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Enterprise Java
MongoDB: GridFS remove method deletes all files in bucket
Some time ago we ran into strange behaviour of MongoDB’s GridFS which caused me creating a Bug Ticket for the…
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Enterprise Java
Strategy Pattern ain’t meant for Spring!
Right, so lets say you’re writing a Spring MVC app and you decide, “I want to do seperate encapsulated algorithms…
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Agile
21 signs of BAD MANAGERS I met in my career as a software manager
21 signs of BAD MANAGERS I met in my career as a software manager: Bias against action or against planning,…
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Enterprise Java
Thymeleaf template layouts in Spring MVC application with no extensions
After some years with JSP/JSTL and Apache Tiles I started discovering Thymeleaf for my Spring MVC applications. Thymeleaf is a…
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Core Java
Analyze package dependencies with structure101
One key to a stable application is a well-structured codebase. We know that we should build as many black boxes…
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Core Java
Native Java Packaging with NetBeans 7.4
One of the new features of NetBeans 7.4 that made the “NetBeans 74 NewAndNoteworthy” page is “Native Packaging,” which is…
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Groovy
Grails Goodness: Namespace Support for Controllers
In a Grails application we can organize our controllers into packages, but if we use the same name for multiple…
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Android Core
Android Volley dynamic ListView: AsyncTask comparison
In this post, I will describe first how to use Volley to populate dynamically a ListView, and then compare it…
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Career
Revisiting Certifications
The job market is currently in a lull so I’ve been talking to a few new recruiters and gotten a…
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