• Utah Code Camp 2009

    Monday, September 21st, 2009

    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….

  • PersistenceException issue with Cobertura and the hibernate3-maven-plugin

    Monday, March 16th, 2009

    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 [...]

  • Managing your settings.xml

    Tuesday, June 10th, 2008

    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. And YES, this [...]