Category Archives: work

Java 5 Enums Are Cool!

Posted on May 19, 2010 by Josh Peters

Java 5 enums are powerful things. Anytime you need a limited list of values, you should consider an enum class (versus a String or int). Java 5 enums can have methods as well, which leads to some powerful combinations.

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Working with JAR files in Maven

Posted on July 13, 2009 by Josh Peters

Apache Maven has become my build tool of choice at work. It seems that nearly every week I learn how to do something new with Maven (part of this is my inexperience, part is the plethora of awesome plug-ins). I’ve … Continue reading →

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The BBC knows how to make web sites!

Posted on January 29, 2009 by Josh Peters

How the BBC makes web sites. Dang, the BBC has put a good deal of thought into information design. This is a great read for anyone interested in information architecture.

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SLF4J

Posted on January 12, 2009 by Josh Peters

One of the dependencies for dbUnit on it is SLF4J (a.k.a. the Simple Logging Facade for Java).  SLF4J aims to be a wrapper replacement for Java Commons Logging similar to Log4j.  The biggest bonus for using SLF4J is the fact … Continue reading →

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Context-driven testing

Posted on January 2, 2009 by Josh Peters

Google’s Testing Blog introduced me to a presentation on Context-Driven Test Automation by Pete Schnieder of F5 Networks. It’s a good presentation that discusses some of the different perspectives with regards to unit testing and how to best involve those … Continue reading →

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Inkscape 0.46 Rocks

Posted on April 10, 2008 by Josh Peters

For the past year I’ve been using the pretty good Inkscape 0.45 for any vector drawing I had to do at work.  I use Inkscape for three purposes: playing, diagramming, and flow-charting. The day after my 29th birthday, Inkscape hit … Continue reading →

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Better Living Through URL Rewriting

Posted on February 18, 2008 by Josh Peters

I’ve mentioned URL Rewriting twice before (here and here if you’re curious). URL Rewriting is a great technology that makes Cool URIs much easier to obtain and manage.  Essentially you run a filter on your web server that listens to … Continue reading →

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Symbolic Links in Subversion

Posted on January 18, 2008 by Josh Peters

My work SVN repository is taking a while to update (see here for details).  So I’ll just write a bit about the latest neat feature I’ve been benefiting from in Subversion: svn:externals. The idea is an old one: link to … Continue reading →

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Learning Kuali

Posted on November 29, 2007 by Josh Peters

This week I’ve been in class learning instead of at my desk working. We’re adopting a new system at work that is quite complicated and has many, many parts to it. Since discovering Spring I can say that I’m less … Continue reading →

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Dealing with Stress

Posted on November 9, 2007 by Josh Peters

Lately the workplace has been a bit stressful for reasons I won’t go into (though transparency is good and has its place). I’ve definitely been hard-pressed in some of my beliefs and training in respectful communication. If you’re a person … Continue reading →

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