This post shall sum up the results from our fruitful discussion on friday evenig. The idea for the open space discussion was sparked by Stefan Zörner who talked about modularity and what happens when you have no control over modularity. This post will not try to repeat the discussion but merely conserve the results:
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After upgrading Java to version 1.6.0.17 our CXF based webservices running on Mule ESB did not work anymore.
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A hot topic here at the Devoxx were the upcoming Java editions with their features and changes in the language syntax. While it is nice that you will be able to switch() on Strings, have a modularized platform and other cool stuff, one thing is a bit odd: the hype Closures get. Java 7 will be delayed mainly by this. But what is the hype?
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As every year, codecentric Developers are attending the Devoxx.  Devoxx in Antwerp is among the top conferences for Java in Europe, known for its hand picked Speakers and excellent topics. No surprise that the depicted 7 gents in codecentric Shirts did not want to miss this conference.

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When doing ATDD (Acceptance Test Driven Development) or BDD (Behaviour Driven Development), the following grammar is widely spread to formulate pre- and postconditions of a test:

1. Given: The static preconditions
2. When: The behaviour under test (or that, which should be specified)
3. Then: The expected results of the behaviour under the given preconditions

In this context executable specifications are a hot topic, but it is still a long way to go, isn’t it? read more…

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