The first thing that we have to do before we can start writing integration tests for our data access code is to decide how we will configure our test cases. We have two options: the right one and wrong one. Unfortunately many developers make the wrong choice. How can we avoid making the same mistake? […] Read more

A few years ago I was one of those developers who write unit tests for my data access code. I was testing everything in isolation, and I was pretty pleased with myself. I honestly thought that I was doing a good job. Oh boy was I wrong! This blog post describes why we shouldn’t write […] Read more

It is challenging, if not impossible, to create real life applications which don't have any external dependencies. That is why dependency management is a vital part of every software project. This blog post describes how we can manage the dependencies of our projects with Gradle. We will learn to configure the used repositories and the […] Read more

This blog post describes how we can compile and package a simple Java project by using Gradle. Our Java project has only one requirement: Our build script must create an executable jar file. In other words, we must be able to run our program by using the command: Let's find out how we can fulfil […] Read more

Gradle is a build tool which replaces XML based build scripts with an internal DSL which is based on Groovy programming language. It has gained a lot of traction recently and that is I why I decided to take a closer look at it. This blog post is the first part of my Gradle tutorial, […] Read more