Jean-Christophe Gay

Use a unique property to set Maven version

contact@jeanchristophegay.com (Jean-Christophe Gay) — Fri, 02 Sep 2016 20:49:00 +0200

When working with a Maven multi-module (dozens of them) project on multiple branches, I always end up with merge conflicts on my pom.xml <version> elements.
Here is a solution I use to remove all the <version> element duplication.

Deploy Maven SNAPSHOT with Travis CI

contact@jeanchristophegay.com (Jean-Christophe Gay) — Wed, 29 Jul 2015 21:23:00 +0200

Guide to deploy SNAPSHOT binaries on OSS sonatype repository with Travis CI.

Desktop notifications for Gradle

contact@jeanchristophegay.com (Jean-Christophe Gay) — Wed, 13 May 2015 17:35:00 +0200

When building projects, time can pass slowly… Most of the time they run as background tasks and I like to have a notification when they have finished.
There is a built-in plugin for Gradle to send notifications but we’ll see how to get more possible notifiers !

Profile Maven build

contact@jeanchristophegay.com (Jean-Christophe Gay) — Sun, 01 Feb 2015 22:33:00 +0200

Tools to measure time spent in your Maven builds.

Color and desktop notifications for Maven

contact@jeanchristophegay.com (Jean-Christophe Gay) — Sun, 04 May 2014 17:58:00 +0200

Maven, is not the sexiest tool available out there… Used within your IDE, it will be hidden but it deserve better inside your preferred shell.

Show Maven build plan

contact@jeanchristophegay.com (Jean-Christophe Gay) — Sat, 22 Mar 2014 19:24:00 +0200

I often find myself in front of a POM scratching my head while trying to find what Maven will execute during my build. Since Maven 3 it is possible to calculate execution plan by simulating the build. Strangely there is not easy way do display it. Here is buildplan-maven-plugin.

Migration from WordPress to Pelican

contact@jeanchristophegay.com (Jean-Christophe Gay) — Mon, 17 Mar 2014 20:31:00 +0200

Migration feedback of a WordPress blog to a static site built with Pelican.