Introduction to Flaky Tests Unit testing forms the bedrock of any Continuous Integration (CI) system. It warns software engineers of bugs in newly-implemented code and regressions in existing code, before it is merged. This ensures increased software reli…
Read more »June is here, which means it’s almost summer for us in the northern hemisphere! With the pandemic still ongoing, it’s important to try to find time to recharge and take those vacation days, if at all…
Read more »Java Desktop System, briefly known as OpenSolaris Desktop, is a legacy[1] desktop environment developed first by Sun Microsystems and then by Oracle Corporation after the 2010 Oracle acquisition of Sun. Java Desktop System is available for Solaris and was…
Read more »Hi, My name is Carl and I’m a software engineer and aspiring artist.
Read more »As I’ve said before, I’m working on a book about lifetimes. Or maybe it’s just a long series – I haven’t decided the specifics yet. Like every one of my series/book things, it’s…
Read more »It’s been about a decade since I last worked in Java and much has changed. I thought I’d brush up by re-reading Effective Java by Joshua Bloch which has since received a new edition. It was once my guiding star for Java. However, after an additional decad…
Read more »Remove the experimental Java-based ahead-of-time (AOT) and just-in-time (JIT) compiler. This compiler has seen little use since its introduction and the effort required to maintain it is significant. Retain the experimental Java-level JVM compiler inter…
Read more »Oracle’s history highlights a possible downside to its stance on API copyrights.
Read more »As developers, we have a tendency to focus on what our code is supposed to do, the happy path. Unfortunately, the real world is rarely that simple. Our code …
Read more »At work today I came across an Eclipse feature for cleaning up Java code. It helps you to improve the code, for example to add final to attributes or parameters, or to improve boolean expressions.
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