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Assar Java Consulting: February 2011
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Articles and thoughts on Java technologies, software engineering practices, and agile methods. Monday, February 21, 2011. 5 Handy Groovy Shortcuts. Over the last year, I adopted Groovy as an enterprise implementation language. Here are 5 Groovy programming shortcuts that I found to be very handy. They are listed as tests, in the model of TDD. Lets say we want to get the first 3 letters of each username:. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). My name is Nirav Assar and I am a Java consultant in ...
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Assar Java Consulting: Groovy Closures Do Not Have Access to Private Methods in a Super Class
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Articles and thoughts on Java technologies, software engineering practices, and agile methods. Sunday, August 12, 2012. Groovy Closures Do Not Have Access to Private Methods in a Super Class. Groovy closures have the same scope access to class member variables and methods as a regular groovy method. In other words, closures are bound to variables in the scope they are defined. See the codehaus link for the official documentation:. Http:/ groovy.codehaus.org/Closures. Package closure.access class Send...
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Assar Java Consulting: May 2010
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Articles and thoughts on Java technologies, software engineering practices, and agile methods. Monday, May 10, 2010. JBoss Seam White Paper Published. JBoss Seam has been in use within industry for a few years now and has a substantial following in the developer market. Recently, I published a paper highlighting how Seam enables Rapid Application Development (RAD) in the context of Agile environments. The paper was written in collaboration with my colleague, Jacob Orshalick. Links to this post. Please se...
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Assar Java Consulting: Team Geek Book Review
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Articles and thoughts on Java technologies, software engineering practices, and agile methods. Sunday, September 30, 2012. Team Geek Book Review. Team Geek: A Software Developer's Guide to Working Well with Others. You are not the center of the universe. You’re neither omniscient nor infallible. You’re open to self-improvement. You genuinely care about others you work with. You treat them as human beings, and appreciate their abilities and accomplishments. The brilliance in these definitions are that the...
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Assar Java Consulting: August 2010
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Articles and thoughts on Java technologies, software engineering practices, and agile methods. Sunday, August 15, 2010. 3 Common Ways to Use Groovy Closures. What is a Closure? Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile. I am a partner at solutionsfit. An independent software consulting firm focused on Java solutions using agile methodologies. For detailed CV, see my linkedIn profile: Nirav Assar. Please send any interests for consulting to Contact solutionsfit.
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Assar Java Consulting: February 2012
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Articles and thoughts on Java technologies, software engineering practices, and agile methods. Saturday, February 4, 2012. If you work with a bunch of agile minded developer's, you often hear the phrase "That's not Agile! It's quite humorous to hear, because it comes up all the time. Recently I have been reading Andy Hunt's books and I find them very insightful. The latest book I am reading is "Practices of An Agile Developer". You don’t need to really understand that piece of code; it seems to wor...
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Assar Java Consulting: November 2011
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Articles and thoughts on Java technologies, software engineering practices, and agile methods. Saturday, November 12, 2011. Pragmatic Thinking: Novice vs Expert. Recently I started reading Andy Hunts fine book Pragmatic Thinking And Learning. Hunt is notorious for writing books which offer practical, insightful advice in which developers can apply to their work on a daily basis. His most famous book is The Pragmatic Programmer. Sometimes to the chagrin of the unfamiliar. :). Links to this post. Simple t...
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Assar Java Consulting: July 2010
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Articles and thoughts on Java technologies, software engineering practices, and agile methods. Wednesday, July 21, 2010. Software Principles are like some Life Principles. In life we have ethics and morals that we live by. Ethics and morals manifest themselves as life principles. They give us a framework to become better people, respect one another, and ultimately improve our quality of life. However, software design principles are not meant to be dogmatic. They are not meant to be strictly adhered t...
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Assar Java Consulting: July 2011
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Articles and thoughts on Java technologies, software engineering practices, and agile methods. Saturday, July 23, 2011. At my current client project, the group I am with is expanding rapidly based on recent success of agile projects in the last two years. With the reputation of our group increasing, our group is in demand for development to support the business. This is a great thing. Team Members Participate in Interview. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile. An indep...
