Spring MVC Binding w/o Setters

You can bind form parameters to a domain model object even if the domain model object does not have setters.…

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The Importance of Cadence

Thousands of years ago, military thinkers realized that the only way they could effectively move thousands of troops in the…

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TDD in an Economically Sensible Way

On TDD, we’re often at two extremes: At the start of a project, we’re as idealistic as many TDD authors…

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Is the Service Layer Obsolete?

A few months back, I had a conversation with my colleague, Lorenzo Dee, about Service classes. “In many cases, you don’t…

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Agile Myth #7: “Agile Means No Documentation”

The Agile Manifesto says, “Working software over comprehensive documentation”, and many people assume that Agile means little to no documentation.…

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Separating Integration Tests from Unit Tests Using Maven Failsafe & JUnit @Category

Why Unit Tests Should Run Separately From Integration Tests TDD at the Unit Testing level is fairly straight-forward, since classes in unit…

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Agile Myth #6: “Agile Means No Upfront Design”

This is my 7th post in my 13-part series, “Agile Myths and Misconceptions”, It’s based on the talk I gave at the…

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Template Method Pattern Example Using Java Generics

If you find that a lot of your routines are exactly the same except for certain sections, you might want…

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Agile Outsourcing is Like Marriage – A 5-Step Agile Outsourcing How-To

There’s a lot of horror stories in offshore outsourcing of software development, but every once in a while you hear…

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