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JUnit Updates
After talking about TDD there comes time to bring my JUnit knowledge up-to-speed with 4.x and 4.8.x versions. Also, I see version 4.8.2 has finally made its way to central Maven repo. “JUnit Kung Fu: Getting More Out of Your Unit Tests” (audio) teaches some new JUnit tricks. Normally we call the class TestSomething and [...]
Tidying up XML headers
What reads better? This : Or that (real examples): Surprisingly, it is very uncommon to meet an aligned XML header. But it looks way better, isn’t it?
TDD for unbelievers
I have to admit, I was not-so-good with TDD (Test-driven development). I just didn’t see how it can help me to deliver a better software. Products and solutions I developed were pretty much rock solid and it felt good to see them running for years. What else did I need? But it was time to [...]
Software development communities in Israel
The number of software development communities in Israel has grown to the point where I felt a need to make a list which I intend to keep as updated as I can. AlphaGeeks (Facebook group) Software Craftsmanship in Israel (Eventbrite group) GarageGeeks (Facebook group) ILTechTalks (@ILTechTalks, forum, podcasts) Tikal GTUG TLV – Google Technology User [...]
Neat Delicious trick – keywords combination
The real beauty of Delicious lies in keywords combinations. I mentioned already that Delicious is my #2 most favorite productivity tool. Within time I developed a set of the most frequently-used keywords in the right column that can be combined with tags in the left column: “hudson” – Mailing list – “ml” “spring” – Issue [...]
