Spring MVC REST controller says 406 when emails are part URL path

You've got this Spring @RestController and mapped a URL that contains an email as part of the URL path. You cunningly worked around the dot truncation issue [1] and you are ready to roll. And suddenly, on some URLs, Spring will return a 406 [2] which says that the browser requested a certain content type … Continue reading Spring MVC REST controller says 406 when emails are part URL path →

Tomcat starts slowly in docker container

Just a little reminder to self: when running Tomcat with Java 8 in an Ubuntu Docker container, Tomcat will take a very long time (minutes!) to start with even the simplest web application. The issue is actually documented (not entirely Docker-related). The solution is to modify JAVA_OPTS to use a different random device: JAVA_OPTS=-Djava.security.egd=file:/dev/urandom

Heisenbugs with angular.js and Internet Explorer 9 or: missing console.log

I'm developing a proof of concept web application based on angular.js for corporate users, which - as so often in my career - means that they are using Internet Explorer. Several users complained about sporadic failures which were really hard to pin down, but during debugging sessions boiled down to a simple observation: the errors … Continue reading Heisenbugs with angular.js and Internet Explorer 9 or: missing console.log →

AngularJS, Internet Explorer 9 and watch error

While working on an enterprise project (of course...) I run into an error with Angular (1.3.13), Internet Explorer 9 and $watch-ing a scope when programming a directive: TypeError: Object doesn't support property or method 'watch' I'll never find out what the reason is. The collective wisdom of Angular users claims that including JQuery solves … Continue reading AngularJS, Internet Explorer 9 and watch error →

Fauxjsp: productive JSP development

Important note: This post is not being updated. For up-to-date information refer to the project repository: https://github.com/ggeorgovassilis/fauxjsp/ About JSP In this post I'll present a new open source project I'm currently working on, fauxjsp [1] which re-implements JSP in a way that is more robust and faster for developers. It is intended for development, where … Continue reading Fauxjsp: productive JSP development →