Up till now I have not come across that many projects that would truly conform to the principles of Test Driven Development. Once again, I found myself in an unenviable situation of introducing unit tests to a code which had been released to production a long time ago, completely untouched Read more…
I have just started with PhoneGap. First impressions are overly positive, though I see one subtle detail worth improving – the create script. Documentation (Android) suggests to invoke the script from within the installation directory. It can obviously be called using the absolute path from any location, but either way I Read more…
Branching is a common practice in code versioning. To my experience, a branch is usually seen as a playground for experiments with brand new features. As far as I can tell, branches have typically been used as a natural shield against tight deadlines. Let’s branch out, see how it goes Read more…
Grep4j caters for an easy search in log files. Since it is really easy to use and simple enough I could not resist the temptation to try it out. I came up with a simple scenario: Let’s use Spring MVC to conduct a small JSON-based web app, capture the exchanged Read more…
Advanced password policy is one of the most coveted features an LDAP server has to offer. Yet, dealing with it programmatically is not as straightforward as one could imagine. The purpose of this post is to provide a simple guideline of how to manage a custom password policy on the Read more…
Spring and LDAP. Should not really be a problem, right? Considering a vast amount of resources and examples. Well, in my experience things do not always go that smoothly. I have been struggling enough with bits and pieces to set up yet another “sample” application. Just to have a quick Read more…