A few years go I wrote a series of articles for The Java Ranch Journal entitled “Small and Simple Web Applications – the Friki Way”. The series showed an example of developing a very simple wiki (collaborative editable web site) in Java using Test-Driven Development (TDD) and a form of agile project management.
From time to time I refer someone to these articles but it has been tedious to find and gather all the individual article links. This post contains those links, so I can just give out a single URL in future.
- Part 1 – the problem and ways of looking for solutions
- Part 2 – starting the coding and reducing stress
- Part 3 – user requirements and build/test automation
- Part 4 – more coding and making a deployable web application
- Part 5 – delivering the first iteration
- Part 6 – improving the application
Unfortunately I never got around to continuing the series beyond that point. Maybe one day I should …


For years Frank Carver has been paying attention to the strange world of convergent technology. During that time he has discussed and researched broad subject areas, come to some surprising conclusions, produced and distributed digital media, scattered ideas and opinions like sparks from a firework, and above all consulted for businesses both large and small to help develop and deploy successful systems, services, and products in this highly complex arena.

