Monthly Archives: October 2008

Using Google maps for displaying large images in a page

Posted on October 15, 2008 by peter

Via the Trendmatcher weblog I came across a nifty tool to use the Google Maps viewer for arbitrary images. The Google Maps Image Cutter, as the application is called. Is a small Java application which cuts a selected image to … Continue reading →

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Running your griffon application in fullscreen mode

Posted on October 14, 2008 by peter

I’ve been doing some development using Griffon lately. Griffon is a Grails like application framework for developing desktop applications in Groovy which lets you create Java Webstart applications without the hassle. It takes a clean MVC approach including nifty automatic … Continue reading →

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I want closures “bolted on to Java”

Posted on October 11, 2008 by peter

After seeing Blochs’ session on Javapolis last year and some of the Java 7 sessions at JavaOne this year I gave up on closures in Java. I just didn’t believe that they would be part of Java 7 anymore. I … Continue reading →

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Review: “Clean Code: A handbook of agile software craftmanship”

Posted on October 10, 2008 by peter

The following product description of Clean Code written by Robert C. Martin managed to trigger my interest: Noted software expert Robert C. Martin presents a revolutionary paradigm with Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship. Martin has teamed up … Continue reading →

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