Author Archives: Daniel Roop

Obsessed with REST

Posted on January 21, 2012 by Daniel Roop

Early in my career I discovered my first love in programming, the build processes. I have identified it as various things over the years; build tools, unit testing, continuous integration and now continuous delivery, but it will always be my … Continue reading →

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Confluence Bundle for Textmate (sortof)

Posted on March 19, 2010 by Daniel Roop

On and off I looked for a Textmate Bundle for Confluence with no luck. I was looking for something with basic syntax highlighting and maybe a preview view. It would be nice to have integration so I could publish from … Continue reading →

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Why Defensive Programming is Rubbish

Posted on October 15, 2009 by Daniel Roop

There are many ways to classify a programming style. One of the classifications I hear a lot at my current place of employment is Defensive Programming. Before I worked here I had noticed the style but I don’t think I … Continue reading →

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Program to an interface not an Interface

Posted on June 28, 2008 by Daniel Roop

For the longest time I have thought I was crazy, because I just didn’t see the benefit of programming to an Interface. I agreed it was good from a design perspective, but as an implementation I saw no need to … Continue reading →

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EasyMock Exception when calling createMock

Posted on May 22, 2008 by Daniel Roop

I admit this is probably an obscure error, but I didn’t find anyone else talking about it. So, in an effort to help some other poor sap like me out… If you receive this error in EasyMock 2.3 java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: org.easymock.internal.RecordState.(Lorg/easymock/internal/IMocksBehavior;)V … Continue reading →

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What makes a great developer?

Posted on May 9, 2008 by Daniel Roop

Passion. I have come to the conclusion that, that simple word is what separates an average developer from a great developer. IQ, education, degree, books, none of that matters, these are all symptoms of passion. A passionate developer will use … Continue reading →

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JRuby, Ruby gem command conflict

Posted on April 18, 2008 by Daniel Roop

I would have to assume that there are plenty of developers out there that want to install JRuby and Ruby on the same machine. There is a tragic flaw with this, the gem command is the same for both. If … Continue reading →

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Aptana RadRails 1.0

Posted on March 12, 2008 by Daniel Roop

I have recently become frustrated with the Eclipse IDE. I use 3.2 to do my java development, Flex Builder to do Flex development and Aptana RadRails for Ruby and Rails stuff. This last week I almost cracked and purchased TextMate … Continue reading →

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2nd Player Revived

Posted on March 5, 2008 by Daniel Roop

Michael, Bucky and I have cranked out another 2nd Player Episode. We cover where we have been, and plans we have for the site and podcast. We are not sure if we are going to stick with the bi-weekly schedule … Continue reading →

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New Layout and Great T-Shirt

Posted on February 20, 2008 by Daniel Roop

For some reason, I decided to upgrade WordPress to 2.3.3 tonight. In the process I decided my layout was a little dated, so I updated that too. As an added bonus, the RSS Widget began working, I guess it didn’t … Continue reading →

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