Category: Articles

Simplifying Logging for Blackberry Development, Part 1

December 18th, 2009
I have recently started developing a version of PWMinder, for the Blackberry, using the JDE plugin for Eclipse.  When developing applications, especially when starting out, developers often like to send debug/log statements to System.out, to test or chec… more »

Calling Javascript from a Java Applet

December 8th, 2009
While creating the UTM Coordinate Converter applet, I was looking for examples on how to get a Java Applet, to call a Javascript function in the html. I found various bits of information and some examples (that didn't always work), and so decided I would… more »

Introduction to working with Java dates

November 26th, 2009
Many new Java developers often struggle with how to deal with dates in Java.  In the article, I will give a quick primer on how to easily work with dates. In Java, a date/time is stored internally as the number of milliseconds since January 1, 1970 UTC… more »

Using Wink to create Screen Casts

November 17th, 2009
Over the past few weeks I have been playing around with different software for creating screen casts, that can demonstrate feature of PWMinder.  While screen shot image are important to let the user see the general look of the UI, screen casts showcase h… more »