Tag Archives: open-source

The JCP is a sham…

Posted on December 23, 2010 by Richard Nichols

Reading the minutes from the key JCP EC meeting on Oracle’s refusal to grant Apache a TCK licence, I think this dialog is very telling – Doug asked Oracle to acknowledge that it was asking the ECs to condone breaking … Continue reading →

Posted in Java, Software Engineering | Tagged Java, open-source, soap-box | Leave a comment

visural-wicket 0.6.5 release is available!

Posted on November 25, 2010 by Richard Nichols

It’s taken longer than I’d hoped, but the next release of the visural-wicket library for Apache Wicket is now available – 0.6.5 This version is mostly a minor enhancement and fix release, but includes almost 6 months worth of patches … Continue reading →

Posted in Java, Software Engineering, Wicket | Tagged Java, open-source, releases, visural-wicket, web, wicket | 4 Comments

5 Minute Guide to Clustering – Java Web Apps in Tomcat

Posted on August 21, 2010 by Richard Nichols

I’ve been taking a break from posting for the last couple of weeks. I was starting to get a bit run down, and feel like burn out was about to set in. The kind of blog posts I do take … Continue reading →

Posted in Java, Software Engineering | Tagged apache, cluster, guides, Java, open-source, performance, web | 32 Comments

ResourceTransformFilter – DataUris, LessCSS, Javascript and CSS Compression Made Easy!

Posted on July 27, 2010 by Richard Nichols

ResourceTransformFilter is a swiss-army-knife for HTML/CSS/Javascript transformation in Java web applications. It’s a new addition to the visural-common Apache 2.0 licensed project. Apply this filter in your Java webapp to get – Automatic CSS DataURI image inlining for supported browsers Automatic … Continue reading →

Posted in Design, Java, Software Engineering | Tagged automation, css, Java, javascript, open-source, tips, visural-common, web | 13 Comments