Serializable Exception in Java
When you use Wicket as webfrontend framework to build your application, sooner or later you’ll encounter the NotSerializableException. This is because Wicket will want to serialize any state you have…
OpenID from my website
A lot of websites now provide a way to authenticate yourself via OpenID. That way, you don’t have to remember a separate username and password to login to such a…
Slow right click on Windows
Besides by Mac laptop I have a Windows desktop at home. Windows 7 is all in all quite a nice OS. However, after using Windows for a while, Windows seems…
Wicket Exception when using wrong order in addComponent
Today I working on a application that uses the Wicket framework. I was plagued with the following Exception: WicketMessage: org.apache.wicket.WicketRuntimeException: component myForm:myTable:editor not found on page nl.gerbrand-ict.gui.HomePage[id = 4], listener…
JavaFX 2.0
Yesterday I attended a NLJug meeting at Oracle at De Meern on JavaFX, called ‘JavaFX 2.0 EA‘. The meeting was presented by Roger Brinkley, who’s a called ‘Community leader’, of…
Software engineering is design all the way: code as design
Recently I came across an article I remember reading quite some years ago and having quite an influence on my thinking. A short summary in my own words. Creating software…
Enabling accesskeys for javascript events
Using the accesskey attribute, you can enable hotkeys for various html input elements. This allows one to get the focus to an input element by using the ALT-key + <CHARACTER>…
Creating an ear with version for Weblogic using Maven
Using the ear plugin of Maven 2 creating an ear is very easy. The produced ear follows the JEE spec, so you can normally use it in any application server.I’m…
Google buys Instantiations
A while a go I used to do Swing development, and I sometimes used the tool of Instantiations to develop my GUI. I quite liked the tool. Before that I…
McDonalds running Linux
A unix like OS on their video-screens outside, in shopping center Hoog Caterijne, Utrecht. At least something else then those Windows 95/98/NT screens I often see running at terminals, when…