Archive for October, 2008
Using Google maps for displaying large images in a page
1 Comment Published by peter October 15th, 2008 in diagram, google.Via the Trendmatcher weblog I came across a nifty tool to use the Google Maps viewer for arbitrary images.
The Google Maps Image Cutter, as the application is called. Is a small Java application which cuts a selected image to thousands of small images compatible with the viewer and a working HTML file.
Really useful for [...]
Running your griffon application in fullscreen mode
5 Comments Published by peter October 14th, 2008 in groovy.I've been doing some development using Griffon lately. Griffon is a Grails like application framework for developing desktop applications in Groovy which lets you create Java Webstart applications without the hassle. It takes a clean MVC approach including nifty automatic binding of the model to the view. If you want to give Griffon a go, [...]
I want closures “bolted on to Java”
11 Comments Published by peter October 11th, 2008 in closures, java.After seeing Blochs' session on Javapolis last year and some of the Java 7 sessions at JavaOne this year I gave up on closures in Java. I just didn't believe that they would be part of Java 7 anymore. I also had my doubts on the 'quircks' of the BGGA proposal.
Playing around with the BGGA [...]
Review: “Clean Code: A handbook of agile software craftmanship”
4 Comments Published by peter October 10th, 2008 in java.The following product description of Clean Code written by Robert C. Martin managed to trigger my interest:
Noted software expert Robert C. Martin presents a revolutionary paradigm with Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship. Martin has teamed up with his colleagues from Object Mentor to distill their best agile practice of cleaning code on [...]
