Archive for the ‘Tools’ Category
Tuesday, November 18th, 2008
I had a case this morning reworking a test after I'd modified a method signature, from:
[java]
expect(mockRestProxy.getProxiedResource((String) anyObject()))
.andReturn("{policies}");
[/java]
to
[java]
expect(mockRestProxy.getProxiedResource((String) anyObject(), userIdentity))
...
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Friday, September 5th, 2008
Mikko Ohtamaa provides a nice explanation of how to execute JSLint on a javascript file from within eclipse, using Rhino.
Posted in Tools, Useful Links, Web | No Comments »
Friday, September 5th, 2008
Burt Beckwith discusses his new plugin - one I've been needing for a while!
Posted in Grails, Tools, Useful Links | No Comments »
Wednesday, August 20th, 2008
It's a common occurrence in the Java consulting world, as ridiculous as it is, I see it all the time. I do into a new development shop to help build a large webapp. Since it's a large webapp, someone has decided they needed to buy licenses for ...
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Thursday, August 14th, 2008
Most SVN users who use the command line client understand how to create a log in XML format:
[java]
svn log --xml -v svn://some/url > svnlog.xml
[/java]
But this dumps the whole log, and I really just want to see a specific user. Plus, I hate XML and definitely do not want to read ...
Posted in CodeSnippets, Tools, Xml | No Comments »
Monday, July 28th, 2008
I read this today; I didn't know you could manipulate gmail addresses in such a way.
Posted in Tools, Useful Links | 1 Comment »
Thursday, July 17th, 2008
Problem: You want to use groovy all the time, but ignorant (but paying) forces keep you writing verbose tedious Java code instead.
Solution: Use groovy instead of shell scripts! In large Java development projects, developing in a local environment comes with a maddening list of pulling levers, pushing buttons, and spinning ...
Posted in Groovy, Tools | 3 Comments »
Saturday, May 17th, 2008
This is something I've always thought would be useful- a small linux distro installed on a thumbdrive. I'm not talking about an in-memory install; not knoppix. I want to be able to boot from within windows, but still save my stuff to the thumbdrive. I've used MS Virtual PC and ...
Posted in *NIX, Linux, Tools | No Comments »
Thursday, May 15th, 2008
I've heard some good reviews about Pulse.
Posted in Java, Tools, Useful Links | No Comments »
Wednesday, December 12th, 2007
How to make Java applications compatible with various versions of the Java platform, more precisely, Java 5 API on J2SE 1.4?
The answer to that is an opensource framework called Retrotranslator, it is based on the ASM bytecode manipulation framework. Haven't tried it yet, but the docs seem promising
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Wednesday, November 7th, 2007
I wanted to make sure I write this down somewhere, because I always forget how to configure Pine. I found a nice artical here, but had to go to google's cache of the page to view it because it's password protected now.
Here are the configuration entries I made to get ...
Posted in Servers, Tools | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, October 31st, 2007
I haven't been comfortable with my work environment for the last couple of months that I've been working remotely. My remote office work involves connecting via VPN and making use of Microsoft's Remote Desktop Connection. The problem is with speed. I just cannot get used to the delay between hitting ...
Posted in Linux, Tools | 1 Comment »
Thursday, June 21st, 2007
I found this plugin to be pretty useful. You can set up a variety of log files to tail, and create filters for them.
Per this summary:
LogWatcher – A Plugin for Monitoring Changes to Files
Summary:
The LogWatcher plugin is precisely the kind of plugin I like: compact, focused, and well thought ...
Posted in Java, Servers, Tools | No Comments »
Tuesday, June 12th, 2007
Grab the best browser on the planet! Apple launches Safari 3 beta for download and it is available now on Windows. If you hated IE and are the convert to Firefox ever since their inception, then look no back. Safari 3 goes and fixes all the shortcomings of their 2.x ...
Posted in Tools | 5 Comments »
Sunday, June 10th, 2007
Probably, the best free, "simple" lightweight UML Tool with an eclipse plugin, I've ever used and would recommend.
How many times were you working at a client place who did not have an official UML Tool in their enterprise and you need one to draw a simple use case analysis diagram ...
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