Category Archives: Java

Detecting Which Browser In Java Servlet/Filter

Posted on July 19, 2010 by Richard Nichols

The newest version of my open source tools project, visural-common – 0.4, includes a new feature the com.visural.web.client.WebClient class. The purpose of this class is simple – User-Agent string goes in -> Browser, version and platform comes out. The “User-Agent” string … Continue reading →

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Implementing Facebook OAuth 2.0 Authentication in Java

Posted on June 30, 2010 by Richard Nichols

I recently switched onmydoorstep.com.au‘s Facebook login feature from the old “Facebook Connect” API implemented with facebook-java-api over to the new Facebook Graph API / OAuth 2.0 authentication. This was far easier to implement than the original authentication, particular under Apache … Continue reading →

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LessCSS available in Java and Wicket – less.js

Posted on June 24, 2010 by Richard Nichols

For the uninitiated, LessCSS is a powerful extension of CSS, that adds variables, mixins, operations and nested rules. What this means is the ability to remove the repetition and redundancy which almost always pops up in CSS for complex web … Continue reading →

Posted in Java, Software Engineering, Wicket | Tagged css, Java, ui, visural-wicket, web, wicket | 2 Comments

visural-wicket 0.6 released – lots of new components!

Posted on June 23, 2010 by Richard Nichols

It’s been roughly 4 months since the first public release of visural-wicket, a set of open-source components and tools for the Apache Wicket web framework. Since then the project has seen 150+ developer downloads and a generally very positive reaction … Continue reading →

Posted in Java, Software Engineering, Wicket | Tagged Java, open-source, releases, visural-wicket, wicket | 8 Comments