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Core Java
ANTLR – Semantic Predicates
Parsing simple grammar with antlr is simple. All you have to do is to use regular expressions to describe your…
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Enterprise Java
Checking out what is new with Servlet 3.0
With the JEE6 specification hitting the market, some major changes have taken place with respect to how you would approach…
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Core Java
Functional Java collections
There is a lot of functional hype these days so I would give a short overview on what is out…
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Enterprise Java
Getting started with Quartz Scheduler on MySQL database
Here are some simple steps to get you fully started with Quartz Scheduler on MySQL database using Groovy. The script…
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Core Java
Why can’t I turn off the Garbage Collector?
Let’s start with a quick rewind to the early days of my career as a Java developer. I wanted to…
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Software Development
What Is Challenging For Developers?
In a previous post of mine I asked the question: do programmers get bored? And yes, sometimes they do, especially…
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Software Development
Making the right decisions when optimizing code
You have an optimization task at hand. Which is great – you finally have the possibility to do something interesting…
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Enterprise Java
Tips for Writing Maven Plugins
I’ve spent a lot of time recently writing or working on plugins for Maven recently. They’re simple, rewarding and fun…
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Groovy
Groovy JDK (GDK): Date and Calendar
I have looked at some highly useful methods available in Groovy GDK‘s extensions to the Java JDK in blog posts…
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