Oracle talked about Java 7 at the first stop of the Java Road Trip. The main speaker was Brian Goetz, author of Java Concurrency In Practice. Despite the disclaimer that everything including syntax is subject to change, the talk was pretty interesting.  Here are my notes.  (this was largely written on my iPad; please excuse [...]

As I continue looking at writing integration tests for the back end of JavaRanch’s JForum install, I faced the decision of how to guarantee a clean database.  A previous post on the topic covers how to clone a postgresql database via the command line. I was originally thinking about using dbUnit to import data.  I [...]

Is GET or POST more secure?  Like many things in computers, it depends! Who are you trying to secure data against? The user in his/her browser People who legitimately see the URL Hackers The user in his/her browser This is the case that is usually discussed.   Some people will naively say they want to “secure” [...]