Fighting Classpath Chaos

Chaotic classpaths can be be source of constant unexpected problems in development and production. All too often everything including the kitchen sink is dumped onto the classpath to make an app work. Who has time to look or figure-out research conflicts or troubleshoot transient errors? In this session I cover some of the bizarre issues I've had to troubleshoot (in production!) along with tools I've created to to identify and resolve problems.