Swiz Framework 1.0

Swiz framework just announce 1.0 release , I have worked on other frameworks available in the market for development in Adobe Flex , after some research i found swiz the simplest , easiest and solves my purpose of using a framework without much hassle ,In this blog we are going to see two things why should [...]

The Curious case of Field and Property Access in Hibernate

Have you ever wondered whether placing Hibernate annotations over both the fields and getters(properties) in an entity class would land you in trouble. Well as Rajdeep and I discovered, if you haven’t tried it out, it will.

Pair Programming With Two Keyboards

Today when I started pair programming, me and my partner did an experiment by using two keyboards. I don’t know whether its advised to do in pair programming or not, but we started it mostly out of curiosity and fun. Generally we pair with only one keyboard and one person becomes the navigator and the [...]

Secret Angel flue grips Xebia India

We wanted to do something for Christmas and New Year and doing the same old things wasn’t motivating us. That’s where we were introduced to the idea of playing “Secret Angel”. It was 24th of December, and we started planning to get this idea floated among our fellow Xebians. This game is all about keeping [...]

My First Pair Programming Experience- It takes two to tango!!

Yesterday evening, while travelling back to home from office, going over the day’s activities, my wandering mind was struck with a thought- Pair Programming proclaims to help us improve not only as a developer but as a craftsman. I have been practicing Pair Programming now for quite some time at Xebia, has it really lived [...]