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Category Archives: Java

SOAP requests and element order

I have recently begun to wotk with web services in Java. Testing these web services in Java was not as easy as just typing a random request into soapUI. The soapUI test needs to follow the order defined by the interface definition or XSD.

JavaScriptMVC 3 with Java JSON REST using Spring 3 MVC

Admit that Spring is very hard to configure. If you are like me and you do not setup a new Spring project each month you would most likely search it up on google for answers. Admit it once more that you do not always find what you are looking for. And its true, its a [...]

Database Connection Pooling In Grails – solving the idle timeout issue | Javalobby

I really agree on the fact that connection pools need connection validation on return or on borrow. A connection pool without connection validation isnt worth much. But its certainly the last step to do while creating an application. The last fine tuning before the app goes live. Not the first thing to setup. Because the [...]

Why use Grails? « Intelligrape Groovy & Grails Blogs

I found this interesting article covering the reasons for why a project should use Grails. Why use Grails? « Intelligrape Groovy & Grails Blogs.

The Holy Grail – Groovy on Grails

Groovy on Grails (Grails) is certainly the meaning of life for a professional programmer. Grails brings me closer to programming heaven than I will ever get. But I will most propably not be using it in the near future. Working with a tool like Grails makes alot things easier but it all needs to be [...]

XPath is not always the best option

Sometimes as a programmer you get to a point where you have to choose HOW to do your stuff. You have plenty of options. In Java almost everything is done before. So there is no need to it your self. But consider this, would it be worth while to use a library when you could [...]

Brix Content Management System

It is truly unquestionably the best cms framework for Java. And it makes managing content with pluggable dynamic sections easy. It excels in many ways and features. but it is mainly aimed towards bigger sites. i had actually began the work of making my own cms/blog when i accidentally discovered Brix. i fooled around with [...]

Thougths about opensource java web frameworks

I have in my past two years as a professional Java web developer stumbled upon the fact that if my code is not reusable and readable, as well as not structured and modularized, it cannot be maintained in the long run. I have had the need for good web frameworks and I have learnt a [...]

What about Wicket?

I’m not an Expert. But I have worked with web frameworks in the last two years. During those years i have tried to find easier ways to do basic user interfaces. It has always been recoding this and reusing that. What if the world of web development could start being effective? And then Wicket comes [...]

Spring Web Flow vs MVC

In the last two years ive tried to learn Spring. I wanted an easier approach to web development. It was too cumbersome to recreate the gui flow for each new project. So i decided to go into MVC. It was heaven compared to how i had it before. Simpler. I couldnt really get the grasp [...]