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JavaCro 2014

16 May 2014 Comments off

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What an amazing week it was! On Monday, I gave a keynote presentation to JavaCro 2014. We flew into Zagreb in Sunday, were given a ride by Marko Elezovi? to Porec. The conference took place at the Valamar Diamant hotel and there some 250 Croatian developers and designers taking part. The JavaCro conference is a […]

Book Signing for Chris Phelps at the JPR14

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This was one that almost got away. Chris Phelps from Boulder brought his copy of my Java EE 7 Developer Handbook to the JavaPosse Roundup 2014 in Crested Butte, Colorado. On the last morning of our merry gathering on the white snowy mountains, at the outgoing breakfast, I signed his book at Bruce Eckel’s house. […]

Day Against DRM

06 May 2014 Comments off

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Packt are supporting #DayAgainstDRM campaign for the 6th May. This means you can buy my #javaee7handbook for $10 https://www.packtpub.com/java-ee-7-developer-handbook/book What does Digital Right Management means to the modern consumer? Today, I think that consumers are right to protest against DRM, because it is an artificial Pandora Box designed to protect digital content. The sad fact […]

JavaCro 2014

15 April 2014 Comments off

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I will be seeing some Croatian friends in May in Porec, thanks to the organisers JavaCro 2014, who kindly sent an invitation to come and speak at their conference. I will give two talks: one keynote and a technical session. The working titles are Digital Development with Java EE and Mixing Scala with Java EE […]

Cake Pattern, Self Types and Realistic Example

09 April 2014 Comments off

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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 […]

WildFly System V Initial Script

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Originally drafted on 21 February 2014 Here is WildFly application serverSystem V Initial Script that I quickly put together for a Centos 6 virtual machine. Use it at your own risk, don’t call me if something goes wrong, because I assume that you are an experienced Web Ops (web operations) or Sys Admin (system administrator) […]

European JUG Leaders BOF at Devoxx 2013

29 March 2014 Comments off

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Here it is, just in time for the weekend, a recording of the European JUG Leaders BOF from Devoxx 2013. Devoxx 2013 European JUG Leaders BOF from Peter Pilgrim on Vimeo. Enjoy 😉 PS: read up on my report to last November’s conference.

Get The JavaEE 7 Developer Handbook as a Packt Pub 2000 BOGOF

24 March 2014 Comments off

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Packt Publishing have launched a campaign to coincide with the release of their 2000th title. As a Packt Pub author, I can inform you, the reader, this is a superb chance to get your copy of the Java EE 7 Developer Handbook (eBook) for free, or you can get another title free. Hurry up now, […]

Getting a more updated GlassFish 4

25 February 2014 2 Comments

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I was asked by someone where can they download GlassFish. Of course, I pointed them to the official website. The site was revised in time for the Java EE 7 last year, and when I recently the ask advice that I passed on, then I realize the server download is old. So do we get […]

Discount Code for Java EE 7 Developer Handbook

14 January 2014 Comments off

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Start your new year with Java EE 7 learning. Stay update on us. Packt Publishing have kindly offered me a discount code for my book Java EE 7 Developer Handbook for the New Year 2014. So I am passing this code directly to you, readers of my blog and the wider community. You have less than […]

#ITMustChange2014 – Market Risk Role Java Job Question 2011

12 January 2014 2 Comments

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This is one old Java question from 2011 that landed on my desk. Admittedly, at the time, I was really looking for permanent role, senior Java developer in investment banking in London. I had given up on searching for that perfect banking Scala programming role, I went back to job hunting on Java EE 6, […]

#ITMustChange2014

08 January 2014 Comments off

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Instead of moaning, groaning and whining about the frustration of job search in the industry like I did last year and the years before. I am doing something about it this year, #ITMustChange2014 is the start of the awareness campaign. Here is the media, which is Creative Commons Licensed 3.0, Share-A-Like, No-Derivatives and Non-Commercial. So […]

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