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Software Development
My Favorite Online Resources for Advanced Java Developers
The ProgramCreek.com blog has recently featured two interesting posts targeted at “advanced” Java developers: Top 10 Books For Advanced Level…
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Core Java
Better JUnit-based Unit Tests with NetBeans 7.4 beta Hints
In my last post, I wrote about hints provided in NetBeans 7.4 beta that improve a developer’s ability to avoid…
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Core Java
NetBeans 7.4 Beta Hints Warn of Ineffective Exception Handling
There are numerous examples of how Java exception handling can be more difficult than it might first appear and Josh…
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Software Development
Is Java Riskier than C/C++?
Lately, I’ve heard a number of folks discussing whether Java development is riskier than development in C/C++ (from here on…
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Enterprise Java
Ant Properties Nuances
Every once in a while, I’m reminded of a few subtle nuances of Ant properties that can, when forgotten, lead…
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Groovy
Groovy Sql and Oracle ‘Invalid column index’ SQLException
There are some minor potential dangers associated with Groovy’s def keyword. The Groovy style and language feature guidelines for Java…
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Groovy
Escaping XML with Groovy 2.1
When posting source code to my blog, I often need to convert less than signs (<), and greater than signs…
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Groovy
Enhanced Groovy-based JAR/Manifest Diff Tool
This brief blog post provides another Groovy script that provides simple differencing of two JAR (or WAR or EAR) files…
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Groovy
Comparing Manifest Files with Groovy
My last post discussed comparing the high-level contents of two JAR files using a Groovy script and a 2011 post…
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