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Building an FTP server Maven plugin from scratch
In this post we design and code a new Maven plugin that fires up a FTP server to aid in integration testing of FTP-bound processes, thus demonstrating the flexibility and power of Maven plugins. Introducing Maven and testing It is … Continue reading
Posted in Computing, Java
Tagged apache, apache commons net, apache ftp server, apache mina, ftp, ftp server, integration testing, Java, maven, maven failsafe plugin, maven surefire plugin, plugin, plugins, testing, unit testing
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Nokia, Google and Microsoft, without any options in the mobile arena
Google, Microsoft and Nokia have something in common: they had little choice in some of their latest strategic moves in the mobile arena, maybe their biggest moves in a long, long time. Unusual for such giants, eh? Continue reading
Templating the OSGi way with Freemarker
After some well-deserved rest the OSGi components on the server series is back with a vengeance and a somewhat independent post. For some background please check the other posts in the series. A common feature of Web applications is the … Continue reading
Components on the server (6): adding Integration Testing
In this installment of the server-side OSGi series, we add integration testing capabilities to our project. Integration testing goes beyond plain unit testing and checks the interactions between real components. This is in contrast with unit testing, which generally uses … Continue reading
Posted in Computing, Java
Tagged Equinox, integration testing, Java, osgi, unit testing
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El manifest – Unlink your feeds
Gràcies al Roger per enllaçar al manifest ‘Unlink your feeds‘, em subscric totalment a la iniciativa. La idea és anar amb molt de compte en enllaçar els posts i updates de microblogging entre els diferents serveis, no sempre és lo … Continue reading
Posted in Catalan, Computing
Tagged facebook, microblogging, social network, twitter
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Flash on iPhone OS: two extra reality checks
Unless you live in a remote and far away place you will have heard of the media impact of Apple’s decision to ban the Adobe Flash to iPhone solution and the various discussions that have ensued. I won’t bother with … Continue reading
Posted in Computing, Digital Video, Management, Media
Tagged adobe, apple, daring fireball, flash, flash is dead, ipad, iphone
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Apple i Google: I això que no eren amics…
Els de Gizmodo ens han regalat una xafarderia un xic inusual… L’Eric Schmidt de Google i el Steve Jobs d’Apple prenent un café en un bar de Palo Alto. I això que teòricament estaven en “peu de guerra“. Serà que … Continue reading
Firefox for N900 with Flash disabled. Ah, the irony…
From the Firefox for Nokia N900 1.0 release notes themselves, stumbled upon this little gem: Initially, Firefox for N900 does not support browser plug-ins. Due to performance problems using Adobe Flash within Firefox on many websites, especially those with multiple … Continue reading
Posted in Computing, Digital Video, Media
Tagged adobe, apple, flash, flash is dead, html5, ipad
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El disseny d’interfícies no és cosa de molts
Article boníssim sobre el disseny d’interfícies i l’impacte de qualsevol decisió de disseny sobre l’usabilitat. Ens parla dels compromisos inherents en qualsevol decisió de disseny. També del mal que pot fer el disseny d’aplicacions en un comité on tothom hi … Continue reading
Components on the server (5): better Unit Testing
In this installment of the OSGi series, we add more complete Unit Testing support in the project. We also establish that some behaviour of the Servlet Bridge may not be what we want and then provide a way to customize … Continue reading
Posted in Computing, Java
Tagged Equinox, java servlets, junit, osgi, tomcat, unit testing
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