In the previous post we experimented with JavaServer Pages and created a simple web app. Lazy coders as we are can’t help, but automate as much as possible in order to avoid tedious manual steps. HtmlUnit is very well suited to work in tandem with JSP technology. I value the Read more…
In this very first post of the JEE Series we create a simple web app based on JSP and JavaBeans. Bring an IDE of your choice and give it a swing. Let’s generate a new project using the maven web archetype: [bash] mvn archetype:generate -DgroupId=com.example -DartifactId=simple-web-jsp -DarchetypeArtifactId=maven-archetype-webapp -Dpackage=com.example -Dversion=1.0-SNAPSHOT [/bash] Read more…
I am starting a new series discussing various JEE technologies. Feel free to fork me on GitHub, blog posts are to follow. There is a couple of issues I have always had with the Java EE tutorial. First of all, it ages too fast. JEE covers a broad range of technologies Read more…
I’ve just added Fabric SDKs to my Android project and the initial impression is overly positive. However, during the setup, I ran into a few time consuming issues. Enhanced with a better understanding of how it all fits together, I have to admit that most of the troubles were totally avoidable. In this post, Read more…
I’ve recently come across an interesting puzzle, it went like “Guess the next value of Math.random()”. How could you possibly do it? Well, since the output is unpredictable by definition, the only option left for many of us is cheating. Once I successfully “solved” the puzzle by crippling the poor Read more…
Here are a few quick examples of how API calls can be chained to answer advanced queries, such as “Which day is the last Friday of the next month”. Or imagine you need match a weekly or monthly schedule. These and similar queries can be resolved without much of an Read more…