Getting started with Git


Git: Decentralising version control I've been a user of Subversion for a number of years, I was a little apprehensive about moving to a completely different versioning system but now I'm seriously glad I made the move. To recap, Subversion is a centralised version

Angry Monkeys


From my experience having programming standards and standard environments can be extremely beneficial to a development team. Not only can it improve the chances that you can find problems quickly but it also ensures problems are reproduceable. Having coding standards also

Review: Pragmatic Thinking & Learning


At Autotrader we have a book library for all developers to borrow from. First book I decided to read was Pragmatic Thinking & Learning by Andy Hunt which is from the Pragmatic Programmers series. I have to say I was very impressed. Many believe and have believed

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Java

Angry Monkeys

Posted on August 5, 2011 by James Posted in Java, Programming | Leave a comment

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Excerpt: From my experience having programming standards and standard environments can be extremely beneficial to a development team. Not only can it improve the chances that you can find problems quickly but it also ensures problems are reproduceable. Having coding standards also means that code is easy to read and clean. However, as is the same with anything, sometimes too many rules and too much bureaucracy can lead to a stifling of creativity. In chess for example, juniors are taught a number of rules so that they can safely navigate the first opening few moves, but if you play strictly according to…

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Setting up JBoss 5 and Mysql Community Server

Posted on March 9, 2010 by James Posted in Java, Programming | 1 Comment

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Excerpt: I’ve only had my mac for a few months and I can tell you, the whole advert “I’m a PC” “I’m a Mac” thing…. well I’m neither, but if I could be one, I know which one I’d be. Mac’s are quite simply amazing, not just because they look great and the entire build quality is just top notch, but because it offers the power of a linux with the usability of an intuitive interface on Mac OS. I decided to put this to the ultimate test by setting up a Flex 3 application development environment for one of my recent…

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