Tag Archives: gwt2.5

Links for January 14th through January 16th

Posted on January 16, 2013 by Vinny

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• Sign documents online, directly in GMail – Fill out and sign documents without ever leaving Gmail. Never print, sign, and scan ever again.
• Ember.js – A framework for creating ambitious web applications – Ember.js – A framework for creating ambitious web applications
• iOS Development Tips I Would Want If I Was Starting Out Today – If I was starting out with iOS development today these are the things I would hope somebody would tell me
• The Absolute Beginner’s Guide to Sass – Treehouse Blog – Sass stands for Syntactically Awesome Stylesheets Sass, and was created by Hampton Catlin. It’s a way to simplify your CSS workflow, making development and maintenance tasks easier.
• Squash: The open-source bug-smashing tool – Squash is a collection of tools that help engineers find and kill bugs in their code
• Find the Perfect Sleep Position – WSJ.com – Stomach, Back or Side? How You Slumber Can Aggravate Pain, Prevent the Body From Bouncing Back
• "Hello, World!" The Hard Way with Sencha Touch – But a closer look would reveal a lot more goodies beyond those handy components in Sencha Touch. It offers a class system, a MVC pattern, tools that handles code dependency, compression and native packaging, etc. Albeit daunting, learning and embracing all of those offerings makes a quite enjoyable coding experience and rewards me with development efficiency overall.
• Lessons from Functional Programming in Five Languages – Robert Rees shares lessons learned while using Clojure and applied them to other languages, Scala, JavaScript and Java.
• Architecture of a Modern Web App – Scott Andrews demoes using two JavaScript frameworks – Meteor and Derby – to create complex web applications.
• What is the future for GWT? – The newly formed Google Web Toolkit (GWT) steering committee recently published "The Future of GWT Report", which captures the opinions, usage patterns and hopes of over 1300 Google Web Toolkit users worldwide.

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Links for October 24th through October 30th

Posted on October 30, 2012 by Vinny

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• A Long Look at JVM Languages – The following section takes a quick look at the popular dynamic JVM languages, and the languages’ implementation details.
• Top 20 Refactoring Features in IntelliJ IDEA – I hope this article helps you to discover the powerful refactoring functionality hidden in IntelliJ IDEA. The more you know about your IDE, the more time it can save you every day, and the more productive you become. Go ahead and get the most out of your IntelliJ IDEA!
• Apache Crunch – Simple and Efficient MapReduce Pipelines – Apache Crunch (incubating) is a Java library for writing, testing, and running MapReduce pipelines, based on Google's FlumeJava. Its goal is to make pipelines that are composed of many user-defined functions simple to write, easy to test, and efficient to run.
• Git and GitHub Secrets – Zach Holman – This talk covers both Git and GitHub: different tricks I've picked up after two years at GitHub, helpful advice on common gripes I've seen in support tickets and tweets, and just general nifty things that make you a faster, more capable technologist.
• Citus DB: The Scalable Analytics Database – CitusDB is a distributed database that lets you run SQL queries over very large data sets. Designed for analytical queries, CitusDB enables real-time responsiveness.
• Big Data Right Now: Five Trendy Open Source Technologies | TechCrunch – Let’s look at five new technologies that are shaking things up in Big Data. Here is the newest class of tools that you can’t afford to overlook, coming soon to an enterprise near you.
• Windows Phone 8 review – Microsoft’s mobile platform gets hardware muscle and another lease on life – Windows Phone 8 review – Microsoft's mobile platform gets hardware muscle and another lease on life
• Integration Testing of Spring MVC Applications: Controllers | Petri Kainulainen – This is the second part of my spring-test-mvc tutorial and it describes how we can write integration tests for “normal” controller methods (methods that are not using Ajax or processing form submissions).
• An alternate universe – Microsoft Surface – People who dislike Apple’s approach or whose requirements are incompatible with it will always exist in great numbers, and the Surface is for them. It’ll probably sell well, especially if Microsoft can expand their retail presence quickly.
• Google Web Toolkit Blog: GWT 2.5 Final is here! – Thanks to all developers who helped us test GWT 2.5 release candidates and reported issues to us. We have fixed several of these and are happy to announce availability of GWT 2.5 Final.
• BootMetro – Windows 8 Metro style web framework – Simple and flexible HTML, CSS, and Javascript for web apps that wants to use the "Windows 8 MetroUI" style, without the need to run on Windows 8.
• WebDB / WebSQL Databases | twoHard – Hopefully this simple example is helpful. My goal was that websql.dbtransaction method outlined above would make it easy to access local WebSQL DBs. It has for me, so hopefully it makes someone else's life a bit easier.
• What’s New in Sencha Touch 2.1? | Blog | Sencha – Sencha Touch 2.1 is our next release of the Sencha mobile framework. The 2.1 release includes the following key upgrades: significant performance improvements, charting support, an advanced list component, and enhanced native support through the Sencha Mobile Packager.

