TweetBufferI have been working on a Spring based web application for a couple weeks. This application uses Hibernate Generic DAO’s with a JNDI template via spring to create the data source. This procedure works very well with DBUnit and Spring to test all of my data access objects in isolation and to get very high [...]
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Common Hibernate JPA Data Services Component
TweetBufferI have been using Hibernate JPA, with a Java Generics based data access layer for some time now. But each time I go to a new project, I find that I have to do quite a bit of rework just to integrate this component. So what I wanted to do, is find a way to [...]
READ MORE »PersistenceException issue with Cobertura and the hibernate3-maven-plugin
TweetBufferI have been using the hibernate3-maven-plugin for some time with a good deal of success in unit testing my data access layers through dbunit. I always separate my data access into a separate module, called data-services, for many reasons. Mostly so I can separate my testing to just database integration testing, and not unit testing [...]
READ MORE »Maven ignores unit test with JUnit and TestNG
TweetBufferToday I was trying to use JUnit 4, and JUnit 3 in a Maven archetype I was creating. I had previously added TestNG dependencies to this project. I then added JUnit in addition to the TestNG. I run mvn test and no unit tests where run. Strange! I did not get any errors even using [...]
READ MORE »Exploring Developer Support Techniques
TweetBufferI just started a new project, and came across a bank of flash videos created with a tool called Wink used to help users setup their development environments. At first I though “why not just use a Wiki”? A few days later, as it would happen, I found a WordPress plugin for creating remotely hosted [...]
READ MORE »Using testing tools to replicate QA defects for bug fixes (screencast)
TweetBufferLong has there been issues to replicate defects found by QA and user acceptance testers for the development team to understand and resolve. For several years, I have used a fairly simple tool to aid in this called Bad Boy. This tool is a browser request simulator that is simple to record and playback. First [...]
READ MORE »Using testing tools to replicate QA defects for bug fixes
TweetBufferLong has there been issues to replicate defects found by QA and user acceptance testers for the development team to understand and resolve. For several years, I have used a fairly simple tool to aid in this called Bad Boy. This tool is a browser request simulator that is simple to record and playback. First [...]
READ MORE »Agile Consulting and Coaching
TweetBufferI would like to share a new slide deck to outline a presentation I am giving to clients to identify SDLC issues, and how as an Agile Coach, I can assist them in becoming more Agile in their development practice. This can also be seen on my LinkedIn profile. Link to this post!
READ MORE »Spring Security issue: Duplicate detected.
TweetBufferSo I ran into an issue today that has been detailed at http://forum.springframework.org/showthread.php?p=193052 in the Spring forums that at first glance, looked identical to my issue. But this was in fact not my issue. First off, when I was using acegi, I declared an applicationContext-test.xml that myTestNG would instanciate. I then would import my other [...]
READ MORE »Managing your settings.xml
TweetBufferNOTE: AVOID SPACES IN DIRECTORY NAMES AT ALL COST! It is mandatory that your JDK be installed in a directory that does NOT have spaces. The default installer uses “C:\Program Files\Java\**” and I just put mine in “c:\Java\**” instead. Local Repository Your “c:\Documents and Settings\[userId]\.m2\settings.xml” is the location where you can override various project properties. [...]
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