Java tips for coders, by coders

I blogged about reading a jar’s manifest file recently but what use is reading a manifest unless it contains something useful. In a development environment where we are constantly pushing SNAPSHOT’s to others, it helps to know what version of your code base others are using in order to debug problems. Two properties here are [...]

At work, we have multiple libraries that provide us with small small functionalities. This design keeps things simple and makes code sharing easy. But it also has it’s own set of problems. In very large projects where there are multiple branches and complicated dependencies, it’s impossible to ask customers to provide you with jar versions. [...]