Links for August 1st through August 5th

Posted on August 5, 2012 by Vinny

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• ProGuard – A free Java class file shrinker, optimizer, obfuscator, and preverifier – ProGuard is a free Java class file shrinker, optimizer, obfuscator, and preverifier. It detects and removes unused classes, fields, methods, and attributes. It optimizes bytecode and removes unused instructions. It renames the remaining classes, fields, and methods using short meaningless names. Finally, it preverifies the processed code for Java 6 or for Java Micro Edition.
• Nevado JMS 1.0 GA for Amazon Web Services Released – We’ve released the final 1.0 version for our JMS driver for Amazon Web Services’ queue and notification services (SQS/SNS).
• typica – A Java client library for a variety of Amazon Web Services – This is a simple API to access Amazon's SQS, EC2, CloudWatch, AutoScaling, ELB, SimpleDB, SNS, FPS and DevPay LS web services. It uses the QUERY APIs. This code is thread-safe and works very reliably to the best of my knowledge
• GWT 2.5 SuperDevMode and Google App Engine – Now an Amazing Combination – With the advent of GWT's new SuperDevMode (SDM), you can easily modify your Java client code and see it quickly reflected in GAE's development environment without any restart necessary. This is an addition to the other native Java debugging features introduced as a result of SDM. Below is a quick screencast of this capability:
• SwitchYard is a lightweight service delivery framework providing full lifecycle support for developing, deploying, and managing service-oriented applications. – SwitchYard is a lightweight service delivery framework providing full lifecycle support for developing, deploying, and managing service-oriented applications.
• Piecon / Pie charts in your favicon! – A tiny javascript library for dynamically generating pie charts in your favicons.
• Securing OAuth2-Enabled, Multi-Tenant Applications with Spring Security – Robert Winch explains how to secure a multi-tenant application with Spring Security and how to enable OAuth 2.
• MongoDB SQL Server Importer – If you want a quick (but kinda dirty) way to import your SQL Server database to MongoDB, this is your tool. MongoDB SQL Server Importer (Sql2Mongo) is for those who wants to leverage their existing database to learn MongoDB.
• Which freaking database should I use? | Data Management – InfoWorld – In the era of big data, good old RDBMS is no longer the right tool for many database jobs. Here's a quick guide to choosing among NoSQL alternatives
• Extreme Performance with Java – Charlie Hunt explains what can be done to lower the latency introduced by the Java GC and JIT, including coding tips, and introducing tools for tuning the performance of Java applications.
• Journey Through The JavaScript MVC Jungle | Smashing Coding – There are modern JavaScript frameworks that can assist with bringing structure and organization to our projects, improving how easily maintainable they are in the long-run.
• Protean Echo | Fuse all your cards into one – Echo is the last payment card you'll ever carry. It's your debit, credit, loyalty, and prepaid cards – even your student ID – all combined into a single, elegantly crafted card.
• No Excuse List – The best place on the web to learn anything, free. – The best place on the web to learn anything, free.
• Legit – Git Workflow for Humans – Legit is a complementary command-line interface for Git, optimized for workflow simplicity. It is heavily inspired by GitHub for Mac.
• Automating Unit Tests | Blog | Sencha – Unit tests are an important part of the software development process. By clearly defining what we expect from our code, unit tests allow us to develop a high degree of confidence that our applications will function as intended. Automating our unit tests reduces the number of bugs and decreases the amount of time we need to spend manually testing our code.
• Cloud News: Rackspace Deploys OpenStack, AppFog Delivers a PaaS | Cloud Zone – Rackspace’s deployment marks the first time that any company has deployed a large-scale OpenStack powered service offering and starts to deliver upon the broader OpenStack vision of open and hence federable clouds.
• Jeff’s SOA Ruminations: Setting-up GWT 2.5’s SuperDevMode – One of the most exciting features of GWT 2.5 is what is called SuperDevMode. As a replacement for the previous DevMode, it allows you to debug your Java code (and Javascript) directly through Chrome's Browser's Developer Tools
• Sun Veterans Create SDK for Native Java on the iPhone — Application Development Trends – Codename One, an Israel-based startup founded by two former Sun Microsystems engineers, is developing a new software development kit (SDK) designed to allow Java developers to create native applications for multiple mobile/tablet platforms.
• Integrating Java Spring Apps on Heroku with Force.com REST APIs – Recently I co-presented a webinar about how to integrate Java Spring Apps on Heroku with the Force.com / Salesforce.com REST APIs. Check out the recording:
• Rich JavaScript Applications – the Seven Frameworks (Throne of JS, 2012) – Despite the differences, I’d argue there is one killer feature all the above technologies share: the idea of Model/View separation. This is a classic design pattern that predates the web itself by about 20 years. If you’re building even the most basic kind of web application UI, you’ll almost certainly benefit from applying this on the client.

