google-web-toolkit
Problem The Google Web Toolkit Java to JavaScript transpiler is a powerful tool to convert Java source code into JavaScript files. Unfortunately, not all Java code can be transpiled into JavaScript code by GWT. Sometimes, a project contains a mix of Java code that can be converted into JavaScript and
json
'JavaScript and JSON Essentials' by Packt publishing is a hands-on guide to developing JavaScript/PHP based web applications while using the JSON data format. This review of the book contains a quick summary of the contents as well as points to consider if you think of purchasing the
CoffeeKup is a very succinct and flexible templating engine to define HTML documents in a less verbose manner. It is based on CoffeeScript. Unfortunately, the documentation of CoffeeKup I could find was not very clear on how to perform one of the most basic tasks in creating HTML documents: How
All the key-value pairs of a Map in Java can be accessed through the method .entrySet() on the Map interface. Sometimes it might be required to create a copy of the resulting list. A straightforward approach would be to utilize the constructor of the ArrayList class, which accepts a list
CoffeeKup allows to render HTML from multiple sources: * A String containing valid CoffeeScript code * A JavaScript/CoffeeScript object arranged according to CoffeeKup rules To render HTML from a String is quite straightforward and documented on the CoffeeeScript reference: you can use the methods .compile and .render as documented there. However,
It is no secret that in order to be more productive in software development, it is good to know the keyboard shortcuts of the IDE or editor of your choice. Using the keyboard is an inevitable part of software development and many other tasks we do at a computer, the
Problem You would like to obtain statistics about how often the mouse is used on a Linux machine. Solution Linux logs all activity of input devices (such as mouse and keyboard) into various device files under /dev/input/*. Mouse activities, in particular, are logged in /dev/input/mice (this logs
gwt
Problem The built in Java Serialization and various serialization frameworks available for Java allow to serialize Java objects conveniently into binary or textual representations. Unfortunately, most of these frameworks are not available for Google Web Toolkit client applications. There is no easily available built in solution for serializing GWT objects
puppet
The Problem Puppet allows deploying a structure of directories and files conveniently using the file resource. Using the attributes 'source => …' and 'recurse => true', it is possible to create a copy of a set of files stored in the puppet module on target servers. Unfortunately,
netty
SSL is unquestionably a very useful and powerful technology to make systems more secure. Java in general and Netty in specific provide strong out-of-box support for supporting SSL encryption and authentication. However, since SSL is a complex technology it can often be cumbersome and difficult to set it up correctly.
jquery
Problem One of the most common things I do with JQuery is to attach click event listeners to buttons, links and other elements as follows: $(".class").click(function(evt) {}); Unfortunately, I found that, while this approach works well for Desktop browsers, the user interaction on touch-enabled devices feels
gwt
GWT RPC is a great technology for sending 'Java' objects from a Java sever to a JavaScript client and vice averse. Since GWT RPC provides facilities for serializing and deseralizing Java objects, it seems like a good option, too, for preparing objects to be stored in a browsers
