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Jan 01

JavaScript routing in Play 2 (Java edition)

steve1 Commenthow to, java, javascript, play framework, RESTful web servicesjavascript, play!

One of the nicest features in Play 2, but one which doesn’t seem to be widely covered, is the JavaScript routing that can be generated by the framework to make AJAX-based client code more maintainable. Here, I’m going to cover Read more

Sep 05

Banks and social engineering – a short story of fail

steveLeave a commentlife, security, Social engineering, thoughtsbanks, fraud, phishing, qr codes, security, theft

The fair is in town, and I need money. Where do I get money from? The bank. I enter the bank. I see a piece of paper loosely stuck to the ATM advertising the bank’s mobile application, and conveniently including Read more

Jun 01

A good, lazy way to write tests

steve4 Commentseducation, fundamentals, how to, java, testingDRY, interfaces, testing

Testing. I’ve been thinking a lot about testing recently. As part of code reviews I’ve done for various projects, I’ve seen thousands of lines of untested code. This is not just a case of test coverage statistics pointing this out, Read more

Jun 01

I am not a good teacher

steve2 Commentseducation, fundamentals, java

It’s been an interesting few months since I last wrote anything here. Apart from a fairly hectic project in work, my wife is re-training as a software developer and so I’ve been able to find out many ways in which Read more

Jan 02

Inferred exceptions in Java

steve4 Commentshow to, javaexceptions, generics, java, option

Wow, I can’t believe it’s been 6 weeks since I last blogged. I still need to write up a review on Plumbr, after seeing it in action at Devoxx, but to ease me back into the writing game, here’s a Read more

Nov 18

Devoxx 2012 Swag

steve2 CommentsDevoxxdevoxx, freebies, swag

Devoxx 2012 has been and gone, and it was a fantastic few days in Antwerpen. I caught up with a lot of great people, made the acquaintance of even more and saw some superb presentations (plus a couple of duds, Read more

Nov 02

Back to Basics – good comments are targeted comments

steve4 Commentsfundamentals, Software engineering, thoughtsgood practice, software engineering, thoughts

I can’t think of a single person who enjoys writing comments in code. I don’t, my friends and colleagues don’t, and I’m pretty sure there isn’t a meetup group for fans of it. Outside of code that I write for Read more

Oct 29

Functional tests in Play! 2 with REST-assured

steveLeave a commenthow to, java, play framework, RESTful web serviceshow-to, java, open source, play!, quick&easy, REST

In the Play! documentation, several flavours of functional testing are mentioned, including starting a HTTP server for the duration of the test – this is very useful for testing web services. In code, this looks like import static play.test.Helpers.*; … Read more

Oct 06

Thoughts on the Belgian Play! Framework User Group dojo

steveLeave a commentBelgian Play! Framework User Group, play frameworkdojo, play-be, play!, thoughts

The 3rd of October saw the Belgian Play! Framework User Group hold its first coding dojo and overall, it was a success. It’s the first time I’ve been involved in the organisation of anything like this, although the vast majority Read more

Sep 30

Twitter4J – quick fix for 401 issues

steve3 Commentshow to401, system time, twitter4j, unauthorised

The Belgian Play! Framework User Group is holding its first dojo on Wednesday, and I’m helping to implement the reference application.  We’re using Twitter as a communication point, and one of the best (the best?) Twitter API for Java is Read more

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