Useful Java Utilities and Frameworks
There are so many useful Java frameworks and utilities out there that are free and open source that it boggles the mind. Here are a few of my recent favorites. Feel free to add your own to the list....
View ArticleClosures Are in Again
According to Sun, the controversial language feature, Closures, that was previously removed from the JDK 7 feature list has now been added in again (via). I’m looking forward to the JSR on this one....
View ArticleSpring 3.0 RESTful Web Services By Example
Update:See this post for an updated code example that works with Spring 3.0.1.RELEASE. If you’re reading this then you’re probably aware that the new Spring 3.0 release will have REST support (If...
View ArticleBreak the Build? Face the Wrath of Chuck Norris.
Last week I was looking for a Hudson plugin that would hot deploy a web application to a remote container. In the process I managed to find several other useful and, admittedly, fun plugins. Findbugs...
View ArticleSpring 3.0 REST Release Update
In December 2009 I talked about getting a RESTful web service up and running using Spring 3.0.0.RC3. Since then Spring has had 3.0.0.RELEASE and 3.0.1.RELEASE. One of these releases caused my code...
View ArticleWindows CoffeeScript Auto-Compiler using Groovy and JDK 7 WatcherService
Update: Node.js for Windows has been improved since this post, so this information is obsolete. Last time I checked I was able to run CoffeeScript the same on Windows as I do on Linux and OSX. If...
View ArticlePlay Framework 2.1: The Bloom is Off The Rose
Update: This post has gotten a lot more attention than I expected and I just want to say to those reading: Thanks for stopping by! On a recent project, my team evaluated several web frameworks for an...
View ArticlePlay 2.1 Addendum
In my previous post, Play 2.1: The Bloom Is Off The Rose, I talked about several real-world problems I’ve had when using Play 2.1. I’ve since received responses from the Play team which prompted me to...
View ArticleComments Working Again
In the past week, I’ve noticed a ton of traffic to one of my blog posts, but no comments. At first I thought it was a fluke, but then I got suspicious and tried to comment myself. I received an error...
View ArticleChanging Play 2 DB Configuration At Runtime: Beware of Dragons
Maybe you work for a company that leaves DB passwords in plaintext in configuration files on their servers. You would probably be among the majority. Or maybe your company encrypts passwords in...
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