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Original drafted 17 March 2014 for an incomplete article. The Cake pattern for Scala using a flaming cake as well. This is the quasi-production code: This is the learning test code: Assuming that you know what you are doing: insert this code into a test Scala project with a decent IDE. Run the test should […]

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I posted a video introduction for readers who are learning Java EE for the first time. This is useful for budding engineers who bought my recent book, Java EE 7 Developer Handbook, and want to understand how build the software using Git and Gradle. Introduction to Java EE 7 Developer Handbook from Peter Pilgrim on […]

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Here is a HTTP Response Java Enumeration type from yesteryear. In some client’s project, I have seen various constants like this: Which is absolutely awful and these constants are not consistently used in the code base. Worse of all, the code I have refactored will use literal constants. Even more worse, is the fact these […]

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At last, I have the October screencast, as I promised weeks ago whilst in the USA. This is a reprisal of my JavaOne 2013 talk, which was called Test-Driven Development with Java EE 7, Arquillian and Enterprise Containers. The conference id was CON4279. As I reprised this JavaOne talk, I actually then realised that it […]

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I arrived back in the UK after a trip to JavaOne and a tour of California. After hugs and kisses from family and dealing with other matter, there was package waiting in the hallway. I finally saw three copies of the Java EE 7 Developer Handbook. This is what crossing the finishing looks like in […]

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Hey this is just for me. Every time I start a new contract at client that has Mac OS X computers I find myself repeating setup just like Groundhog Day. First thing is to set up BASH PROFILE Set up BASH profile with the following command. Substitute your own reference to Oracle or Apple provided […]

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Well I going to have to leave this one for somebody who is more expert than me, because I have more things to do with my time now. I had a question from a reader about the source code for Java EE 7 Developer Handbook. Does JMS 2.0 standalone work as a client? What I […]

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My name is Peter Pilgrim. I am a technical book author, a Java Champion, software developer and designer. I live in London, England. In part one, I was said that I was surprised by the diversity of crossover technologies in the Java space. Naturally, it has to do with my chosen schedule that belies the […]

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JavaOne 2013 already feels like a lifetime away. There is a melancholy in the wind as I sit in a rental car driving out from San Francisco airport. I started to write this report on checkout-of-hotel Friday morning. My memory is blur with the activities of the week, suffice to say that this conference has […]

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Yesterday, I converted Gradle build code base for my upcoming Java EE 7 Developer Handbook book from invidual modules to multi-module. I thought I had this structure down, but I surprisingly I am stuck. Here is my book’s code structure in folder hierarchy: This structure runs for 14 chapters including appendices. So I have master […]

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The Blue Eagle 2021 Barclay Banks was one of my clients in 2013. You are interesting in hiring for a contract then I will only look at OUTSIDE IR35 engagements and/or statement of work. During the corona virus pandemic, I have had various enquiries about permanent salary employment, especially over the summer. Many of these […]

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I am very pleased to reveal the book cover art for my upcoming book Java EE 7 Developer Handbook. Packt Publishing have already prepared a web page for the September 2013 release. We settled on this photograph cover as it is artistic piece, pleasantly humanistic, warmly social and subtly emotive. I had to be convinced a […]