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EoD SQL Applied – Part 5 / 5 (GWT Applications)
The Dreaded “Not Serializable” Problem GWT turns all of your Java code into JavaScript, but it also obfuscates everything. With this in mind, it makes serialization a bit more complex than usual. GWT...
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Using an Aladdin eToken with Java keytool
The Aladdin eToken is a great little security device when you have sensitive private key information. They are a great USB solution in that they support all major operating-systems with a PKCS#11...
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EoD SQL 2.1-Beta Released
EoD SQL 2.1-Beta has been released, you can go download it from the Documents & Files section of the homepage. The 2.1 release is about improving speed and usability over the 2.0 release. Some of...
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EoD SQL 2.1 – Now in First RC Release
EoD SQL just got a 2.1 Release Candidate kicked out the door. While there are (once again) many performance improvements and a few bug fixes, the big news of this release has got to be Batch Updates!...
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EoD SQL 2.1 Released
So I finally found some time to make a 2.1 release for EoD SQL. For those who don’t already know: EoD SQL Allows for fast, simple binding between a Relation Database Query and Java objects. Think of it...
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Unit Testing with Mock Objects and EoD SQL
Introduction Unit Testing has become one of the corner-stones of good software development (it has been such for quite a long time actually). However writing a Unit Test that interacts with database...
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Dear Google: Please Fork Java
This is an open-letter to anyone at Google with a vested-interest in the long-term survival of Java as a language; and as a viable platform. Since the early days of Java 7; I’ve been a concerned...
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Android User Interface Development
Android User Interface Development: A Beginners Guide is the title of the book that I’ve been writing. The main reason I haven’t recently had a chance to update this blog. The book is not just about...
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6 Reasons to Develop Software on a MacBook Pro
Most of my life I’ve worked on either Windows or Linux (in various flavors). Most of my software development experience has been on a Linux machine, and they’re amazingly productive when compared to...
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BigDecimal and your Money
I often see Java developers attempting to use the BigDecimal class to store monetary values for financial applications. This often seems like a great idea when you start out, but almost always comes...
View ArticleImproving Perceived Performance on Android
Android is one of the strictest platform I can think of when it comes to threading. Everything seems to have a rule around whether or not it is allowed on the main thread. All user interface code (code...
View ArticleWriting Express Middleware to Modify the Response
I recently had a need for some Express middleware that would track any change to a variable, and send the details of any changes in the response, but only if the response is JSON data. This turned out...
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Is Nashorn (JVM) faster than Node (V8)?
The answer to the question “Is Nashorn (JVM) faster than Node (V8)?” is in most people’s minds: a foregone conclusion, looking something like this expression. It certainly was in my mind, until I...
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Hands-On Android UI Development
Over the last few months I’ve been hard-at-work in the early hours of the mornings, and late into the evenings working on another book about Android. The book is titled Hands-On Android UI Development,...
View ArticleFun with String.intern()
The intern() method in the String class is one of the lesser-known gems of the Java world. It’s quite subtle, brilliantly powerful, and potentially very dangerous. That having been said, it has long...
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