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JUnit: OutOfMemoryError using “junitreport” Ant task

By Paris Holley + October 13th, 2008

If you (like I), have googled all around trying to figure out this problem to no avail then perhaps my solution will work best for you. Everywhere I read said to simply increase the max memory size in your forked JUnit task however, even if that had worked it (which it didn’t) would seem more [...]

Mozilla Ubiquity: First Impressions

By Paris Holley + August 27th, 2008

When Mozilla Labs announced it’s first public release of Ubiquity, I like most people, was quite intrigued. The first feature they displayed that caught my eye, was the ability to not only book a flight, but look at its routes and email the schedule to other people at the same time.

Looking at that image at [...]

PHP 5.3: Introduction of Namespaces

By Paris Holley + August 24th, 2008

I think PHP programmers across the world are now rejoicing over the recent addition of namespaces into the PHP 5.3 alpha build. Though it isn’t likely we will see a stable release till the middle of September or October, this new feature will give programmers more flexibility in developing programs as well as improve existing [...]

BarCamp: Des Moines Technology Gathering

By Paris Holley + August 24th, 2008

What is BarCamp? BarCamp is an ad-hoc gathering born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment. It is an intense event with discussions, demos and interaction from participants.

JSF: Stream File for Download

By Paris Holley + August 16th, 2008

Sometimes linking directly to a file will not be the ideal way of sending content to a user. You may want to pull files from a database or a remote location without revealing any secure information. There are many ways this can be done but this example uses a simple command link tag and a method that will require you to implement a way to retrieve the file.

JavaMail 1.4.1: Use Gmail account as SMTP

By Paris Holley + August 6th, 2008

All examples I found of using JavaMail with a Gmail did not seem to work, so with a little tweaking, I came up with a solution that I believe should work (at least with JavaMail 1.4.1).

Naming Conventions

By Paris Holley + July 27th, 2008

This is a subject that is discussed many times over yet there has never been a general consensus to which way is proper. Take a look at some of the everyday conventions I use in my projects.

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By Paris Holley + July 27th, 2008

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Error: MySQL Server Has Gone Away

By Paris Holley + July 21st, 2008

This error can occur often when trying to execute large queries or import large amounts of blob data in a SQL dump. Assuming you have access to the my.ini in your MySQL directory, you need to either add the following line underneath your “[mysqld]” section or increase the size to a greater amount…

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JUnit: OutOfMemoryError using “junitreport” Ant task October 13th, 2008
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JUnit: OutOfMemoryError using “junitreport” Ant task

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