Since agile software development has really hit the mainstream during the last few years, it is only natural that there are a lot of misconceptions around. Also, I have noticed that some misconceptions are more common than other ones. This blog entry is written to introduce you the three most common misconceptions about agile software […] Read more
I was trying to figure out a good definition of a domain model for this blog entry. All of my efforts led in to a somewhat clumsy explanation. However, I was able to find a good definition of a domain model from Wikipedia: A domain model in problem solving and software engineering can be thought […] Read more
When I am having trouble with a product or a service, I will contact customer support and expect that my problem is taken care of. Businesses, who truly care about their customers, ensures that the customer gets an answer right away or the customer support will contact the customer after they have figured out the […] Read more
When we are writing software that is deployed to different environments, we often have to create different configuration files for each environment. If we are using Maven, we can do this by using build profiles. This blog post describes how we can create a build script that uses different configuration for development, testing, and production […] Read more
There are many ways that we can use when we want to share our applications with other people. For example, we can create a binary distribution that can be downloaded from our website. This blog post describes how we can create a runnable binary distribution by using the Maven Assembly Plugin. The requirements of our […] Read more
The third part of my Wicket HTTPS tutorial describes how you can submit a form by using HTTPS protocol when the form is added to a non secure page (served over HTTP). This is a somewhat common use case in web applications even though it violates the fundamental principle of HTTPS protocol (trust). Thus, I […] Read more