The problem

I, usually, see solutions looking for a problem to solve.

My idea with this project is solve problems I had evaluating tools witch can help me ignore, as much as possible, infra-structure issues of my java projects. So, every tool used here, was a spike for solving a real problem in "real life".

My Toolbox

I'll list what I'm using and try to explain why.

Applications

• Maven - dependence management.
• OpenEJB - To allow EJB3, in any web container and unit test ;)
• Eclipse
• WTP
• Maven 2 Eclipse
• Hibernate Tools

Core

• JPA/Hibernate - Make my live easy. No need to write INSERT, UPDATE and DELETE.
• EJB3 - Create the EntityManager, and instantiate another beans. So, less work for me.
• Generic Crud Service: Really need explanation? ;)
• JUnit - Automated tests. I usually avoid classifications like unit, functional 'cause lost too much time trying to choose where to put. So I use long and fast runners.
• DbUnit - Database tests. Create scenarios to test HQLs.
• DerbyDB - Database tests.

Web

• Stripes - Web framework without xml configs.