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Posts Tagged ‘Java

16 Dec, 2009

Jira Grails Plugin

Posted by: TheKaptain In: Development

I set out to explore some of the Atlassian API’s this week, along with a test drive of Jira 4, and ended up developing a simple XML-RPC plugin for Grails. Utilizing little more than the Groovy XMLRPC library I was able to implement a client service for the Jira XmlRpcService in minutes. Nothing terribly complicated […]

Lately I’ve been thinking about all the different ways to bring Groovy into a pure Java or command line environment, and ended up diving into some code to explore the various options. Turns out there’s definitely a good variety of options for running Groovy dynamically inside and out of a Java application. I started out […]

09 Sep, 2009

A Techno-Geek’s Guide to Encyclopedic Knowledge

Posted by: TheKaptain In: Development

Do you make keeping up with technology a priority? Have you found a way to prevent drowning in the vast sea of content AND still keep abreast of everything you want to? Me neither, but here’s where I go to learn new things, find solutions and keep up with the general state of the union […]

27 Aug, 2009

VIJUG Griffon/Groovy Presentation

Posted by: TheKaptain In: Development

I had a great time tonite geeking out with Griffon in front of an audience. My thanks to everyone that attended, and especially to Manfred Moser and VIJUG for the chance to show off some Groovy and Griffon Swing code! The venue was great – very nice that the Vancouver Island Tech Park is kind […]

18 Aug, 2009

My Favorite IntelliJ Resources, Tips and Tricks

Posted by: TheKaptain In: Development

Today at work I was reminded that I didn’t learn how to use my IDE overnight, and that I’ve been greedily hoarding where I found good resources for learning how to drive IntelliJ in the fast lane. So without further ado, here’s the top places I’ve found and things I know. Links on the IntelliJ […]

14 Aug, 2009

Griffon support in latest Intellij EAP

Posted by: TheKaptain In: Development

The IDE world just started to look a little greener for Griffon programmers. Today’s latest early access version of JetBrains IntelliJ version Maia has initial support for Griffon! It appeared on the JetBrains blogroll a couple of weeks ago, and indeed may have showed up in an earlier release, but today was the first time […]