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Andrew Binstock has just written a very positive review of Java Power Tools book, which he calls "The Handiest Java Book in Years".
- Java Power Tools...contains deep explanations of the principal FOSS dev tools in 10 major categories. These explanations are not two- or four-page summaries, but in-depth expositions that provide crucial info on the strengths and weaknesses of the product.
- It's clear he[the author]'s spent lots of time exploring the dark corners of each tool
- "All told, 856 pages of crisp, well-written explanations. A must-have reference for the bookshelf."
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The Java Power Tools book got a five-star review on Javalobby: here are some quotes:
- "The book is enjoyable, extremely well organized and covers a wide range of open source tools needed for any successful software development life cycle. I would recommend Java Power Tools to anyone writing Java."
- "Java Power Tools can be used as an introduction to various technologies and also as a complete and easy-to-use reference work...I have not read another book that combines the two aspects as thorougly as Java Power Tools does."
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John will be giving a talk for the Wellington Java Users Group on April 16 at 5pm on JUnit 4.4:
Download the slides here
JUnit is the de facto standard for unit testing in Java. JUnit 4.4 introduces many innovative new features that can make unit testing easier and more productive. In this talk, we will examine how to write good unit tests in JUnit 4, and look at a few of these techniques, including parameterized tests, the new Hamcrest asserts and JUnit Theories.
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Equinox
Level 5
Equinox House
111 The Terrace (or 222 Lambton Quay through Amazon)
Wellington
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John will be talking for Software Quality NZ in Wellington on the 17th of April, at 4pm at Equinox house.
Download the slides here
Software quality metrics are good. Automated software quality metrics are better. John Smart, author of the about to be released book "Java Power Tools", will discuss a number of open source tools that can automate code quality and test coverage reporting to your project, and how to integrate them into your development process.
More importantly, John will cover how these tools can be used to reduce bugs, speed up delivery, improve the quality of your project, and hone your team's skills. In this presentation, John will be discussing tools such as Checkstyle, PMD, FindBugs, Crap4j, Cobertura and Selenium, and looking at quality metrics in the real world - how they work best as a team learning tool, and poorly as a measure of individual performance.
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Charge: $20; NZOQ members $15.00; SQNZ Members Nil (already covered by your personal or corporate membership); students a gold coin
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John Smart, author of the about to be released book 'Java Power Tools', will present practical techniques for effective development of Java applications. The presentation will cover a number of key Java development practices and how these can improve productivity.
For each practice John will present the problems the practice is trying to solve, issues with implementing the practice, and the tools and techniques available to support the practice. In the time available practices will be covered at a high-level and will include:
- Testing best practices
- Continuous integration
- Dependency management
- Code quality
- Integrated issue management
- Automatically-generated technical documentation.
All welcome - no charge.
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