tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7972942899684557472Fri, 22 Mar 2013 06:45:38 +0000SpringFrameworkStoryQuotesGradleZenPhilosophyWritingDesignWebStartJavaScriptJavaJokesPresentationsProgrammingNotes of apprenticeship of programming and other thingshttp://www.apprenticeshipnotes.org/noreply@blogger.com (Gamal Mateo)Blogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7972942899684557472.post-1878539633596279721Fri, 15 Mar 2013 02:03:00 +00002013-03-21T19:40:34.835-05:00ProgrammingSpringFrameworkSource Code: Example. Springframework 3.2.1.RELEASE Problem In order to register custom converters we have to do the following: <bean id="conversionService" class="org.springframework.context.support.ConversionServiceFactoryBean"> <property name="converters"> <list> <!-- list of converters--> <bean class="org.anotes.springexample.converter.PersonToClienthttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ApprenticeshipNotes/~3/1Za_qKbGidY/springframework-using-annotations-to_14.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gamal Mateo)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ApprenticeshipNotes/~4/1Za_qKbGidY" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.apprenticeshipnotes.org/2013/03/springframework-using-annotations-to_14.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7972942899684557472.post-5644460704416291721Mon, 14 Jan 2013 00:57:00 +00002013-01-14T11:13:01.925-05:00JavaWebStartGradleSource Code: Example. Problem We have a Java Swing program and we need to create the files needed to use webstart in order to execute our program. Solution We have to follow the next steps: Generate the key file Using the keytool.exe program that is in "\bin" we will generate the key using: keytool -genkey -alias http://www.anotes.org -keystore D:/temp/anotes.keys Next to this we have http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ApprenticeshipNotes/~3/XoMH5WXkXN4/generating-webstart-files-using-gradle.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gamal Mateo)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ApprenticeshipNotes/~4/XoMH5WXkXN4" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.apprenticeshipnotes.org/2013/01/generating-webstart-files-using-gradle.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7972942899684557472.post-3476362146822124234Sun, 15 Apr 2012 04:05:00 +00002012-04-17T11:05:01.740-05:00ProgrammingSpringFrameworkSource Code:Example Setting Context<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"       xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"       xmlns:aop="http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop"       xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"       xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ApprenticeshipNotes/~3/9KvsDGAO2ZE/spring-aopexamples.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gamal Mateo)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ApprenticeshipNotes/~4/9KvsDGAO2ZE" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.apprenticeshipnotes.org/2012/04/spring-aopexamples.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7972942899684557472.post-3892744222872912942Sun, 15 Apr 2012 01:33:00 +00002012-04-14T21:05:46.504-05:00ProgrammingSpringFrameworkGetting properties file<util:properties id="settings" location="classpath:settings.properties"/>Accesing a value in properties<property name="accessToken" value="#{settings['twitter.accessToken']}"/>systemEnvironment and systemPropertiesIn addition to reading properties from a <util:properties>-declared collection, Spring makes two special selections of properties available to SpEL:  http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ApprenticeshipNotes/~3/WR9ZYKF3aMg/spring-expression-language-spel.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gamal Mateo)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ApprenticeshipNotes/~4/WR9ZYKF3aMg" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.apprenticeshipnotes.org/2012/04/spring-expression-language-spel.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7972942899684557472.post-6430625973822102573Thu, 12 Apr 2012 03:03:00 +00002012-04-11T22:03:51.073-05:00ProgrammingDesignSource: Growing Object Oriented Software, Guided by Tests Roles, Responsibilities, Collaborators We try to think about objects in terms of roles, responsibilities, and collaborators, as best described by Wirfs-Brock and McKean. An object is an implementation of one or more roles; a role is a set of related responsibilities; and a responsibility is an obligation to perform a task or know http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ApprenticeshipNotes/~3/tkEnlg33_Yw/growing-object-oriented-software-guided.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gamal Mateo)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ApprenticeshipNotes/~4/tkEnlg33_Yw" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.apprenticeshipnotes.org/2012/04/growing-object-oriented-software-guided.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7972942899684557472.post-1047407117552039500Fri, 23 Mar 2012 01:10:00 +00002012-03-22T20:13:07.149-05:00ProgrammingSource: The Art of Readable Code–Extracts Basic Rules: Code should be easy to understand. Code should be written to minimize the time it would take for someone else to understand it. Surface-Level Improvements Picking good names, Writing good comments, Formatting your code neatly About names The best names are ones that can’t be misconstrued—the person reading your code will understand it http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ApprenticeshipNotes/~3/a9SQYZhoF-c/art-of-readable-code-extracts.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gamal Mateo)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ApprenticeshipNotes/~4/a9SQYZhoF-c" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.apprenticeshipnotes.org/2012/03/art-of-readable-code-extracts.