http://blog.aparnachaudhary.net My Blog about Java, and Open Source Thu, 19 Aug 2010 07:55:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://blog.aparnachaudhary.net/2009/04/09/xstream/ http://blog.aparnachaudhary.net/2009/04/09/xstream/#comments Thu, 09 Apr 2009 19:41:00 +0000 Aparna Chaudhary http://aparnachaudhary.wordpress.com/?p=212 dzone_url = "http://blog.aparnachaudhary.net/2009/04/09/xstream/";var dzone_style="2"; Writing clean, isolated and efficient unit test is often a challenge for developers. Efficient test should cover all the possible business scenarios. To create test for covering multiple test scenarios, you need more test data. For instance, imagine you are writing a test for some Service component. Now if the responsibility of this service is [...]]]> http://blog.aparnachaudhary.net/2009/04/09/xstream/feed/ 0 http://blog.aparnachaudhary.net/2009/04/07/thinking-performance/ http://blog.aparnachaudhary.net/2009/04/07/thinking-performance/#comments Tue, 07 Apr 2009 21:23:28 +0000 Aparna Chaudhary http://aparnachaudhary.wordpress.com/?p=191 dzone_url = "http://blog.aparnachaudhary.net/2009/04/07/thinking-performance/";var dzone_style="2";Have you ever spent days rewriting the whole application burning the midnight oil? Well, I don’t think you are the only one. In early days of my career I also made similar mistakes or was a victim of mistakes made by fellow developers. Having taken this roller coaster ride, spending sleepless nights fixing the [...]]]> http://blog.aparnachaudhary.net/2009/04/07/thinking-performance/feed/ 0 http://blog.aparnachaudhary.net/2008/12/16/planning-poker/ http://blog.aparnachaudhary.net/2008/12/16/planning-poker/#comments Tue, 16 Dec 2008 21:29:32 +0000 Aparna Chaudhary http://aparnachaudhary.wordpress.com/?p=101 dzone_url = "http://blog.aparnachaudhary.net/2008/12/16/planning-poker/";var dzone_style="2";Are you ever involved in project estimations? Did you ever enjoy this task? I sure know the answer is big NO. This is because at the planning phase of the project there are lot of unknowns. Some members of the team are given the sheet to bring out those magic numbers. Its tough to [...]]]> http://blog.aparnachaudhary.net/2008/12/16/planning-poker/feed/ 0 http://blog.aparnachaudhary.net/2008/10/15/independent-developer-workstation/ http://blog.aparnachaudhary.net/2008/10/15/independent-developer-workstation/#comments Wed, 15 Oct 2008 13:29:32 +0000 Aparna Chaudhary http://aparnachaudhary.wordpress.com/?p=40 dzone_url = "http://blog.aparnachaudhary.net/2008/10/15/independent-developer-workstation/";var dzone_style="2";In one of my projects I did some work on process improvements. The main target was to set up independent developer workstation. We stubbed out all the interfaces. Earlier we tried to share a development database in a group of 4-5 developers. But believe me, I’ve seen developers throwing coffee cups when someone touches [...]]]> http://blog.aparnachaudhary.net/2008/10/15/independent-developer-workstation/feed/ 0