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Easy Database Manipulation with Groovy and Gradle

February 15, 2016 by Steve Perkins

Taking a renewed look at Groovy, the under-hyped yet ubiquitous JVM based language, and how it makes database scripting easy.

Categories Programming Tags Continuous Integration, Gradle, Groovy, Java, JetBrains, Ruby, Scala Leave a comment

WAR files vs. Java apps with embedded servers

November 21, 2014March 11, 2013 by Steve Perkins
Embedded Java Server

When should you deploy a Java app to the server as a traditional WAR file, and when should you use an embedded server in the application itself? […]

Categories Infrastructure, Programming Tags Ant, App Servers, AppFog, Groovy, Heroku, hybris, Java, Maven, Python, Ruby, Scala 4 Comments

INI files for easy multi-environment config in Java

March 9, 2014March 3, 2013 by Steve Perkins
INI file screenshot

When your app is too small for a DI framework, yet has too much config for environment variables, this old-school gem really hits a sweet spot in between. […]

Categories Programming Tags Groovy, Java, Scala 1 Comment

Injecting JavaScript into Ant builds

March 9, 2014February 18, 2013 by Steve Perkins
Ant

How to use free-form JavaScript code to add more power and flexibility to Ant builds, with no extra dependencies! […]

Categories Programming Tags Ant, Eclipse, Groovy, hybris, Java, JavaScript, Maven 1 Comment

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