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7972942899684557472.post-1677889812985484580Sun, 18 Mar 2012 20:26:00 +00002012-03-18T15:33:24.684-05:00Quotes“Luck favors the prepared mind only” - Louis Pasteur ”Success and rest don’t sleep together. “- Russian proverb ”About motivate problematic people:  create a rich picture, reframe your goals, stage the encounter” “Reasonable people adapt themselves to the world. Unreasonable people attempt to adapt the world to themselves. All progress, therefore, depends on unreasonable people.”— George Bernard http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ApprenticeshipNotes/~3/DDnZS0jhJmI/quotes.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gamal Mateo)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ApprenticeshipNotes/~4/DDnZS0jhJmI" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.apprenticeshipnotes.org/2012/03/quotes.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7972942899684557472.post-3957474428909178521Sun, 18 Mar 2012 20:11:00 +00002012-03-18T15:11:04.636-05:00DesignArchitecture is about looking at a system from a point of view that makes it appear simple, sometimes artificially so. It provides a way of looking at the "conceptual essence" of something without getting bogged down in every detail. An architectural viewpoint It has to be simple to understand, to describe, to compare with other viewpoints, and, ultimately, to implement.The viewpoint might seek http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ApprenticeshipNotes/~3/5TkEQu3z1xM/architecture.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gamal Mateo)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ApprenticeshipNotes/~4/5TkEQu3z1xM" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.apprenticeshipnotes.org/2012/03/architecture.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7972942899684557472.post-5820713886729249403Sun, 18 Mar 2012 19:50:00 +00002012-03-18T14:50:36.011-05:00PresentationsSource: Made To Stick Making your ideas sticky What's my point? And why does it matter? If your audience remembers only one thing, what should it be? Process for making your ideas stickier Identify the central message you need to communicate—find the core; Figure out what is counterintuitive about the message —i.e., What are the unexpected implications of your core message? Why isn't it http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ApprenticeshipNotes/~3/0m6tlMQuyXA/made-to-stick-why-some-ideas-survive.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gamal Mateo)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ApprenticeshipNotes/~4/0m6tlMQuyXA" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.apprenticeshipnotes.org/2012/03/made-to-stick-why-some-ideas-survive.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7972942899684557472.post-7464721251925987520Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:08:00 +00002012-01-30T14:08:34.248-05:00ProgrammingSource: The Mythical Man-Month Importance of Milestones  in Big Projects How does one control a big project on a tight schedule? The first step is to have a schedule. Each of a list of events, called milestones, has a date. Picking the dates is an estimating problem, discussed already and crucially dependent on experience. For picking the milestones there is only one relevant rule. Milestones http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ApprenticeshipNotes/~3/HPHAWWCgFgY/mythical-man-month-extracts-vii.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gamal Mateo)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ApprenticeshipNotes/~4/HPHAWWCgFgY" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.apprenticeshipnotes.org/2012/01/mythical-man-month-extracts-vii.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7972942899684557472.post-1589196360218708426Thu, 06 Oct 2011 03:38:00 +00002011-10-05T22:38:44.050-05:00ProgrammingSource: The Mythical Man-Month Communication in the Large Programming Project Schedule disaster, functional misfits, and system bugs all arise because the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing. As work proceeds, the several teams slowly change the functions, sizes, and speeds of their own programs, and they explicitly or implicitly change their assumptions about the inputs availablehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ApprenticeshipNotes/~3/CkAvQXteJRk/mythical-man-month-extracts-vi.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gamal Mateo)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ApprenticeshipNotes/~4/CkAvQXteJRk" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.apprenticeshipnotes.org/2011/10/mythical-man-month-extracts-vi.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7972942899684557472.post-3881590484755567171Wed, 05 Oct 2011 03:12:00 +00002011-10-04T22:17:07.939-05:00JavaScriptAbout Arrays, Objects and FunctionsObject Creation Expressionsnew Object() new Point(2,3) If no arguments are passed to the constructor function in an object creation expression, the empty pair of parentheses can be omitted: new Object new Date Object and Array InitializersObject and array initializers are expressions whose value is a newly created object or array. var arrayOfArrays = [[1,2], [3]http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ApprenticeshipNotes/~3/rX4Bb1gr-10/javascript-ii-expressions-and-operators.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gamal Mateo)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ApprenticeshipNotes/~4/rX4Bb1gr-10" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.apprenticeshipnotes.org/2011/10/javascript-ii-expressions-and-operators.