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Keep controllers clean with custom action builders

When writing controllers, there are often elements that are needed over and over again. Maybe you always seem to be getting the same objects from a repository, or you want to do authentication. Repeating simple operations like these leave…

Play DI: compile time versus runtime

Scala’s Play Framework provides a runtime dependency injection mechanism by default, courtesy of Google Guice. The framework is built with flexibility in mind however, and so allows developers to replace the default application loader with a custom one that allows…

Getting mad and sad

When I’ve attended retrospectives where activities such as Mad/Sad/Glad or Liked/Learned/Lacked/Longed for are used I’ve noticed that attendees often express confusion about what seems like two negative states. Mad and sad both suggest a negative influence has occurred, as do lacked and longed…

Don’t be afraid to have fun

Sometimes an idea just pops into my head, and it’s so absurd that I immediately dismiss it. Sometimes I’ve had a couple of beers, and so I don’t dismiss it quite as quickly…and that’s a very good thing.

An idea is born

Add value to legacy code using agile tools

Working with legacy code need not be the nightmare it is often portrayed as. Tools that are considered best practice for greenfield development can and should be used to support legacy codebases, and prepare them for new development to begin.