Monthly Archives: May 2010

GWT and Flash

Posted on 31. May 2010 by Papick G. Taboada

Many of us GWT developers can’t rely on a fancy HTML5 ready browser. This can come to a problem when your customers expect RIA features from you web application that the browser can’t deliver natively. For example: customer wants to … Continue reading →

Posted in Java Web Frameworks | Tagged flash, GWT, html5 | Leave a comment

Performance-Analyse mit Spring Insight

Posted on 31. May 2010 by Thorsten Maier

Performance-Probleme bei Webanwendungen lassen sich ohne Tool-Unterstützung in aller Regel nur schwer finden. Es stellt sich bei einer entsprechenden Analyse zunächst die Frage, ob die Probleme von der Oberflächendarstellung, der Anwendungslogik, der Datenbank oder gar von den Netzwerkverbindungen zwischen diesen … Continue reading →

Posted in Build, config and deploy, Java and Quality, Spring Universe | Tagged grails, performance, spring, springsource, Web Development | Leave a comment

Execute SQL Scripts in Grails Bootstrap or Integration Tests

Posted on 31. May 2010 by Sönke Sothmann

I recently had to execute some SQL scripts when a Grails applications starts up to insert test data into the database. Executing sql scripts is easy. Just open the SQL File and read the contents of the Script to a … Continue reading →

Posted in Groovy and Grails | Tagged grails, Groovy, Script, SQL | 2 Comments

Simple time-formatting with PrettyTime

Posted on 31. May 2010 by Oliver Wolff

Did you ever tried to create human readable time output like “in 2 minutes” or “moments ago”? A nice library therefore is PrettyTime.

Posted in Java Basics, Java Web Frameworks | Tagged Accessibility, Web, Web Development | Leave a comment

Sikuli

Posted on 31. May 2010 by Tanja Schmidt

Mit Sikuli Script ist es möglich Quellcode mit eingebetteten Screenshots anzulegen. Es ermöglicht sämtliche Automatisierungen von allem, was auf dem Bildschirm sichtbar ist. Sikuli ist sehr einfach zu bedienen und macht jede Menge Spaß. Es eignet sich hervorragend für ganz alltägliche Dinge … Continue reading →

Posted in Java and Quality, Java Web Frameworks | Leave a comment

J(2)EE patterns reloaded

Posted on 31. May 2010 by Falk Sippach

Most of the J2EE patterns were just workarounds because of the shortcomings of older EJB specifications. And most of them have become obsolete with the new programming model introduced in Java EE 5 and 6. But there are still some … Continue reading →

Posted in Java EE | Tagged j2ee, java ee 5, Java EE 6 | Leave a comment

Fluency in Java

Posted on 31. May 2010 by Falk Sippach

Want to code collections more fluently in Java like in Groovy with its expressive syntax. Have look at this interesting thoughts and comparison between plain Java, Google Collections and Groovy: http://www.kellyrob99.com/blog/2010/05/15/achieving-groovy-like-fluency-in-java-with-google-collections/