I was a keynote speaker at the 2009 Utah Code Camp (http://utcodecamp.com/speakers/) I wanted to post my source code, and Slide Deck below. Source Code (http://baselogic.com/code/ucc2009/webapp.zip) Slide Deck PPT (http://baselogic.com/code/ucc2009/ucc.ppt) I will be converting this slide deck into a blog as soon as I have time to do so. Stay tuned….

I 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 [...]

NOTE: 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. [...]