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Enterprise Java
JSF – Eager CDI beans
Everybody knows eager managed beans in JSF 2. @ManagedBean has an eager attribute. If eager=’true’ and the scope is application,…
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Desktop Java
JavaFX: Space Invaders in less than 175 LOC
With the current version of the API I’m at less than 175 LOC for Space Invaders. I’ve got lot’s of…
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Desktop Java
Styling JavaFX Pie Chart with CSS
JavaFX provides certain colors by default when rendering charts. There are situations, however, when one wants to customize these colors.…
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DevOps
Releasing more often drives better Dev and better Ops
One of the most important decisions that we made as a company was to release less software, more often. After…
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Software Development
Java is dead (again)
Here is a couple of responses to this annual question I thought worth sharing: The Day Java lost the Battle…
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Core Java
Testing Expected Exceptions with JUnit Rules
This post shows how to test for expected exceptions using JUnit. Let’s start with the following class that we wish…
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Core Java
Java 7: Fork/Join Framework Example
The Fork/Join Framework in Java 7 is designed for work that can be broken down into smaller tasks and the…
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Enterprise Java
Leveraging MOXy in your Web Service via JAX-WS Provider
In previous articles I demonstrated how EclipseLink JAXB (MOXy) is directly integrated into the JAX-WS implementations in WebLogic (as of…
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Enterprise Java
Understanding the Play Filter API
With Play 2.1 hot off the press, there have been a lot of people asking about the new Play filter…
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