Java – Software n' stuff

Why I used my vacation to write a Java assembler

As I usually do around this time of year, I took a much-needed one-week vacation from work at the beginning of May. With my recent scaling-back of the rosco_m68k project that’s been getting all my free time for the past couple of years, I needed a fun project to do during my time off, andContinue reading “Why I used my vacation to write a Java assembler”

Generate less bytecode with default methods

Java’s default methods (introduced back in Java 8) are one of those features that solve the intended problem reasonably well, while at the same time allowing all kinds of nasty code and weird inheritance stuff when used in a general-purpose kind of way. Indeed, they’ve been the subject of a ton of posts and theContinue reading “Generate less bytecode with default methods”

Mocking v2.0

We all love to use mocks in our Java tests, right? Add the usual mock framework to your test dependencies, sprinkle a few mock, when and thenWhatever calls in to your code, and happy days. You’re able to test things in isolation, and as an added bonus ensure your code is actually calling the stuffContinue reading “Mocking v2.0”