I am doing a lot of setting up and configuration for Weblogic this week (devops I guess). I have been working with Weblogic for the past 4 years and I have to admit - like Eclipse - I have started getting used of it. I was a Netbeans / JBoss developer, and I've turned to Eclipse/ Weblogic guy. I am writing this post as …

I came across today a case where I needed to complete a unit-integration test of some quite complex enterprise Java code. Actually it was JSF backing bean with a specific inheritance chain, wired all together with some EJB's. Mockito is my library of preference for all these kinds of tests (really lovely library and …

If you ask me,what is your framework of choice when it comes to unit testing, the answer would be Mockito. I have been using it extensively in the past 1 1/2 year and tried to introduce_ it (sometimes under the hood) in some projects. I think it is simple enough to use (simpler than JMock) and to be integrated, so it …

Κάνω ένα μικρό διάλειμμα από την όσο και τόσο ενθουσιώδη συγγραφή της πτυχιακής μου, για να φανώ συνεπής στο ραντεβού με μία ακόμα έκδοση του Ubuntu 11.10 aka Οneiric Οcelοt. Υποψιάζομαι ότι οι core linux user θα έχουν ψιλό απογοητευτεί με τον δρόμο που έχει διαλέξει το ubuntu. Είναι φανερό ότι είναι πια η πρώτη και …

This post is just a reminder targeting new Java developers rather than experienced or senior people. Lately I have been reading and browsing on lots of different Java projects - part of my day to day duties. In order to add some fun to this activity I usually engage tools like FindBugs and PMD to check the code and …

Using Ant 1.8 (eventually they have changed the implementation from 1.7 and onwards) in case you use the Input task to read multiple things from the system console and load them into properties or do what ever you like - you will end up with a Stream is closed IOexception the second time you will invoke an Input …

Here we go again. In the first part we have gone through 3 basic tools 1) Code Repository 2) Issue Tracker 3) Wiki (Part 1). In the second part we _ve listed services like a build server, ideas tools and practices around testing and after testing practices like code coverage . Let's move on! Code quality: (Practices …

_This part (4) is contributed by a fellow reader of this blog and experienced professional, Dimitri Stergiou ( linkedin, twitter, blog). Dimitris is working as a Information Security Manager and through this post is eager to highlight the importance of designing and building a secure software solution.Security must …

We will continue to list and elaborate on simple steps towards shaping up a proper development environment. In the first part we have gone through 3 basic tools 1) Code Repository 2) Issue Tracker 3) Wiki (Part 1). Let's move on. Build Server (Continuous Integration): One of the simplest and accurate descriptions on …

I truly believe that it's part of our job, some soft of duty, to evangelize the correct way of working within the company / department we work for. Apart from doing our regular tasks analysis, design and implementation we must work efficiently under certain practices and using tools that have been there for years and …