I’m involved in a project that uses Dropwizard so I thought it’s time I had a play with the Dropwizard framework (or whatever it is) so I asked Google for some suggestions (as you do) and it offered me the Getting Started page. A great introduction, but I hit a problem when I tried to Read More
Apache Maven Java Error – was unexpected at this time
While testing changes to the Maven Installer I had this strange error. Simple enough – I had quoted the value for the JAVA_HOME variable. So I had: JAVA_HOME=”C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_07″ Removed the quotes and all worked fine: JAVA_HOME=C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_07 Hope this helps.
Test Drive Apache Maven on Your Existing Projects
In the past, I have found the easiest way to get to grips with a new build tool is to give it a try on a project – new or existing. In this article I will describe how you can test drive Apache Maven by using as a build tool for one of your existing Read More
Windows Installer for Apache Maven 2
I’ve been playing around with Windows Installer XML (WiX) recently – I used it to create the installer for Year Chart and I’ve since converted a couple of internal projects (I may publish them later) which I had originally created InstallShield installers for (with the version that came with older versions of Microsoft Visual Studio). Read More
Loading Java Properties Files in C#
Java style properties files are not supported in C# – so here is a class that reads and writes Java “.properties” files.
Overriding Static Methods in Java
You can’t override static methods in Java – so here are some alternative (more OO) solutions.