Jordi Boehme Lopez
Layouting in Tabris.js
Warning! This article is outdated and might not represent the current state of Tabris.js.
Tabris 1.4 Preview: Pull to Refresh
We are working at full steam on the new features for Tabris 1.4 which we will release on June 26th.
Tabris 1.3 is here! Open Sourcing Passe-Partout...
Today we are proud to unleash Tabris 1.3. Aside from many improvements under the hood and user experience enhancements for Android and iOS, some major features made it into this Tabris release. With this post we want to show you the highlights.
SWT Best Practices: Changing Fonts
Here is a widespread way of creating a label with a bold font:
Is SWT Ready for the Years to Come?
With all of the current mobile and desktop operating systems we use all day, most users expect a great deal from an application user interface.
Lean OSGi Launch Configurations with Jetty
Over the last years I have seen many OSGi project, and while I am pretty happy with most of them there is a tendency to oversized launch configurations. Keeping the launch configs lean is not easy because the automatic dependency resolver can not always pick the smallest set possible. And maybe even worse it is not always obvious which bundles you need to select to make a configuration complete.
Effective Java Debugging with Eclipse
Learning to write code efficiently is only one step towards becoming a coding master. Another step is learning to debug. When it comes to legacy or 3rd party code you will need to debug in order to understand how the code behaves. In this post I will give you some basic tips on how to master your debugger and become more efficient.
Tabris 0.9.0 - New & Noteworthy
Just in time for Christmas, I’m happy to announce our biggest release yet: Tabris 0.9.0. The new AppLauncher API will enable a tighter integration with iOS and Android and a seamless user experience with other Apps. Alternative Selection for List and Tree is now available. And many changes and additions happened under the hood - such as the RAP 2.0 migration as well as stability and performance improvements.
Options to Distribute and Install an iOS App
So you have build an iOS app using Tabris or another technology of your choice? Then you should know how to get your app to your users.
My Top 10 Tips on how to be more productive with the Eclipse IDE
I’ve met many programmers over the years who had just started using Eclipse or already had “some experience” – but they used Eclipse just as a text editor or handled it in a very cumbersome way. The main problem was that they hadn’t yet learned about Eclipse’s capabilities and how to leverage its powerful features.
Tabris 0.7.0 – New and Noteworthy
Tabris has made a big step forward in this 0.7 release. We included many improvements and fixes requested by our users. And we also got some nice new features…
Handling Camera and Album UIImages on iOS
In a next release of Tabris we will provide support for Camera. This will allow you to show a UI on the client to take a photo or select a picture on your device. The selected Image will then be scaled and sent to the server so you can use it in your App.
UIFont from a CSS definition
If you need to get a matching UIFont object from a CSS definition like “font-family: Arial; font-size: 24px; font-weight: bold;” you have no way to do it with the API that iOS provides for three reasons.
Turbocharged RAP
The release of the RAP protocol is an important milestone. The protocol enables native mobile client Apps (in addition to the existing browser client) to connect to the RAP server. In other words, the data is now sent over the network by using JSON instead of proprietary JavaScript.
Accessing a very large data set with mobile devices
A few months ago my colleague, Ralf Sternberg, wrote an article on “how to access a huge dataset with the web browser". Now, if it’s possible to access very large datasets with a browser, wouldn’t it be really cool to access it in the same way with mobile devices?
All systems go
I just recieved my EclipseCon 2009 Registration confirmation.
Here are my talks that were accepted:
