Category Archives: craftsmanship

Findbugs and Android

Posted on January 15, 2014 by kingargyle

Recently I needed to add FindBugs to a android-maven build. This itself is easy enough. The above will analyse the classes as part of the package proecess. This is fine, however, the generated R.java file typically produces class names that … Continue reading →

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Jacoco, Tycho, and Coverage Reports

Posted on March 22, 2012 by kingargyle

It’s been a while since I posted here.  Most of my postings are now on Google+ or via twitter.  However, neither place does well for code snippets so here I am.   If you are using Tycho and want Java … Continue reading →

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Refactoring: Maintainable Web Services

Posted on November 7, 2011 by kingargyle

One of the problems I have with WSDL based web services is the fact that operations are typically generated into one big interface file that must be implemented.   I’ve seen WSDLs with 50 to 70 operations, and this leads … Continue reading →

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Push Button Builds.

Posted on September 2, 2011 by kingargyle

Kim Moir had a good post on busting some build myths, and continuing the “MythBusters” analogy, I think we need to revisit a one of the myths. First let me say that I totally agree with Kim, that being in … Continue reading →

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Eclipse Parent POM and Static Code Analysis

Posted on June 17, 2011 by kingargyle

If you are running an open source project at eclipse.org, and are using Maven then we have some good news for you.   A newly deployed Parent POM has been created for your use.  To use the parent pom, you … Continue reading →

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Enable Code Coverage for Integration and Unit Tests using Cobertura and Maven

Posted on June 7, 2011 by kingargyle

On the turmeric project, we maintain a nightly dashboard.  On the dash board we collect statistics about the project, including code coverage, findbugs analysis and other metrics.   We had been using the Maven EMMA plugin to provide code coverage, … Continue reading →

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Clean Code irk

Posted on March 8, 2011 by kingargyle

Say you have something like the following in your code: The above is pretty basic and is probably used even in your own code. While the above works, a more meaningful API could be something like the following. Yes the … Continue reading →

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Checkstyle JavaDoc Compliance Checking

Posted on March 4, 2011 by kingargyle

Ever since I read Clean Code, I’ve been more aware of the uncleanliness of the code I write, and more importantly, the code I have to maintain.   Although the book recommends against JavaDocs for variables, I find it necessary … Continue reading →

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>The Importance of External Builds

Posted on November 29, 2010 by kingargyle

>Over reliance on an IDE for builds can lead to a false comfort factor. The importance of a build that isn’t affected by any particular IDE configuration or way of building was beaten home this weekend. I was working on … Continue reading →

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>Back to Scrum

Posted on July 2, 2010 by kingargyle

>Unfortunately in my day-to-day work until recently I had to work on some projects that had more resemblence to Waterfall methodology and less to do with Agile methodology. Fortunately, that is changing and I’ll be talking a bit more about … Continue reading →

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