Thoughts on Application Architecture and Design

Recently I had a requirement to run JMeter scripts in Jenkins/bamboo. There is not much information on the web to do the same and I had to spend a significant about off effort to get it working. Hopefully, the attached pom should help anyone trying to setup a Jenkins/bamboo build. This script assumes that you are trying to use your custom build of JMeter along with plugins. Even though you might not need everything in the pom the dependencies and the attributes that you can set will give you an idea to enhance the pom as required. Will update the page with more explanation once I get some time. <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd"> <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion> <groupId>com.test</groupId> <artifactId>performance-tests</artifac...

Ever wonder why specifications from a standard body are complex? Have a look at Java Specifications or try understanding a new declarative language, they are mired in complex functionality and assumptions. A couple of years ago, I came across SNOMED-CT and found that not all specifications are made equal. Being an IT professional, I expected such kind of work from an IT major, but surprisingly it came from the medical community. SNOMED-CT is a specification for identifying, defining and describing medical terms. This should have been one of the complex specification in the know IT world but is one of the simplest. The authors of this specification understood the underlying structure of the data should closely represent the domain model, which is the medical terminology context. The following is the basis for the specification(I will use terminology and specification interchangeably in this blog): All components in the terminology are represented by Concepts. Any re...