Genuitec's Blog: June, 2016

I love my job as a programmer, but like most jobs, it can have a downside. Sometimes I really dread having to tell someone what I do for a living. The story I am about to tell you is 100% true.When driving home one night, I was stopped … Read More

Getting old really sucks. Running is my stress relief. It is also my feeble and losing battle with time. My 45 min running route gives me a 2 mile reprieve onto the soft sand along the beach. With summertime upon us, kids dart in and out of the … Read More

Recently I had to optimize a method that was bottlenecked in one of our applications. Among other things, the method I was optimizing created a file based on a String concatenation. This is a very common task that usually takes a couple of lines along with a try … Read More

In previous articles, I’ve discussed how to create custom XML bindings and custom editing UI for an editor based on the great Eclipse Sapphire framework. Now let’s take a look at another aspect of editor UI creation, customizing standard actions like Add or Browse, or creating completely custom … Read More

I have not failed. I’ve just found ten thousand ways that won’t work.— Thomas Alva EdisonThis comes as no surprise, but not every idea will be a winner in the marketplace. We all fail sometimes, for a variety of reasons, some within our control and some not. And it’s … Read More