Ant task for JavaScript compression
By compressing javascript files page loading time is significantly reduced.
Online AJAX-based dictionary
Similar to Google Suggest, the AJAX dictionary will provide instant word definitions as you type, or, in case no matches are found, similar words.
Eclipse Java Autocompletion Not Working
One day, after starting Eclipse 3.2, I noticed astonished that the autocomplete feature for Java classes did not work anymore. On pressing Ctrl+Space the popup list did appear, but it was always empty. This was a time of great mourning, since autocomplete is one of the killer features of Eclipse.
Apache Derby versus Hypersonic SQL
There are several limitations and problems of Apache Derby as noted in the previous post, but with Derby, it seems that you’re still way better than with Hypersonic SQL.
About the maturity of Apache Derby
For those of you that didn’t hear about it yet, Apache Derby is a Java relational database engine that can both run as a network server or embedded in a Java application.
Spreadsheet dojo widget with custom dojo build
After getting a lot of requests on high load time of the spreadsheet widget, I decided to create a custom dojo build.
DynDNS blocks updates – from updated older than 2.4
If your home router has a Dynamic DNS feature and it suddenly does not work anymore with DynDNS… don’t despair. The guys at DynDNS have decided to discontinue service to older clients.
MySql, PHP and UTF8
Nowadays UTF8 is far from being just “trendy”, it’s the de facto standard for information representation. There are a lot of discussions on the “why locales are bad” theme, and I’m not going to argue with that.
Spreadsheet dojo widget
Update3: We’re back to our own hosting. Update2: Razvan Dragomirescu was kind enough to mirror the spreadsheet widget. Click here to access the demo. Thanks, Razvan! Update: Due to high traffic the demo page might load very slowly. Please have patience. In the last weeks, I’ve been using my so very little spare time to create a spreadsheet widget based on dojo.Click here for a…
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