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Core Java
About Java Packages
I hope we all agree that methods an classes should be small and have only few dependencies. This point of…
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Core Java
NetBeans 7.2 beta: Faster and More Helpful
There has been significant excitement about the beta release of NetBeans 7.2. In this post, I look briefly at what…
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Software Development
Consumerization of IT – What it means for the Architect
Consumerization is described as the trend for IT to first emerge in the Consumer space and subsequently makes its way…
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Enterprise Java
ADF Task Flow: Managed bean scopes for page fragments
Introduction When we work with ADF Task Flows and need to implement some flow specific business logic or store some…
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Enterprise Java
Google AppEngine: Task Queues API
Task Queues com.google.appengine.api.taskqueue With Task Queues a user can initiate a request to have applications perform work outside of this…
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Software Development
Why Developers Never Use State Machines
A few months ago I saw a great little blog post about state machines on the Shopify blog. The message…
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Desktop Java
JBox2D and JavaFX: Events and forces
In yesterdays samples you saw how you can create a simple world, and display it with WorldView, and how to…
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Groovy
Using Groovy scriptlets inside a *.docx document
Introduction One of my recent projects required automated generation of contracts for customers. Contract is a legal document of about…
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Software Development
Stupid Design Decisions (Part I)
Maybe you know the joke where a young software engineer goes into a bar, puts a green frog on top…
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