Les Hazlewood

Upgrading from Groovy 1.7.x to 1.8.x: MissingPropertyException: No such property: for class:

Just jotting this down for anyone that might encounter this problem.

Apparently Groovy 1.8 introduced a backwards-incompatible language syntax change. It cropped up for me while I was attempting to compile existing Groovy unit tests (written against Groovy 1.7.x) that use EasyMock. I’ll show an example next – just note that that what I experienced [...]

Google Chrome Funny Language Detection

I thought this was rather amusing. When viewing a web server directory listing (in this case, the Maven Central repository), Chrome thought it was Italian. Seems like their language detection stuff isn’t quite fully fleshed out yet:

To be fair, it’s just a directory listing, and I bet my request was served from [...]

A Moral Dilemma

I’d like your thoughts on a moral dilemma I encountered last night in San Francisco. Here’s the story:

On my way in to an In-n-Out Burger to grab a quick bite, there was a homeless guy in his mid-twenties sitting in front of the door with his scrawny-but-cute dog. He asked, “Could you please [...]

Apache Shiro San Francisco JUG presentation

For those that might be interested and if you are near the San Francisco/Bay area, I will be presenting Super Simple Application Security with Apache Shiro to the San Francisco Java User Group on 12 October 2010 at 6:30 pm PDT. Please see the link to RSVP – seats are limited!

OSGi, Maven, Pax, and web applications

This post is written for developers that are trying to deploy a .war file inside of an OSGi runtime environment. I experienced a lot of pain along the way to making my solution work, so hopefully this will alleviate any pain that you might have.

The Scenario

This post primarily reflects the environment in which [...]

Born to Run

Because I finished reading Cryptonomicon a few days ago, I was looking for the next book I wanted to read on my Kindle. I downloaded some classics – Swiss Family Robinson, Treasure Island, Count of Monte Cristo – all of which cost me $0.00. But I wanted to read something current as well, [...]

4.3 Hours of Streaming Flash Video on the Google Phone (Nexus One)

Here’s a great (but kinda long) video.

Short story – Apple (as we already knew) was full of shit when they said that Flash couldn’t be used on mobile devices, claiming that it would destroy battery life. But then again, if things were up to Apple, we’d all be stuck using QuickTime Video. *shudder*.

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Java.net Maven Users Have Hope!

It is no stretch to say that Java.net’s Maven infrastructure (or lack thereof) is the worst I’ve encountered in a project hosting environment.

It looks like the boys from Sonatype are willing to help out on this front by offering Maven repository hosting on their own public Nexus instance for any Java.net project that [...]

Maven 2 vs Ant+Ivy: Revisited

I’ve received a lot of hits and discussion concerning my previous post regarding Maven 2 vs Ant+Ivy, and I’m writing a follow up post to clarify some things.

I now firmly believe that Maven 2 is a better build and project management tool than Ant+Ivy. I was wrong.

Yep, I said it. I’m man [...]

Free as in Speach or Free as in Beer?

I never understood this line when discussing Open-Source Software. Richard Stallman attempted to clarify the differences in Open-Source distribution models by saying “Free as in speach, not free as in beer”.

“Free as in beer” is meant to signify a gratis, or no-cost (no money) distribution (but it is not necessarily free to do with [...]