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Enterprise Java
MySql connections autodrop after a certain hours
MySql is configured to drop any connection which has been Idle for more than 8 hours. What is the implication…
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Groovy
The Lazy Developer’s Way to an Up-To-Date Libraries List
Last time I shared some tips on how to use libraries well. I now want to delve deeper into one…
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Enterprise Java
Brace yourselves – Spring Framework 4.0 is coming!
A few days ago SpringSource announced that the 4.0 version of the popular Spring framework is on the road. The…
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Scala
Scala: call me by my name please?
In Java, when frameworks such as log4J became popular in Java architectures it was a common occurence to see code…
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Software Development
Frankensystems, Half-Strangled Zombies and other Monsters
There are lots of ugly things that can happen to a system over time. This is what the arguments over…
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Enterprise Java
Testing REST with multiple MIME types
1. Overview This article will focus on testing a RESTful Service with multiple Media Types/representations. This is the tenth of…
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Software Development
What If We … Like We Hire Programmers – What Questions Are Appropriate?
Programmers often experience a high degree of frustration during the interview process, and one primary source of annoyance is how…
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Enterprise Java
Spring Property Placeholder Configurer – A few not so obvious options
Spring’s PropertySourcesPlaceholderConfigurer is used for externalizing properties from the Spring bean definitions defined in XML or using Java Config. There…
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Enterprise Java
Hamcrest Containing Matchers
The Hamcrest 1.3 Javadoc documentation for the Matchers class adds more documentation for several of that class’s methods than were…
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