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Which Continuous Integration Plugin for Eclipse

I do a lot of TDD and am thinking of installing a Continuous Integration Plugin for Eclipse. The two most popular seem to be JUnit Max and Infinitest. As both are "payed for", I'd like some opinions on the pros/cons/otherwise of each. Maybe there is a "free" alternative that I've missed? ...

Is it good to have "Utils" class in your software project?

Usually, during software development, there are all sorts of utility functions I need. Like zipped file, extract zip file, launching Web Browser, get scaled image... What I did is, I place all this utility functions as static function within a single class named "Utils" http://jstock.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/jstock/jstock/src/org/ycc...

Data attribute table vs many small tables

I am working for a client that currently has a DataAttributes table with columns Name, Type, Value, and ParentID. This table is used to store virtually everything such as US states, anatomical items, combo box selections, and system settings. I would seriously like to get rid of this table and break each section into its own table. Are ...