Category Archives: General

Aspect trace logging in Java (Spring Framework)

Posted on January 26, 2012 by Mark

An easy way to enable tracing of methods and parameter values in Java Spring is by using AspectJ. A simplified example of my Aspect class to make tracing easy, without any ‘logger.trace’ code in the classes itself: package com.markvandenbergh.test.util; import … Continue reading →

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Installing Flex Builder on Ubuntu 9.04

Posted on April 11, 2009 by Mark

For my work I’ve been working with Adobe Flex. If you’re doing Flex development you (probably) work with Flex Builder. It has features a development tool should provide; code completion, design view, good integrated building/running of projects, debugging etc. At … Continue reading →

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Applying Game Mechanics to Functional Software

Posted on March 16, 2009 by Mark

Just finished watching a Google Tech Talk by Amy Jo Kim of Shuffle Brain, regarding game mechanics in functional software (video embedded below). She has worked as a social architect on for example Rockband, and applying game mechanics on the … Continue reading →

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