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Installing Eclipse Plug-ins from an Update Site with a self-signed certificate

Apr 19, 2013

Overview This article describes how to install Eclipse plug-ins from an update site (p2 repository) that is hosted on an HTTP(s) server with a self-signed (SSL) certificate. The Problem If you try and …

A Fast and Minimal JSON Parser for Java

Apr 18, 2013

In the RAP project, reading and writing JSON are critical operations, since the server processes and creates JSON messages for a large number of clients at a high rate. For this reason, we need …

Eclipse 4 (e4) Tutorial: Behavior Annotations

Apr 18, 2013

In the last part of my Eclipse 4 (e4) tutorial, I describe details about how to control the parameters injected using the annotations @Inject, @Named and @Optional. These parameters allow you to …

Tabris 1.0 is here!

Apr 16, 2013

Today we are proud to release Tabris 1.0. If you have not followed us so far you probably don’t know what Tabris is. Let me put it in one sentence: Tabris is the first Java-Toolkit for the …

The D.I.Y. RAP Client Construction Kit

Apr 12, 2013

Since RAP 2.0 has fully implemented the JSON-based RAP Protocol I was eager to test it’s full potential myself. The Tabris clients for Android and iOS already exist and others may follow, but as I’m …

JUnit - the Difference between Practice and @Theory

Apr 11, 2013

Lately a colleague showed me how to improve JUnit tests written for a distance calculator. Speaking with other developers I found out that the majority wasn’t aware of the undocumented @Theories …