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Continuous Deployment: Are You Afraid It Might Work?
I’ve been wondering for a few years now, why it’s so hard to get companies to prioritize the work that I feel is important. I mean, I’m telling you how to do it and you aren’t ...

Java heap space, native heap and memory problems
Recently, I was discussing with a friend, why the Java process uses more memory than the maximum heap that we set when starting the java process. All java objects that code creates ...

Seven Tips For Using Third-Party Libraries
There are many good reasons to use code written by others in your application. This post describes some best practices to optimize your re-use experience. Library ...

Integrating Bean Validation with JAX-RS in Java EE 6
JavaBeans Validation (Bean Validation) is a new validation model available as part of Java EE 6 platform. The Bean Validation model is supported by constraints in the form of annotations ...

15 Online Learning websites that you should check out
Planning start something new in this year? You can start to learn online now. Online education is gaining popularity over the last few years, as it should. I have tried few of them ...

Selecting Your Java EE 6 Application Server
The number one question I get asked is: ‘Which Java EE Application server should we use?’. With the growing adoption of Java EE 6 new compatible application server get certified. The ...

Super Quick Tomcat App Deployment Using a PULL Script
If you managed to read my last blog you’ll remember that I demonstrated a simple script for creating a new tomcat installation on a server by splitting the tomcat binaries from ...

Hardening Sprints. What are they? Do you need them?
For anyone who is developing software using Scrum, XP or another incremental development approach, the idea of a “hardening sprint” or a “release iteration” is bound to come ...

Spring MVC – Customizing RequestMappingHandlerMapping
When Spring MVC is configured using <mvc:annotation-driven/> in an xml bean definition file, internally a component called RequestMappingHandlerMapping gets registered with Spring ...

Writing a Tile Engine in JavaFX
With the advent of embedded versions of JavaFX, our framework has become more interesting for game development, since we now can target small consumer devices like tablets & smartphones. ...




