Ditching JCL for SLF4J
When discussing these two logging API’s it really comes down to dynamic discovery vs. statically bound bridging mechanisms. As Ceki Gülcü wrote in his 2009 article detailing the problems with JCL:...
View ArticleDesert Code Camp Fall 2011
I’ll be attending Desert Code Camp tomorrow (today). The event will be going from about 9 to like 4:30pm. I’m going to be presenting on Spring Data JPA. Just a volunteer thing. Anyway, I built a...
View ArticleSuggested Reading
In the last few months, there have been quite a few really great articles floating around about being a software engineer, getting hired, self-promotion and strengths and weaknesses of a few major...
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Catching Up: Six Months in Photos
I’ve been all over the place in the last six months and have had a rough time keeping up wig my blog. So here’s the abbreviated version in photos.
View ArticleMailing List Question: @Autowired Ambiguities
Today a question went out on a Spring mailing list asking about @Autowired dependencies, AOP proxies, and interfaces. I thought this was a great foundation question. So I thought I’d share it here....
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Dear Arizona: This is Moss
For the vegetation starved, a treat from the Northwest. This is something they call moss. It’s kinda like nature’s bath mat. I find it striking.
View ArticleGWT can be Magical
The person or people responsible for the following must either be much more knowledgeable than I about JavaScript if statements, or simply more sinister. While pretty compiling one of my GWT modules...
View ArticleSuggested Reading: Programming
Today I have a few goodies for you. The first a well thought out response to the increasing complexity of PHP frameworks. The second, a now well known reactionary response to the evolution of software...
View ArticleCode Obfuscation: Anonymous Inner Class Death
Java, like most other modern languages, will let you get away with some really ugly code. Inspired by my recent gaze into GWT generated JavaScript, I decided to crank out this little gem. I’ve pretty...
View ArticleISOs, DD and HDIUTIL – Backup Preparation
I moved recently, and as part of that mess, discovered a number of old hard disks, CDs and DVDs that had just been sitting in boxes and closets. Now, I know that most of this data is trash since I...
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