Software Project Review Checklist

A few years ago I wrote about the independent technical reviews any software project must regularly go through in order…

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How to Create a Java Web Framework from Scratch, the Right Object-Oriented Way

How do you design a web application in Java? You install Spring, read the manual, create controllers, create some views,…

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Logging Without a Static Logger

How do you organize logging in your applications? I mean web applications or command line apps, or even mobile apps.…

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How Data Visibility Hurts Maintainability

I’ve been writing so much about object-oriented programming and its pitfalls, claiming that most of the design patterns and “good…

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How to Deploy Maven Artifacts to CloudRepo via Rultor

In my previous article, I described how to set up a private Maven repository in Amazon S3 and deploy there…

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My Recipe Against Dependency Hell

Do you specify exact versions of your dependencies? I mean, when your software package depends on another one, do you…

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What if the Architect is Wrong?

You most probably know what I think about the architect role on a software project—it’s that of a dictator who…

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Unit Testing Anti-Patterns, Full List

I wrote some time ago about anti-patterns in OOP. Now it’s time to write about unit testing anti-patterns—because they also…

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Fear of Decoupling

Objects talk to each other via their methods. In mainstream programming languages, like Java or C#, an object may have…

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