posted by Jake on
When a person looks at an Xquery module import, ... um, sorry... he usually gets distracted by something else before he can get to the semicolon at the end of the statement. They're seriously long! Few are the files in which one-line imports adhere to an 80 character width limit. Read on for my other Martin Luther-spirited grievances.
posted by Jake on
Sometimes you want Maven to compile your code with a different JDK than is the one assigned to your JAVA_HOME. For instance, I have code in a project that I'm working on that only compiles on Java 1.5. My JAVA_HOME, however, is 1.6. So, how do we specify the JDK for Maven?
posted by Jake on
Debugging time is a blessed time in one's day where the hotkeys for continue, step into, step over, and others often grace the pads of the programmer's fingers. This can be quite a rewarding experience. Now ponder on the disappointment that materializes on the programmer's crestfallen brow when the step into button is pressed and upon the screen displays the all-descriptive and utterly useless "/** compiled code */". Maven mixed with IntelliJ to the rescue -- download the sources!