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While far from an expert, I’ve been working with JavaScript for ages. I started off using JavaScript for DHTML (anyone remember that term?) when cross-browser meant your site would work with Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator. I moved on to using JavaScript for desktop widgets and finally, browser … Read More

Eclipse Neon Android Package Now that Eclipse Neon is just around the corner, I was pleased to see that Eclipse for Android Developers is back. We’ve all waited a long time for it! This package bundles the Andmore-Eclipse Android Tooling—a fork of Google’s ADT (Android Development Tools) plugins … Read More

I always appreciate those “small things” that help me write better code and code faster. Eclipse Neon comes with a great set of those small things right in the Java editor. As a Java developer I can’t help but feel excited about the new features Neon has and … Read More

Just a year ago we were ecstatic about the release of Eclipse Mars. Mars came with really great Java IDE features like a hierarchical view of nested projects, the ability to customize perspectives, speed improvements for text search and just a variety of improvements that many of us … Read More

I hope this list of my favorite Eclipse shortcuts will help your workflow become more productive. The shortcuts are divided into the following areas: Navigation General Purpose Editing Java Editor Plug-in Development Workbench Navigation Switching between Open Editors Ctrl + E—Display a filterable list of open editors. Ctrl … Read More

Hi, this is Wayne, one of the Genuitec founders. This is a special week as Genuitec celebrates its 15th anniversary. Its been an awesome personal and team adventure serving the Java, web and mobile developer communities with our programming tools and tool management platform. From day #1 our … Read More

As a Web App developer, a typical scenario is to implement a log framework such as log4j (Java) or log4php (PHP) into an app. But what if your boss wants to keep track of each error that several apps are throwing across different servers, all in a single log … Read More

Microservices: A “new” conceptIn the last couple of years, we have been hearing a lot about microservices. There is already a lot of valuable (and also not so much) content regarding defining the term and the general concept behind it. The definition is not always enough to fully … Read More

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