Links for July 9th through July 13th

Posted on July 13, 2012 by Vinny

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• General Motors Will Slash Outsourcing In IT Overhaul – GM's new CIO Randy Mott plans to bring nearly all IT work in-house as one piece of a sweeping IT overhaul. It's a high-risk strategy that's similar to what Mott drove at Hewlett-Packard.
• Google I/O 2012 – The History and Future of Google Web Toolkit- YouTube – Follow along as we present a history of the GWT project, the exciting new features in the GWT 2.5 release, and where we plan to take GWT in the future.
• Fredrik Öhrström discusses some of the latest Java features: multi-core support, lambda expressions, expanded target typing, method… – Fredrik Öhrström discusses some of the latest Java features: multi-core support, lambda expressions, expanded target typing, method and constructor references, and default methods.
• GWT AutoBean framework – Structure, not boilerplate – The AutoBean framework provides automatically-generated implementations of bean-like interfaces and a low-level serialization mechanism for those interfaces. AutoBeans can be used in both client and server code to improve code re-use
• Hibernate Smoke Detector | Tomasz Dziurko – Hibernate Smoke Detector is simple but quite useful parser that checks your application and helps to cut identical queries fired many times in a very short period of time. It generates a report showing which queries are executed most often in a one-second time window and when they fired so developer could find them in his code easily.
• From Java to Ruby – what I love, what I miss » 8th color – Taking a look back as this list, I’m probably wishing for the best of the two worlds (and it is probably not possible). I found two great tools in Java and Ruby, and I intend to use them both when appropriate. I’m sure I’ll have occasions aplenty.
• collide – Collide is an open-source "collaborative IDE" demonstration – Collide is an open-source "collaborative IDE" demonstration

Links for June 24th through June 30th

Posted on June 30, 2012 by Vinny

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• Nexus 7 review | The Verge – Google’s Nexus 7 isn’t just an excellent tablet for $200. It’s an excellent tablet, period. In fact, it’s the first Android tablet that I can confidently recommend to buyers — and not just because it’s got a low price tag (though that certainly helps). It’s a well-designed, powerful, and useful product, with lots of bells and whistles that makes it feel like a device that should be more expensive than it is.
• Developer’s Guide – Google Web Toolkit – Developer's Guide for GWT 2.5 RC – documentation is for a release candidate of GWT 2.5
• Dave McCrory Unveils Initial Formula for Principle of Data Gravity – Data Gravity is a theory around which data has mass. As data (mass) accumulates, it begins to have gravity. This Data Gravity pulls services and applications closer to the data. This attraction (gravitational force) is caused by the need for services and applications to have higher bandwidth and/or lower latency access to the data.
• Vaadin Framework v7.0 will include GWT as a core component – Vaadin Framework v7.0 will include GWT as a core component
• yeoman.io – a robust and opinionated client-side stack for building web apps – I'm Yeoman – a robust and opinionated client-side stack, comprised of tools and frameworks that can help developers quickly build beautiful web applications.
• Why learn C? – O’Reilly Radar – David Griffiths on C's consistent popularity and what the language can do for you.
• GWT 2.5 Release candidate 1 » pgt – Just in time for the Google IO 2012, the GWT team released a first release candidate for the upcoming GWT version 2.5.
• High Performance Network Applications in the Capital Markets – Todd Montgomery discusses messaging and how peer-to-peer messaging has changed capital markets, then takes a peek into its future pointing out that queuing is dead.
• Video: MongoDB and the JVM | Architects Zone – Brendan W. McAdams presents the following presentation (approx. 1 hour) on bringing together MongoDB, a popular NoSQL database, with the Java Virtual Machine.
• A Visual Git Reference – This page gives brief, visual reference for the most common commands in git. Once you know a bit about how git works, this site may solidify your understanding. If you're interested in how this site was created, see my GitHub repository.
• Spring Data REST 1.0.0.RC1 Released | SpringSource.org – I'm pleased to announce the release of Spring Data REST 1.0.0.RC1! Beyond a number of bug fixes, this release adds support for paging and sorting and makes it easier to integrate Spring Data REST into an existing Spring MVC application.
• High Availability & Disaster Recovery for Apache CloudStack – The features like high availability and disaster recovery reduce maintenance outage considerably and ensure that your infrastructure is available to you for maximum time. CloudStack is a way ahead in incorporating these features than other cloud providers.
• Handsontable – jQuery grid editor. Excel-like grid editing with HTML & JavaScript – Handsontable is a minimalistic approach to Excel-like table editor in HTML & jQuery. Now with column and row headers!
• A reality check for OpenStack – Lew Moorman, president of Rackspace, is bullish on OpenStack's future, but can any early-stage project survive so much excitement?
• Sonatype Blog » Maven Continuous Integration Best Practices – This post isn’t about the virtues of using CI, it’s about how to setup an optimal environment in a Maven shop. Here are seven tips for running Maven builds in a CI system such as Hudson.