Tag Archives: web

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 | 8 Comments

301 Redirects Made Easy In Java

Posted on June 8, 2010 by Richard Nichols

I’ve just released a new version of visural-common – 0.3.2. This version includes a new Servlet Filter, which makes 301-redirects in Java a breeze. You’d recall that 301 redirects are useful for SEO (and just general good practice) for when … Continue reading →

Posted in Java, Software Engineering | Tagged Google, Java, open-source, seo, visural-common, web | 4 Comments

How-to: Add Code Syntax Highlighting to MediaWiki

Posted on April 6, 2010 by Richard Nichols

Here’s a short tutorial on how to integrate Google’s “prettify.js” (which does automatic syntax highlighting of code snippets) into a MediaWiki wiki installation. This is totally done MacGyver style, we’re going to patch the MediaWiki skin to do it. For … Continue reading →

Posted in IT, Software Engineering | Tagged developer, documentation, Google, hack, web, wiki | 2 Comments

Wicket – forcing page reload on browser back button…

Posted on March 23, 2010 by Richard Nichols

An interesting issue arises when doing AJAX with Wicket, where you have an AJAX-enabled page with a bunch of controls that get generated/refreshed by AJAX. The user then navigates to another page, and subsequently hits the back button and returns … Continue reading →

Posted in Java, Software Engineering | Tagged ajax, Java, tips, web, wicket | 12 Comments