The Java Logging Mess

Every application needs logging. And right now there are a lot of options on what exactly to use for logging…

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On DTOs

DTOs, or data-transfer objects, are commonly used. What is not s? commonly-known is that they originate from DDD (Domain-driven design).…

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On domain-driven design, anemic domain models, code generation, dependency injection and more…

Eric Evans has formulated what domain-driven design (DDD) is. Martin Fowler is a great supporter and advocate of DDD. These…

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Those evil frameworks and their complexity

Frameworks like Hibernate and Spring are industry-standards. JSF, EJB and the likes are also standards and used in many applications.…

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What to do with IDE project files

Each IDE generates its specific project/config/build files. Eclipse generates .project and .classpath, and also the .settings directory. IntelliJ IDEA has…

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