Jacek Furmankiewicz is a Senior Java EE and Erlang/OTP developer at Radialpoint. He has 15 years of professional IT experience and is a Sun Certified Java Programmer (SCJP).

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Project Lombok: Put an End to Java Verbosity (Oct 5 09)

The introduction of Project Lombok, a combination compile-time and development-time code generator, has made Java POJO verbosity history. Add Lombok to your daily coding practices, and you won't go back.

Spring and Hessian for Fast, Easy Java Remoting (Aug 21 09)

The Hessian binary web service protocol is a powerful and easy-to-use alternative to RMI, XML/SOAP, and REST/JSON for remote communication. Learn how to integrate Spring and Hessian and then create Hessian components as simple Java objects.

Embedded Jetty and Spring: The Lightweight Antidote for Java EE Complexity (Jul 13 09)

Enterprise Java development does not need to be heavyweight and Ant-driven; with embedded Jetty and Spring, it can be lean, mean, fast, and—above all—productive.

Beans Binding: A Java Data-Binding Solution with a Serious Problem (Nov 19 08)

Data binding simplifies how you sync a data object's properties with their visual representations, and Beans Binding for Java (JSR 295) aims to deliver a default data-binding specification for the Java platform. Find out how to use Beans Binding and work around its onerous overhead.

Beyond XML and JSON: YAML for Java Developers (Jul 2 08)

Get a high-level introduction to the YAML file format for Java developers. Find out how it differs from XML and JSON and examine its relative advantages and drawbacks.

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