Andy Gibson - Part 9

Create A New Project With Maven Archetypes

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Prerequisites Install Maven In this tutorial, we will create a new project using the Knappsack Archetypes and compile and deploy it. For this example, we will use the jee6-basic-archetype. Before you begin, you will need to have installed Maven, but you no longer need to manually install the Knappsack Archetypes as they are in the […]

Installing the Knappsack Archetypes

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This is a brief guide to downloading and installing the Knappsack Maven Archetypes for Java EE 6.

Knappsack Archetypes Part 1

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This set of articles will document the contents of the Java EE archetypes for Maven. The archetypes come in four flavors, basic,minimal, sandbox and sandbox demo with each one being based on the previous one. In part 1, we’ll give an overview of the archetypes and the structure and configuration used in all of the […]

The key to being a good programmer

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One blog topic that never seems to get old is what makes a good programmer, or how to be a good programmer, or what you can do to be a better programmer. The same activities are often listed as being the path to successful codesmithing, when really it is just the method by which the […]

Accessing and Paginating CSV Files with DataValve

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Prerequisites Install Maven Installing DataValve Into Maven While DataValve is mostly used with database driven back ends, this tutorial shows you how DataValve can turn a comma delimited file into a paginated list of objects that the user can page through. We will then use this data provider in a console application, a Swing application […]

Implementing User Selectable Themes In JSF

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Prerequisites Install Maven Install the Knappsack Archetypes Many web applications offer users the option to change the appearance of user interface. One of the easiest ways to implement this is by offering different page color schemes by selecting different css style sheets. This article describes how to implement themes in JSF using CDI backing beans […]

Installing JBoss Developer Tools

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This article describes how to install the JBoss Developer Tools plug-ins into the Eclipse IDE. You should already have Eclipse installed and configured.

Installing Servers into Eclipse

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Prerequisites Installing and configuring Eclipse Download and install a web server JBoss Application Server Tomcat If you want to do some web development with Eclipse, you will need a web server for it to run on. The process for adding a server to Eclipse is usually the same for different server vendors. Typically though each […]

Installing libraries into Maven from source

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This article describes how to install artifacts into Maven from the source code. To start with you should have installed Maven and downloaded the source code you want to install. This same mechanism can be used for library jar files to archetypes that you want to install.

Install DataValve into Maven

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This tutorial will show you how to install DataValve into your local Maven repository. You should already have Maven installed locally on your machine into which we will be installing the DataValve libraries.