JavaFX 2.0
Yesterday I attended a NLJug meeting at Oracle at De Meern on JavaFX, called ‘JavaFX 2.0 EA‘. The meeting was presented by Roger Brinkley, who’s a called ‘Community leader’, of…
Software engineering is design all the way: code as design
Recently I came across an article I remember reading quite some years ago and having quite an influence on my thinking. A short summary in my own words. Creating software…
Enabling accesskeys for javascript events
Using the accesskey attribute, you can enable hotkeys for various html input elements. This allows one to get the focus to an input element by using the ALT-key + <CHARACTER>…
Creating an ear with version for Weblogic using Maven
Using the ear plugin of Maven 2 creating an ear is very easy. The produced ear follows the JEE spec, so you can normally use it in any application server.I’m…
Google buys Instantiations
A while a go I used to do Swing development, and I sometimes used the tool of Instantiations to develop my GUI. I quite liked the tool. Before that I…
McDonalds running Linux
A unix like OS on their video-screens outside, in shopping center Hoog Caterijne, Utrecht. At least something else then those Windows 95/98/NT screens I often see running at terminals, when…
Stuff to research: JDO on Cassandra, GIT on Windows, Restlet, VMForce
Just had evening of just trying out stuff and not finishing anything on my Windows machine. I wanted to try out a persistence API for Cassandra. There’s a JPA implementation…
Database upgrade during deployment
I want to create an installation package of a Java application. Part of the installation involves upgrading a SQL database (Oracle) – by running a few SQL scripts. Creating the…
Motorola milestone: frustating as hell
Since a few weeks I have a Motorola Milestone, the European version of the Motorola Droid. For a small computer/handheld works very well. I can browse, use email, install application,…
Apple: 32 bit or 64 bit
I am about to download the latest version of Eclipse IDE, Helios. Naturally there are packages for various types of platforms. I know I have a Mac, however I also…