Java jlee on 19 Jun 2008
Ant 1.7.0 was released way back in December 2006. Since then, there hasn’t been a single update. Not even a maintenance release. Now, ant is a relatively mature product. It’s been out a while and is quite stable. But it’s certainly not bug free. There’s not a lot of [...]
Java jlee on 07 May 2008
In the last cycle of our product at ${work}, I moved away from the custom installer I’d written and built one on IzPack. Overall I was pretty pleased. My original installer worked. Mostly. The new one a much more polished and did more. So there wasn’t much to complain about. [...]
Groovy and JSF and Java and wicket jlee on 04 Mar 2008
I’ve recently started (re)exploring the world of Groovy and, thus, Grails. The idea of Groovy makes me pretty happy, but Grails kinda makes me cry for a number of reasons. The entire system is, as you probably know, basically RoR but with Groovy complete with scaffolding. The issues with scaffolding are well [...]
Java and qwicket and wicket jlee on 20 Jan 2008
Qwicket 1.0 is finally here. Apart from being entirely too busy with work and sick children, I’ve been anxiously waiting along with everyone else for the 1.3 release to go final. [...]
Java and gosling jlee on 13 Dec 2007
I have to apologize for going so long without saying much on the subject. We’re in that mad rush to the finish line trying to finish up a release while the business types are busily moving that finish line farther and farther back. But enough with the sob stories, eh? Most [...]
