Tools & Methods

Is Code Coverage Important?

How much code coverage is enough? Do you consider having 100% code coverage an uphill task? Based on whom you talk to, the reply you get varies considerably. I...

20 replies - 5757 views - 10/20/08 by Meera Subbarao in Articles

Service Factory and OSGI Logging Proposal

I've been doing some thinking lately about how can we log different bundles  or the same bundle with different versions with different log level.   Logging...

3 replies - 4260 views - 10/08/08 by slim.ouertani in Articles

Application Wiring on Auto-Pilot

We talked about how it is important to separate the new operators from the application logic. This separation forces your code to have factories which are...

0 replies - 2084 views - 09/24/08 by mhevery in Articles

My Number 1 Java to Python Gotcha

Fredrik Lundh is almost certainly a benevolent alien in disguise, sent to Earth to help the pitiful human race drag itself up out of the muck.In a recent post,...

4 replies - 3254 views - 08/18/08 by olivstor in News

The Best JSP/Struts/JSF Development Tool Is Now Free

My previous project was based on Struts 1.x. With Struts, it was always a love-hate relationships. On one end, it was elegant and it turned some of the...

5 replies - 10950 views - 08/18/08 by Zviki Cohen in Articles

The Undercover Adventure (Part 3): Sometimes it’s like trying to appreciate the “squareness” of a peg with round thinking.

When I initially started at the mine around 3 months ago I never anticipated that this industry would have as many acronyms as the IT industry. I was wrong. My...

2 replies - 2457 views - 07/29/08 by AnneBotha in Articles

The Undercover Adventure (Part 2): I want to know what you mean. What you meant. What you will mean. Everytime.

I am a really strong believer in validating assumptions and clearly communicating your decisions with your team before you choose to take a path in front of...

6 replies - 2675 views - 07/21/08 by AnneBotha in Articles

Agile Web Development with Grails

Agile Development is all about developing code and seeking feedback from your users to make sure you’re developing what’s relevant. When changes are...

0 replies - 5249 views - 07/16/08 by Schalk Neethling in News

The Undercover Adventure (Part 1): Being a user is hard!

After 3 years of being part of an open source software development team (amongst other things) I decided to do something unusual. I decided it was time to...

10 replies - 3262 views - 07/15/08 by AnneBotha in Articles

How to Digitally Sign Downloadable Code for Secure Content Transfer

0 replies - 5315 views - 05/02/08 by Matthew Schmidt in Whitepapers

Creating An Agile Culture

My mission in this article - to get rid of the illusion that your Software Development Process determines if your company is ‘agile’ or not. It’s down...

5 replies - 5774 views - 03/04/08 by James Sugrue in Articles