Brian’s Stuff

I am developing an Spring 3.0 based web application that I intend to deploy to Google App Engine. But I’ve been banging my head against a brick wall for a day now trying to figure out why my ${xxx} expressions are not evaluating correctly. The source of the problem seems to be a bug with [...]

It couldn’t be easier. Just execute the following commands in your favourite shell: sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jdk sun-java6-plugin update-java-alternatives -s java-6-sun And add the following /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun to the top of the list in your /etc/jvm file.

If you want to create an archive (.zip, .tar.gz, etc.) file as part of a Maven 2 build you need to use the Assembly Plug-in. Furthermore, if you want to install it into your local repository or deploy it to a remote repository you will need the assistance of the Builder Helper Plug-in. But if [...]

I have deployed a Maven repository using Archiva and protect it using user name and password authentication. I don’t really have much intellectual property worth protecting (yet!) but I decided that I really should be protecting the transport layer using SSL anyway. Being cheap I also decided to use a self signed certificate so I [...]

I decided to use JavaFX for part of the the solution I am currently developing. I’m not really sure I need all the whistlesand bells that JavaFX gives. But this is an opportunity to learn without a deadline hahnging over my head. I’m an Eclipse fanatic and I was disappointed when I couldn’t find the [...]

The LDAP Maven Plugin is a plugin for the Maven 2 build automation tools that allows LDIF data to be uploaded to a LDAP directory server in preparation for test case execution. The plugin also provides goals to download the contents of the repository in either LDIF or DSML format for verification after test cases [...]