The Agile Manifesto was written over 20 years ago and according to some it's age is starting to show. After all, 20 years in IT should be a good approximation of eternity given the rate of change in the industry...…
This post is also avaialble on GitHub together with all the source files! When using Jenkinsfile and Dockerfile with Microservices you are typically repeating the same boilerplate code over and over again. Initially this is not a problem but as the number of Microservices - and Git branches - start…
In the first part of this blog post I discussed how Java Enumerations can be conveniently used as 1. Fault codes in exceptions; and 2. Provide formatted and localized error messages The major drawback with the approach is that the fault codes make exception handling more complicated for cases when…
When I first read about Swift I quite liked its error handling. In Java checked exceptions have gotten quite a bad rep but instead of throwing out the baby with the bathwater and getting rid of checked exceptions altogether, the way they do it in Swift seems to strike a…
As you may know Agile software development is inspired by the principles of Lean Manufacturing which in turn is derived from the Toyota Production System (TPS). One Agile methodology, Lean Software Development even borrows the name Lean to make the connection explicit. Since the principles in Lean and TPS have…
In the Java world there are several ways of handling dependencies between project components in a shared development environment. Maven is a generic build tool that creates a standardized way of creating, building and publishing component artifacts. Dependencies between the different components are declared in a Maven build file and…
A while ago I reflected on Object Oriented Programming and the fact that it really is more about classes than objects. Reading up on Newspeak, the new langugage proposed by Gilad Bracha I came across Self, one of the language on which Newspeak is indebted to. In Self no classes…
Crystal Clear is the smallest of a series of methodologies for software development, all created by Alistair Cockburn. It is smallest in the sense of the project size it addresses (up to eight developers) and in the number of things it prescribes. Other Methodologies, deriving their names from the colors…