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Extreme Programming
Wakaleo Consulting is pleased to announce that we are bringing our popular TDD/BDD courses to Europe, in a convenient online format!
Fundamentals of Test-Driven Development in Java: This course covers both fundamental TDD/BDD practices, tips and tricks, and also how to apply them effectively with the latest Java tools, including JUnit 4.8, Hamcrest, Infinitest, Mockito and Spock...
Deployment
This article is an extract from the upcoming book Jenkins: The Definitive Guide, to be published in the coming months with O'Reilly..
One of the more interesting plugins to emerge over the last few months is the Build Pipeline plugin, written by the folks at Centrum Systems. The Build Pipelines plugin takes the idea of build promotion further, and helps you design and monitor deployment...
Testing
As the year draws to a close, I wanted to give everyone a heads-up about some of the Wakaleo training sessions already lined up for 2010.
The next big training dates are in Europe - in collaboration with Skills Matter, I will be running the Java Power Tools Bootcamp in London (February 15-19) and Paris (February 22-27), and then in Wellington in March (March 22-26). I'm also lining up sessions...
Tools
One of the awesome things about Hudson is the sheer number of plugins available. In fact, if you use Hudson, make a habit of checking out the list of available plugins every month or so - there's bound to be something new that you could use! In this article, I explore two relatively new ones: the Setenv plugin and the Description Setter plugin.
The Setenv plugin
Many build scripts use environment...
Java Power Tools Bootcamp sessions are coming up fast in Sydney and Wellington - come see what the buzz is about! For those in Europe, sessions are scheduled for Paris and London and in February next year.
The Java Power Tools bootcamps provide a great way to give your Java development a boost and introduce some kick-ass tools, techniques and tricks into your daily development routine.
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Don't miss out on the next Java Power Tools Bootcamps in New Zealand!
The Java Power Tools bootcamp is coming up fast - don't miss out!
Henrik Kniberg has written a good description of how to use the so-called "stable-trunk" SCM pattern for version control in an Agile project.
Andy Glover recommends the Java Power Tools bootcamp on the TestEarly blog
The much-awaited Java Power Tools will be out soon, really! It's now looking like the book will be on the shelfs in the second half of April. And, more good news, we are extending the Early Bird discount for the San Francisco Java Power Tools Bootcamp until the end of April.
People are saying lots of nice things about Java Power Tools already!
The Java Power Tools book is coming out real soon. In conjunction with this event, I will be giving some special training sessions called the Java Power Tools Bootcamps from May 2008 onwards. The first courses will be in Wellington, San Francisco and London, with other cities in Australia and the USA planned for later on in the year.
So you've got hundreds of tests, but they take ages to run. You have a Continuous Integration server, but it takes an hour to tell anyone when there's a failure. What can you do?
The upcoming Subversion 1.5 makes huge progress in the way you do branching, at least in the CVS/SVN world. This got me thinking about branching strategies.
The forthcoming version of Subversion (version 1.5) promises a few niceties, but the best of the lot will be the long-awaited merge tracking feature.
Last week, I did a presentation for the Java Users Group of Wellington, New Zealand on "Tools that can optimize your development process".
The Java Power Tools book is now being reviewed, and has undergone some big changes since the start of the project. Check out the latest table of contents!
