Technology
The Power of Static Web
Catch-phrase for simplicity from recent technology startups: “It only takes 1 line of javascript to integrate with our service!”. Disqus, KISSMetrics, Chartbeat, Google Analytics etc. Facebook, G+ buttons. When was the last time you had to use SERVER-SIDE code to integrate a new service? It’s gone. Let me share a few thoughts where I think [...]
Desktop is alive
In the midst of web startups it’s too easy to miss the opportunity in non-web environments. Python and Java are still strong candidates for your next startup frontend. As long as one gets the distribution and business behind the product right. Success stories like MineCraft keep popping up from time to time. Behind the scenes [...]
BPMN2.0 Editor for Eclipse now available
Soon to be released jBPM5.1 is getting a new addition to its product suite – visual editor for the BPMN2 language. This was somewhat inevitable as the jBPM workflow engine moves to BPMN2.0 with the version 5 and hacking together xml files without visual guidance can be.. hmm.. less fun. For a quick background, BPMN [...]
Promotion code for TimeGT discount
There is a limited time offer to get 20% off from monthly and 50% off from 6 month packages! Use AHTIK5217 at checkout! Discount is yours to keep until you cancel or upgrade subscription. Promotion code is valid for next 10 days (will expire November 30th, 2009). Never heard about TimeGT? Check out timegt.com!
New TimeGT available, with grace period and more
New tasks and notes manager – TimeGT – came out with a new version — improved features and stability. More details at http://bit.ly/18tppm
IntelliJ IDEA goes Open-Source!
Yesterday (October 15th, 2009) IntelliJ announced open-sourcing most of its IDEA editor under Apache 2.0 license. Inevitable for growth At some perspective this has been an inevitable move — code editors have turned into big platforms. They are used for much more than developing pure text-based artifacts. To remain competitive you need to allow the [...]
Eclipse Datatools (DTP) gets Amazon AWS SimpleDB Support!
Great news for Eclipse community and SimpleDB fans — Amazon AWS team released Amazon SimpleDB Management tool that is built on top of Eclipse Datatools! SimpleDB Management in Eclipse lets you access SimpleDB to create, edit and view domains, items and attributes without writing a single line of code. Additionally you can use SQL Scrapbook [...]
Changing number scale for Oracle NUMBER columns
Whenever you try to change your NUMBER column to more specific scale like NUMBER(10,2) you end up with an error message: SQL Error: ORA-01440: column to be modified must be empty to decrease precision or scale There is a way out of this but it is a bit hacky. Let me know if there is [...]
Using Glassfish Eclipse Bundle for JavaDB, JPA and JSP
Have you ever wondered how quickly one could get from installing a J2EE server to running a JSP page that fetches data from DB using modern persistency technology like JPA? To find out we (me and Ivar) did a little test-drive using recently announced Glassfish Eclipse Bundle that contains Eclipse IDE with bundled Glassfish J2EE [...]
JEY!! Just a happy smile
yeah. long silence is gone, multiuser wordpress is finally configured and ready for action! What a challenge, finally ended up tweaking couple of cookie paths. MU WP was part of the common blogging syndicate that we set up for fun between me, Ivar and couple of others at Techlipse.com.
