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Ganymede MkII

Posted on September 23, 2008 by Shine Technologies

Time to try Ganymede install again as the current version has got itself very confused! Install from scratch should take no more than 10-15mins (excluding any download times). This should give a good eclipse setup to do GWT and Maven … Continue reading →

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Be Lazy: Automate Everything

Posted on August 6, 2008 by Shine Technologies

One of my pet hates in software development is repetitive tasks: a complicated deployment process, tricky configuration of an application, repetitive editing motions that are just a little too messy for a find/replace. All of the above have, in the … Continue reading →

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Eclipse Ganymede…

Posted on July 9, 2008 by Shine Technologies

This was just too painful! Unfortunately I would have to recommend to people to stay away from Ganymede if you use Subversion for version control until they sort out connectors, update sites etc. After installing on 4 machines (3 macs, … Continue reading →

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Using Git for Local Version Control

Posted on June 19, 2008 by Shine Technologies

The Problem As I work, I like to be able to do very regular checkins to our Subversion server (ensuring the tests pass beforehand, of course). This gives me an easy fallback position if I make some change that causes … Continue reading →

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Unit Testing and The Way of Testivus

Posted on August 9, 2007 by Shine Technologies

Recently Ben posted an entry and presentation on test driven development. An amusing take on this can be found in The Way of Testivus which provides the wisdom of ancient masters on testing. My personal favourite is: The pupil asked … Continue reading →

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Mocking Classes, Not Interfaces

Posted on July 20, 2007 by Shine Technologies

Those who have seen my recent presentation on Test-Driven Development may be curious as to why all of my examples used services and DAOs that were defined directly as classes, instead of defining interfaces first and then having separate implementation … Continue reading →

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Eclipse Web Tools Platform: Bringing Joy Into The Lives Of Others…

Posted on June 22, 2007 by Shine Technologies

Well, this week I’ve been able to introduce another developer to the Eclipse Web Tools Platform project and it’s been satisfying to see the look of joy on his face as he discover its hidden gems. As well as the … Continue reading →

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Key Exchange using Noise

Posted on May 28, 2007 by Shine Technologies

For those techno-geeks who are interested in encryption – I mean in how it actually works, not just how we can use it – take a look at some interesting work being done in the States on using thermal noise … Continue reading →

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