Monthly Archives: October 2007

YAML in YAML Fixtures

Posted on October 31, 2007 by

We were faced with the interesting problem of having a database column that stored YAML representations of data. To be more precise, that wasn’t the problem, it was how to load YAML data in using Rails fixtures, which themselves are … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Domain-Driven Design

Posted on October 23, 2007 by

I’ve just finished reading Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software by Eric Evans. Or to be more honest, I’ve finished skimming through it over the last couple of weeks whilst eating my lunch. This book was recommended … Continue reading →

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Is the Java application server dead ?

Posted on October 3, 2007 by

First came light-weight containers such as Spring which provide some of the useful features of application servers, but with less constraints over both design and deployment. Now we have Web Beans: A Web Bean does not have to be an … Continue reading →

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