Archive for the 'Java' Category

Groovy on the web the right way?

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 [...]

Qwicket 1.0

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. [...]

Gosling update

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 [...]

WicketTester and Spring

One thing that’s always bugged me about testing my wicket applications is that using WicketTester with a Spring-based Application isn’t the most enjoyable process. I have been using Selenium to test my applications and that works sort of OK. Selenium has problems detecting which link I click if there are a lot of [...]

JasperReports in Action update

My apologies for the lack of any updates on this front. Things have been crazy busy with the move and the new job and this just dropped off my radar for reasons I’ll now share. It is with mixed feelings that I can say that the book has been killed. I’m mostly [...]