Category Archives: java

Eclipse as a Platform

Eclipse, the ubiquitous platform, has survived another challenge by releasing Europa and the incredible download numbers speak for it’s success. Initially it was perceived as a Java IDE , then a tools development environment, then a Rich Client Platform (RCP), … Continue reading

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Any recommended strategy for eclipse plugin build ?

I am on a cross-road and i have too many choices to make. My requirement is pretty simple that i need to able to build the plugins and my RCP application via automated build. Our server side product runs on the … Continue reading

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UI Designers dilemma !!!

Eclipse Visual Editor, NetBeans Matisse project and Instantiations SWT Designer are wonderful WYSIWYG editors that i have used till now. With few projects that i have done, i have always hand coded the UI’s. And of course i have done … Continue reading

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Application Performance : Part II

I have been dealing with many of the java applications for years and in the recent past i am finding all the areas that effect the performance. I have been reading lot of books and articles and i thought that … Continue reading

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Is anyone doing Mashup IDEs on Eclipse ?

Gartner predicts that Mashups and Composite Apps is one of the top 10 technologies for 2008. There have been lot of companies embracing the so called bleeding-edge technologies like SOA, RIA, Web2.0, Virtualization, Social Networks and Enterprise Wikis. As these technologies … Continue reading

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Do you care about Garbage Collection ?

Recently there have been few instances our RCP application crashed with the OutOfMemory exception and it took lot of time to look reasons behind the crash. An easy solution is to increase the PermGen from 64mb (default) to 256mb (recommended). … Continue reading

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MyEclipse is Cool !!!

MyEclipse 6.0 GA has been released in August 2007 with a some cool features aiming at developers productivity. I just downloaded their 30 day trial version and played around little bit for two days. I was developing a AJAX and … Continue reading

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XML vs JSON !!! Dont compare.

Java Script Object Notation (JSON) has become quite famous since 2006 and it has gone into the major companies application frameworks. JackBe, Google and Yahooare some of the companies that have adopted the JSON in their products. JSON is the response format for … Continue reading

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Persist your EMF Objects with Teneo

JMatter, NakedObjects and EMF are few technologies that i have been interested recently. That fact that all these technologies allows to create the model, generate the code for UI and finally persist the UI State in Object Reational Databases, makes … Continue reading

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What do you do with Eclipse ?

Eclipse the ubiquitous platform has survived another challenge by releasing the Europa and the incredible download numbers speak for it. Initially it was perceived as a Java IDE  then Tool development Environment, then RCP  Platform, then Tool Integration Platform and … Continue reading

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