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March 10, 2010

Articles

A listing of articles and thoughts related to Java web application development that I've written.

> Build System tips and tricks - A look at some tips and tricks with putting together an automated build system with numerous environments and server types.

> Tips on Enterprise Security - Some tips on security holes and issues discovered in the enterprise in different organizations.

> Working with Java Servers - Some issues and solutions I've had in the past in working with jboss, jrun, cfusion, tomcat, and apache web servers, and their web applications.

> A small bash scripting toolkit - A small compilation of commonly used bash commands that I've used in the past to write handy tools.

> Newbie Advice - Advice, both technical and soft skills are offered in this article to new grads from technical schools.


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• Acceptance Test-Driven Development
  I am halfway through reading Growing object-oriented software, guided by tests, a book that teaches Test-Driven Development. The book's authors introduce a very productive practice, which consists in a double cycle of TDD: a longer cycle, where you write acceptance (aka end-to-end) tests, deriving them from the user stories or formal requirements, and make them pass; and a shorter cycle contained in the first, which happens in the phase when an acceptance test is red: you write unit tests and make them pass until the related acceptance test does not fail anymore.
  
  
• Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs
  Recently at the Lambda Lounge, we spun up a study group for the classic text "Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs" (aka SICP) ! For many years this text was used for the introductory course at MIT (and other institutions).
  
  
• Best Practices for DSLs and Model Driven Development
  How to design a DSL? How to do code generation? This article covers an extensive set of best practices in the field of DSLs and MDD based on years of practical experience.
  
  
• Help create/select a great "OSQA" logo!
  OSQA is a new open source Q&A system to power your own "answers" community. OSQA doesn't have a logo yet, but it would be cool to develop one and make some graphics people could use on their blogs and OSQA sites. Please help.
  
  

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