When we write automated tests (either unit or integration tests) for our application, we should notice pretty soon that Many test cases use the same configuration which creates duplicate code. Building objects used in our tests creates duplicates code. Writing assertions creates duplicate code. The first thing that comes to mind is to eliminate the […] Read more

I have read my share of software development books and I have noticed that it is very rare to find a book which I want to read more than once. However, once in a while I find a book which teaches me new things every time when I read it. This blog post is a […] Read more

jOOQ is a library which helps us to get back in control of our SQL. It can generate code from our database and help us to build typesafe database queries by using its fluent API. The earlier parts of my jOOQ tutorial have taught us how we can configure the application context of our example […] Read more

I have always thought that I am good at multitasking. That is why I believed that I don't have to pay the price associated with context switching (or task switching). This week I realized that have been wrong. I am not very good at multitasking and context switching is much more expensive than I thought. […] Read more

Recently I read a book titled Domain-Driven Design by Eric Evans. This wasn’t the first time I read this book but this time I realized that I had been totally wrong about domain-driven design. I thought that the domain model consists of entities and value objects. In fact, I was obsessed with moving the domain […] Read more