Tag Archives: Spring

Migrating a Spring Application from Tomcat 5 to GlassFish

Posted on July 20, 2007 by david

I’ve got a Spring Web application that has been running happily on Tomcat for a while, but I wanted to migrate it to GlassFish. This proved a relatively simple process as only a couple of changes were needed to the … Continue reading →

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Using Spring for J2EE apps

Posted on December 12, 2005 by david

There’s an interesting thread going on over at The Server Side based upon a comment made by Ugo Cei – “I seriously wonder why anyone would want to develop anything substantial in Java nowadays without using Spring.” Having done J2EE applications using … Continue reading →

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Less “Crap Code”

Posted on December 1, 2005 by david

I recently wrote about how developers don’t always clean up correctly when using databases after I read this blog. In my blog entry I suggested that developers could use a library (such as Spring) to help them close up database resources. Well, today I … Continue reading →

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I Miss Dependancy Injection

Posted on November 25, 2005 by david

I’ve just started working on a fairly small web application project that uses Struts as its web framework. I like Struts, its fairly simple to use and covers just about everything I need for my application. Since I’m now using … Continue reading →

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More on “Crap Code”

Posted on November 20, 2005 by david

I read this blog recently and thought, “yes, that’s true”. I’ve seen a lot of code that has resource leaks because programmers don’t properly close database connections. This is one of the most compelling reasons to use something like Spring’s database classes – they … Continue reading →

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How (not) to choose a web framework…

Posted on September 12, 2005 by david

How do you know which web framework to use when starting a new project? It can be tricky and there are several factors which can influence your decision, such as support, learning curve, project standards etc. To help people choose … Continue reading →

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Spring Connection Pooling with DBCP

Posted on June 23, 2005 by david

Recently I wanted to add a connection pool to my Spring Web Application. I decided to use Commons DBCP to provide the connection pool as I’m using the Spring JDBC wrapper classes. Googling around didn’t find any examples of how … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Better, Faster, Lighter Java

Posted on April 4, 2005 by david

Better, Faster, Lighter Java I’ve just finished reading this book by Bruce Tate and Justin Gehtland. Its one of the best books I’ve read for a long time and I thoroughly recommend it. The book begins by explaining how Java … Continue reading →

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