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Since I’ve been back on the job, writing Java code lately, that means I’ve been testing Java code lately.
After living in the land of Ruby with RSpec, thinking about JUnit did not excite me.  Thankfully I found the rspec-maven-plugin, which integrates straight into the maven test process.
I like rspec because it removes a whole lot [...]

I’ve been working on compiling JIRA plugins lately, with maven-2.
And I see this go scrolling by:
[WARNING] *** CHECKSUM FAILED – Error retrieving checksum file for webwork/jars/webwork-30Apr07-jiratld.jar – IGNORING
In that single line, I get confused, as there are 4 hot words right there.

WARNING: Hey, something bad happened, but it’s not super bad.
FAILED: Well, crap, it [...]

Today, my Canadian friend Jason van Zyl announced his new company based around all things maven.
Jason, as you may know, is the founder of both Maven and the first maven-centric company, Mergere. For some history, Mergere was a child of Simula Labs. Simula started life as a VC-ish incubator, but now seems to [...]