TECH BLOG
>> 10 reasons why Eclipse is better Most of the following are not checked in Idea 6.0 which is anyways in beta. They refer to 4.x and 5.x Idea versions. 1. The visual editor – one feature that Idea sucks at is the visual editor. While the best in this category is still Netbeans IMO, Eclipse’s Visual Editor, although buggy…
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If not used properly Dbunit can lose data. I’m using dbunit version 2.1 which has the following bug: when importing a file if the first row in the dataset file has missing columns, no further data from subsequent rows will be imported. The solution when using the dbunit ant task will be to first perform an export operation to an…
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>> 10 reasons why Idea is better In this part, I’m focusing on the advantages of Idea over Eclipse. I plan for a 2nd part to check out the other side – advantages when using Eclipse over Idea. This is not a major feature comparison, but more of a mix of small experiences intended to ease your life as a…
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I tried installing the .deb package for jedit. Big mistake :-). Not only that Ubuntu refused to install it, but it also brought my synaptic into an inconsistent state: every time I started synaptically I was getting this error: and then no package was displayed. One of the reasons I like Linux (Ubuntu) over Windows is apt and synaptic interface….
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I’m happy again. Perforce shell integration is used to make my machine hang on every file browse operation. As we are working with a remote Perforce server we’ve set up a Perforce proxy so we do not hit the remote US machine for the same files. If the proxy was up and remove server communication was down Windows could not…
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It’s been a while now since the first specifications of JSTL. Since then it emerged as a standard for the presentation layer in web applications, replacing the ugly scriptlets with nice looking tags that resembles the HTML or XML markup. JSTL provides tags for typical presentation layer tasks, such as iterations, conditional content, data formatting, XML manipulation and database access, and its expression language makes working with dynamic attribute values a lot easier.
Some time ago I switched my development environment to MacOS. This means I used it intensively and tried to discover all those nice usability things Mac is well known for and if no trick available, try to emulate the little things that made my life easier on Windows.
IntelliJ’s Idea 6.0 Beta is out and available free for evaluation. The most expected features were GWT support, TeamCity integration, UI designer enhancements, and productivity/editing features. I have not tried (yet) UI and team integration but here are some things that caught my eye. Built-in Code coverage support – Programmers love improving their code and what better way to do…
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I’ve been looking around for a freeware, not-so-sophisticated HTML visual editor. Tried out a few popular Tucows downloads and found everything I needed in PageBreeze. Free for non-commercial use, it has a drag-and-drop form design with an easy preview within the application.