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7972942899684557472.post-3673862132044510074Fri, 30 Sep 2011 03:12:00 +00002011-09-29T22:18:46.064-05:00ProgrammingSource: The Mythical Man-Month Ensuring that everyone hears, understands, and implements the architects' decisions A whole technology for doing this was worked out for the System/360 hardware design effort, and it is equally applicable to software projects. Written Specifications—the Manual The manual, or written specification, is a necessary tool, though not a sufficient one. The manual is the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ApprenticeshipNotes/~3/dm5r4WqkhJE/mythical-man-month-extracts-v.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gamal Mateo)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ApprenticeshipNotes/~4/dm5r4WqkhJE" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.apprenticeshipnotes.org/2011/09/mythical-man-month-extracts-v.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7972942899684557472.post-3397135819147899337Fri, 30 Sep 2011 01:00:00 +00002011-09-29T20:00:20.722-05:00ProgrammingSource: The Mythical Man-Month Architect - Needed Disciplines Having in mind that we have separated responsibility for functional specification (Architect) from responsibility for building a fast, cheap product (Builder), now we have to answer the question of: how we will achieve the best outcome of our project? The fundamental answer is thoroughgoing, careful, and sympathetic communication http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ApprenticeshipNotes/~3/aGedoJ9WZgg/mythical-man-month-extracts-iv.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gamal Mateo)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ApprenticeshipNotes/~4/aGedoJ9WZgg" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.apprenticeshipnotes.org/2011/09/mythical-man-month-extracts-iv.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7972942899684557472.post-1853617870326335909Mon, 19 Sep 2011 02:10:00 +00002011-09-18T21:25:10.528-05:00JavaScriptProgrammingBasic Information JavaScript is a case-sensitive language. Many client-side JavaScript objects and properties have the same names as the HTML tags and attributes they represent. While these tags and attribute names can be typed in any case in HTML, in JavaScript they typically must be all lowercase. JavaScript’s strings (and its arrays) use zero-based indexing. When the JavaScript interpreter http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ApprenticeshipNotes/~3/YTfAYn4jt5o/javascript-i-initial-concepts.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gamal Mateo)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ApprenticeshipNotes/~4/YTfAYn4jt5o" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.apprenticeshipnotes.org/2011/09/javascript-i-initial-concepts.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7972942899684557472.post-6251156358855291621Sun, 18 Sep 2011 01:04:00 +00002011-09-17T20:09:46.230-05:00ProgrammingSource: The Mythical Man-Month Conceptual Integrity I will contend that conceptual integrity is the most important consideration in system design. It is better to have a system omit certain anomalous features and improvements, but to reflect one set of design ideas, than to have one that contains many good but independent and uncoordinated ideas. Unfortunately most programming systems reflect bighttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ApprenticeshipNotes/~3/RNpUH6CU4Fs/mythical-man-month-extracts-iii.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gamal Mateo)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ApprenticeshipNotes/~4/RNpUH6CU4Fs" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.apprenticeshipnotes.org/2011/09/mythical-man-month-extracts-iii.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7972942899684557472.post-9171312457678169395Fri, 09 Sep 2011 03:11:00 +00002011-09-08T22:11:22.933-05:00ProgrammingSource: The Mythical Man-Month How to take forward really big projects Small sharp team concept is not a viable solution because it is too slow. So we have to find other options. The dilemma For efficiency and conceptual integrity, one prefers a few good minds doing design and construction. For large systems one wants a way to bring considerable manpower to bear, so that the product can make a http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ApprenticeshipNotes/~3/Al4IoHqYD5c/mythical-man-month-extracts-ii.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gamal Mateo)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ApprenticeshipNotes/~4/Al4IoHqYD5c" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.apprenticeshipnotes.org/2011/09/mythical-man-month-extracts-ii.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7972942899684557472.post-8041023003758529532Sat, 03 Sep 2011 20:24:00 +00002011-09-03T15:24:59.656-05:00ProgrammingSource: The Mythical Man-Month Identifying the joys and woes inherent to the system programming. The Joys of the Craft Following we can find some answers to the questions:  Why is programming fun? What delights may its practitioner expect as his reward? The sheer joy of making things. The pleasure of making things that are useful to other people. The fascination of fashioning complex http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ApprenticeshipNotes/~3/3SUC-hLKLJQ/mythical-man-month-extracts-i.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gamal Mateo)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ApprenticeshipNotes/~4/3SUC-hLKLJQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.apprenticeshipnotes.org/2011/09/mythical-man-month-extracts-i.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7972942899684557472.post-6867307831680918234Fri, 19 Aug 2011 02:34:00 +00002011-08-18T21:34:52.617-05:00WritingSource: Ideas into Words Refining Your Draft Before you start refining, do whatever will freshen your view of the manuscript. At a minimum, take a break and print out the manuscript.  