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Useful Maven Plugins
I realized that by now I have written several maven plugins that make my (and several other folks’) life easy and it would be useful to have one place that enumerates them. So here it is Maven SQL...
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Testing a JavaEE database application
Java EE is more than a decade old; old enough to assume that there are several applications out there that have acquired the infamous “legacy” status. One of the most challenging aspects of such an...
View ArticleAn over eager code coverage tool!
When I wrote this post about checking code coverage while testing Java applications, I got feedback from users who complained about the cobertura plugin running twice when run with the check goal....
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Grails – The Holy Grail of Rapid Application Development
Today there are far too many choices in the technology stack to build a modern enterprise application. Altho’, for the most part, that’s a good thing, when it comes to building a plain vanilla solution...
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What’s so Groovy about Groovy?
After working on a GRAILS project, I decided to dig a little deeper into the underlying technology: Groovy, a 21st century language with a 70′s name . There are many good things that can be written...
View ArticleA Spring MVC response nuance
I recently had the need to write a RESTful web service. Spring has re-engineered the MVC project to support REST based services (because the large overlap in annotation support), whereas it has left...
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Java Property Management Across Build Environments
Using Java properties to specify “boundary conditions” or user preferences of any non-trivial application is standard practice in many development shops. However, even though using properties is a good...
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Distributed Development with Git
I recently started working in an environment where we have to develop software using teams that are geographically dispersed over several timezones. There are many challenges (and benefits) of such a...
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Database Stored Procedure vs Middle Tier Services
When designing a typical enterprise application using a JEE stack, that is backed by a relational database, the question often arises: Should we be placing business logic in the middle tier or in...
View ArticleThe Guava EventBus and Spring Proxies
The Guava EventBus model is a neat way to use events (both synchronous and async) in your application without having to use the explicit Listener interfaces. More can be read about the simplicity of...
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Rails vs Grails
I had a week between projects so I decided to take a deep dive into the Ruby on Rails (RoR) ecosystem and compare it against my earlier experience with Grails (from the Groovy, Java and Spring camp)....
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Discovering REST
In this post I’ll cover two aspects about designing RESTful applications: How to design the URLs that can be used to interact with your application, so that the state of the resource can represent the...
View ArticleDoes Test Driven Development Really Work?
In an assembly of geeks, whenever someone suggests the possibility of adopting Test Driven Development(TDD), I can almost see the collective eye-roll! Although widely regarded as a great technique for...
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Job Posting for Lucas
Hi, We are hiring at Lucas Systems. This position is based in Pittsburgh, PA Please get in touch with me, if interested. . Looking for a bright, energetic and passionate individual who likes writing...
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Angular JS From a Different Angle!
I recently made the switch to a full-stack JavaScript front end framework for an enterprise application that we are building. In this post, I’ll talk about the integration (or, rather lack thereof) of...
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