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Java Camp 8 - Krakow - Why/What/How We Learn?

During Java Camp 8 (see www.java.pl/?p=216 - in Polish!) we had a 1h discussion about why we (Java developers) learn, what we learn, and how we learn. This blog post provides some notes (however, I do not claim them to be representative for the discussion - there are merely things that I remembered).

Testing Newsletter - 2012/03

Summary on what happened in JVM (Java, Groovy, Scala) developers testing world in February 2012. Links to the most interesting articles and blog posts. News from JUnit, TestNG, Mockito, Selenium, Arquillian, mutation testing and many more. Enjoy!

Pretty Useless Javadocs

Valuable Javadocs are hard to find. This blog post presents some really stupid, unnecessary and irritating Javadocs that I found when browsing some code.

Creating Directories With Fluent Interface

A short story about refactoring of a simple utility method - from boolean parameters to the fluent interface. All in the name of making the API perfect. :)

Testing Newsletter - 2012/02

Summary on what happened in JVM (Java, Groovy, Scala) developers testing world in January 2012. Links to the most interesting articles and blog posts. News from JUnit, TestNG, Mockito, Selenium, Arquillian, mutation testing and many more. Enjoy!

Java Camp 7 - Krakow - Hadoop, RESTEasy, Web Apps Security and FREE PIZZA!

Today I attended Java Camp #7 in Krakow (see http://www.java.pl/?p=212 for event announcement). The meeting was devoted to web applications security, Hadoop and RESTEasy. There were also some additional goodies - discussion panel, free pizza and some licences for really cool software.

First Glance At PIT Mutation Testing Tool

Long time ago I got attracted to mutation testing (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutation_testing). Alas, at that time all the Java mutation testing tools were useless: abandoned and forgotten long time ago. Lately I discovered a new tool - PIT Mutation Testing (http://pitest.org/) - which is actively developed. So I gave it a try. A very limited try (but that is only the beginning!).

Testing Newsletter - 2012/01

Summary on what happened in JVM (Java, Groovy, Scala) developers testing world in December 2011. News from JUnit, TestNG, Mockito, Selenium, Arquillian, mutation testing and many more. Also links to some good articles and blog posts. Enjoy!

A New Book On Unit Tests - Q1 2012

I'm happy to announce that my book on unit tests - Practical Unit Testing with TestNG and Mockito - will be available in Q1 2012! Stay tuned!

 
 
 
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