In this article (in french), I wrote 6 months ago, I was searching for a mockito-like syntax to stub only one method of an object instance under test. Mockito brought it in it’s latest version. Read more…
I tend to dislike very very much class inheritance in Java. However, until today, it was not easy to explain why.
I’ve always said that beginners do a lot of duplication when they code, medium programmers solve this problem using class inheritance, good programmers find every possible way to abstract even more and get rid of class inheritance, sometimes even for the price of a small duplication (due mainly to java limitations).
If you search keyword extends in your code base, how many times doest it appear compared to keyword class? Read more…
I’ve just posted a Google Spreadsheet to list java frameworks and libraries supported by Google App Engine : http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pRJ_0hajVrhacLjp3HqD5ew
Feel free to update and share.
I’ve just started a Google Moderator on Coding styles. The idea is to find which coding style preferences are accepted by the majority, which interest nobody and which are balanced between likers and haters.
Google Moderator is not the perfect platform for this kind of experiment (no code formatting, no urls…) but I wanted to give it a try.
Feel free to add a lot more questions.
Yesterday was the 4th edition of JavaCampParis. It was a great event in a great place (Google’s offices in Paris). I must say that after a very boring Scrum User Group, this was a real change. Read more…