the Tyrus project that would allow a user to broadcast to…
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