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Software Development
Fixing a bug is like catching a fish
Manager: So, how long will it take to fix this bug? Inexperienced Programmer: An hour maybe? Two tops? I’ll get…
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Software Development
Characteristics of successful developers
Many blogs exist about personal (soft) characteristics of successful developers. Here is a short listing of some interesting links: 50…
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Software Development
Learning to Fail
Back at university, when I dealt with much low-level problem solving and very basic libraries and constructs, I learned to…
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Enterprise Java
Quartz 2 Scheduler example
Quartz is an open source job scheduling framework. It can be used to manage and schedule jobs in the application.…
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Enterprise Java
Smart Batching
How often have we all heard that “batching” will increase latency? As someone with a passion for low-latency systems this…
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Desktop Java
JavaFX 2.0 Layout Panes – GridPane
The GridPane is without a doubt the most powerfull and flexible layout pane in JavaFX 2.0. It lays out its…
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Software Development
Software for Use
Here’s confession of a full time software developer: I hate most software. With passion. Why I Hate Software Software developers…
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Enterprise Java
Email filtering using Aspect and Spring Profile
During web application development, often the need for sending emails arise. However, sometimes the database is populated by data from…
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Core Java
IO vs. NIO – Interruptions, Timeouts and Buffers
Let’s imagine a system that sometimes needs to copy a file to a few locations, but in a way where…
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