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Software Development
The disastrous impact of IT Outsourcing to the Motivation and Results of Software Developers
IT Outsourcing (or the transfer of business functions to an external service provider) is a common practice in almost all…
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Core Java
Solving a Producer-Consumer Problem in Java
The producer-consumer problem is one of the most frequently encountered problems when we attempt multi threaded programming. While not as…
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Desktop Java
Java GUI Application Shutdown Gotcha
In recent times I’ve had issues with one or two Java GUI application not shutting down when I close them.…
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Core Java
Easy Unit and Integration Code Coverage
This example shows how to generate coverage for unit and integration tests using Maven and Sonar. It uses very simple…
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Core Java
Java pitfalls: Field access in inner classes
This is not a “pitfall” per se, but an implementation detail worth knowing. Let’s say I have a inner class…
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Software Development
The Developer/Non-Developer Impedance Mismatch
Most software developers have probably heard of and even had experiences with the object-relational impedance mismatch (often addressed with ORM…
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Core Java
Java static methods can be a code smell
Definition of code smell (from Wikipedia): “any symptom in the source code of a program that possibly indicates a deeper…
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Software Development
Software Development Metrics that Matter
As an industry we do a surprisingly poor job of measuring the work that we do and how well we…
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Enterprise Java
Google App Engine JAX-RS REST service
In this article you will learn how to create a REST service using JAX-RS reference implementation (Jersey) and deploy it…
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