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jQuery timeago in Java with RAP

Jun 7, 2011

A few weeks ago I showed you how easy it is to integrate jQuery into RAP using the browser widget. I’d like to show you another example of what can be integrated. Last time I created a carousel...

Merging branches in Eclipse git (EGit)

May 30, 2011

It’s always a great idea to use a Source Control Management (SCM) system – even when you are working on personal projects, without any collaborators. However, once you start to work with...

Git Lesson: Be mindful of a detached head

May 29, 2011

A severed head is never fun, and in git this is no different. In fact, a detached head can cause quite the headache. In this article I will discuss what a detached head is, how it can happen, and most...

Welcome Maggie

May 11, 2011

I’m proud to introduce the newest member of our family, Maggie Anne Bull. Maggie and Mom are at home and both doing well. For those of you keeping score at home; Maggie is our third, joining...

And the winner is...

May 10, 2011

The results of the evaluations for the EclipseCon 2011 talks and tutorials is out. I thought it would be interesting to know which talks and tutorials were rated best. So I took the data from the PDF...

Launch an OSGi app and automatically kill its running instance

May 4, 2011

If you use Eclipse to develop OSGi based applications you may use the OSGi Launcher provided by the PDE Tooling. It’s cool tooling because it gives you full control over the OSGi instance to be...