+++Google Guava+++ Google Guava is a collection of libraries provided by google under Apache licence to support a number of common problems in developing Java. It also provides a number of interfaces and implementations, which allow to develop in a more functional style. A good tutorial on these can be
Problem: Accessing resources using the CLAP protocol in Restlet becomes troublesome in an OSGi environment. In particular, if the Restlet libraries are in a different bundle than the resources, which shall be accessed using the CLAP protocol. Solution: Although it might be more than a workaround than a solution, it
Steps 1. Download the latest Maven distribution zip from http://maven.apache.org/download.html 2. Extract the Zip 3. Consult the README.txt. Here you will a description of the following steps. 4. Add Maven to your path. The procedure is similar as described here for Windows Vista: http:
Problem How to stop svn from synchronizing eclipse meta data in a project (eg .project files) Solution Add a number of project specific or global svn ignore directives. In the latter case, eclipse meta data will be ignored in all of your projects. You can add the following pattern for
Summary: Some steps and resources to set up a GWT project, which uses OSGi and Maven. However, these steps do not lead to a fully working GWT application. The main difficulty lies in the Server side, where the GWT servlets do not start up properly in the OSGi environment. I
The following describes a number of simple steps to set up and start up a web server in the eclipse PDE environment. Steps 1. Create a new OSGi run configuration 2. Add the package org.eclipse.equinox.http.jetty 1. Click on „Add Required Bundles“ A number of bundles should
Purpose Show using the example project created in part 1 different ways in which a GWT application can be deployed. In a nutshell, the html file of your application can be deployed to any place you desire - another server or even a local machine. However, the generated JavaScript needs
Here a collection of links regarding the Restlet Framework (restlet.org) and how to use it with Maven and OSGi OSGi + Restlet Three blog posts on building restlet based web services using Equinox Mail discussion: Adding OSGi as another protocol to Restlet OSGi Equinox Server-side Quickstart Equinox Server Project on
Purpose Getting started with a GWT project, which utilizes Maven build management and is still compatible with the eclipse Google Plugin, can be quite complex. Especially if one is not familiar with Java web applications and/or Maven. This post starts with the simplest possible GWT project, created by the
A work pattern for explorative investigations, which should result in a structured collection, for instance a Literature Review. Step 1: Explore Browse through potential sources for your collection. Possible tools for this are databases, search engines or feed aggregators (eg Google Reader). Step 2: Tag Tag articles or places you
An interesting article appeared in the communications of the ACM comparing the nature of topics in the disciplines computer science (CS), software engineering (SE) and information systems (IS) (Glass, Ramesh, and Vessey, 2004) Topic CategoriesCSSEISExamplesProblem-Solving Concepts14.7%5.9%5.9%Algorithms, artificial intelligenceComputer Concepts28.7%10.9%0.0%
Glenn Vanderburg gave a talk on at the Ruby Conference in Austin, Texas, August 26-28, 2010 (link). The title of the talk is „Real Software Engineering“. Vanderburg argues in this talk that software engineering, which is driven by the scientific method is prone to fail. Software should not be build