Month:May 2014
- Software Development
Testing effectively
Recently, there was a heaty debate regarding TDD which started by DHH when he claimed that TDD is dead. This…
Read More » - Enterprise Java
Connecting to Cassandra from Java
In my post Hello Cassandra, I looked at downloading the Cassandra NoSQL database and using cqlsh to connect to a…
Read More » - Core Java
Is it Imperative that you learn Functional Programming with Java 8?
I’ve recently been taking look at Java 8 and have got hold of “Java 8 In Action” published by Manning.…
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SharedHashMap vs Redis
Overview This is a comparison between OpenHFT’s SharedHashMap and a popular key-value store Redis. Any vendor will tell you how…
Read More » - Agile
Scaling Agile? Think Out, Not Up
I taught the Influential Agile Leader workshop with Gil Broza last week in Edinburgh. (That’s why I was quiet. I…
Read More » - Core Java
My Move From ColdFusion to Java Development
Although I studied and experimented with different development technologies and tools throughout my college and graduate careers, my full-time professional…
Read More » - Android Core
Create a jar library with gradle using AAR info
Some posts ago, I talked about how to use gradle to push an aar to maven central. If you remember,…
Read More » - Core Java
Playing with Java 8 – Lambdas, Paths and Files
I needed to read a whole bunch of files recently and instead of just grabbing my old FileUtils.java that I…
Read More » - Software Development
HTML5: Offline Upload of Images
I am currently working on an application which has needs to work offline. This has the beneficial side effect, we…
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