After your break, proceed as if you had never seen the manuscript before. The idea is to approximate an outsider’s clear view of the piece as it stands. Next do the following things: Read at cruising speed  and jot http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ApprenticeshipNotes/~3/PNYtwjJ46iU/ideas-into-words-extracts-iii.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gamal Mateo)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ApprenticeshipNotes/~4/PNYtwjJ46iU" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.apprenticeshipnotes.org/2011/08/ideas-into-words-extracts-iii.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7972942899684557472.post-8353315932584736158Thu, 18 Aug 2011 19:06:00 +00002011-08-18T14:11:55.509-05:00WritingSource : Ideas into Words Creating your first draft Following you can find some advices to create your first draft As you write, keep your eye on the ball I borrowed the sporty image in this mixaphor, hackneyed though it is, because in sports we all know it’s true (which is how it got hackneyed). It is hard enough to hit a tennis ball streaking toward you at 118 miles an hour. It cannot be done http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ApprenticeshipNotes/~3/VIOv0UT_sO0/ideas-into-words-extracts-ii-creating.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gamal Mateo)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ApprenticeshipNotes/~4/VIOv0UT_sO0" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.apprenticeshipnotes.org/2011/08/ideas-into-words-extracts-ii-creating.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7972942899684557472.post-6894714786897135959Thu, 11 Aug 2011 03:38:00 +00002011-08-10T22:38:36.668-05:00WritingSource: Ideas into Words Main Advice Whenever you get stuck while writing, stop struggling. Close your eyes, visualize a specific, living, breathing reader, and say to yourself, “What am I really trying to say?” Whatever the answer, write it down. Polish later if it’s needed, but you may be surprised at how trivial the polishing can be. Getting Started The first things that you have to do are: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ApprenticeshipNotes/~3/wJf0VB5P23E/ideas-into-words-extracts-i.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gamal Mateo)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ApprenticeshipNotes/~4/wJf0VB5P23E" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.apprenticeshipnotes.org/2011/08/ideas-into-words-extracts-i.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7972942899684557472.post-801836798041214633Sat, 02 Jul 2011 21:44:00 +00002011-07-02T16:44:05.277-05:00ProgrammingSource: The Clean Coder: A Code of Conduct for Professional Programmers About software projects The fundamental assumption underlying all software projects is that software is easy to change.If you violate this assumption by creating inflexible structures, then you undercut the economic model that the entire industry is based on. Professionals spend time caring for their profession. You should http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ApprenticeshipNotes/~3/4_2lZEcooA4/clean-coderextracts.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gamal Mateo)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ApprenticeshipNotes/~4/4_2lZEcooA4" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.apprenticeshipnotes.org/2011/07/clean-coderextracts.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7972942899684557472.post-6248347753650419279Thu, 30 Jun 2011 16:37:00 +00002011-07-02T12:58:42.515-05:00Quotes“Only connect!... Only connect the prose and the passion, and both will be exalted, and human love will be seen at its height.” - E. M. Forster "Man can be destroyed, but not defeated" – Hemingway "Living a life of defeat is death and a death with dignity is life." "All happy families resemble each other, but each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." – Tolstoy “Curiosity, happens when we http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ApprenticeshipNotes/~3/BaVVb41ELNI/quotes_30.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gamal Mateo)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ApprenticeshipNotes/~4/BaVVb41ELNI" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.apprenticeshipnotes.org/2011/06/quotes_30.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7972942899684557472.post-3261189686395182510Wed, 29 Jun 2011 21:50:00 +00002011-06-30T11:39:45.188-05:00Presentations Source: Confessions of a Public Speaker 1.- Take a strong position in the title. All talks and presentations have a point of view, and you need to know what yours is. If you don’t know enough about the topic to have an opinion, solve that problem before you make your presentation. Even saying, “Here are five things I like” is a strong position, in that there are an infinite number of things youhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ApprenticeshipNotes/~3/827Z1VqxVyw/points-to-take-into-account-to-prepare.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gamal Mateo)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ApprenticeshipNotes/~4/827Z1VqxVyw" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.apprenticeshipnotes.org/2011/06/points-to-take-into-account-to-prepare.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7972942899684557472.post-1565135549868122419Mon, 13 Jun 2011 18:59:00 +00002011-06-13T13:59:27.221-05:00Quotes"I tell you that whether you fear it or not, disappointment will come.  The beauty is that through disappointment you can gain clarity, and with clarity comes conviction and true Originality" - Conan O'Brien http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ApprenticeshipNotes/~3/lvNO0xJQFYI/quotes.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gamal Mateo)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ApprenticeshipNotes/~4/lvNO0xJQFYI" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.apprenticeshipnotes.org/2011/06/quotes.html