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Category Archives: programming

CJCOOK: Updated All Component Versions

February 21, 2009 · by Tim O'Brien | in java, oreilly, programming, writing

I did a quick pass to Common Java Cookbook to update some of the version numbers. Current release version is now 0.12, and you can expect a 0.13 release on Monday that is going to remove most of the references to “Jakarta”. This book uses the following versions of components: Component Version Notes Commons Beanutils […]

Common Java Cookbook: Release 0.10: Book Examples ZIP

February 17, 2009 · by Tim O'Brien | in java, oreilly, programming

Release 0.10 – the book’s example project is now published as a ZIP file. There are some missing resource files that I will try to address in the next few releases, but all of the Java Source code that accompanies the book is now available as a Maven 2 project. (For more information about Maven […]

Best project name: SXC, pronounced "sexy"

May 8, 2008 · by Tim O'Brien | in java, programming

Dain is very much focused on "sexy" a static XML compiler with the name SXC. I'm sitting around a table of programmers asking each other things like, "tell me about sexy". http://sxc.codehaus.org SXC looks pretty interesting.

Eclipse Frustration #425534

April 24, 2008 · by Tim O'Brien | in eclipse, java, programming

Same thing as this last post, but a different JAR. I was encountering the endless Tomcat restart due to jgroups-2.2.8.jar – remove the dependency, everything works perfectly. I love (hate) Eclipse.

Making an Ass of Myself: Episode I

April 19, 2008 · by Tim O'Brien | in java, maven, programming, sonatype

Today, I recorded my first podcast, you can see the result over on the Sonatype blog. In the first minute, I sound like Wharf from Star Trek: The Next Generation, and during the book update I just sound like a jerk. I’ll be regularly making an ass of myself for “Sonatype Week in Review” over […]

Flex Countdown Timer with Warning Color/Expiration Event

April 16, 2008 · by Tim O'Brien | in adobe, flex, programming

I had to create a simple little Flex countdown timer, so I stumbled upon thie post from Flex Examples. I took that source and expanded it a bit to create a configurable CountdownTimer component. Now, I’m sure there’s an even easier way to do this, but this seems to do the job for me. Here’s […]

Flex 2 Maven Plugin

January 14, 2008 · by Tim O'Brien | in flex, java, maven, programming

I’ve been having really good luck with the Israfil Maven Flex 2 Plugin. Thanks to the template that Jacob von Eyben cooked up.

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