One of my primary goals when developing software is either preventing a defect from being introduced into a code base or limiting its lifetime; in other words, I try to find defects as early as possible. Obviously, the more I learn about how to write...

Version 6 of the Java Platform, Standard Edition (Java SE), was released for general availability in December 2006. So here are the top 10 things you need to know about the release, if you're still hovering hesitantly overWeb Services...

This book is written for technical architects and senior developers tasked with designing and leading the development of J2EE java applications. This book will guide the architect through the entire process of delivering a project from analysis...

Error and Exception Handling Does the code avoid catching Exception (as opposed to more specific exception types)? Does the code avoid throwing an explicit Exception object? Does the code avoid having empty catch blocks? Do methods check for null /...

Naming: (mostly covered by checkstyle) Are class, variable, and method names descriptive?Like Other than following naming convention, all names should be descriptiveCoding Standard Is the code self-descriptive and easily understood?Like Code should...