Brian’s Stuff

I decided to use JavaFX for part of the the solution I am currently developing. I’m not really sure I need all the whistlesand bells that JavaFX gives. But this is an opportunity to learn without a deadline hahnging over my head. I’m an Eclipse fanatic and I was disappointed when I couldn’t find the [...]

I believe that good quality code is neat code. To that end I use the Eclipse Checkstyle Plug-in as I mentioned in yesterday’s post. This handy plug-in highlights my coding violations just like they are warnings or errors. The drawback with this approach is that keeping things neat while I am belting out a lot of [...]

I use CheckStyle to enforce a consistent coding style on my projects. There are two plug-ins that I know of for Eclipse that will highlight violations while you work on the code. I started out with Marco van Meegan‘s Checkeclipse Plugin, which I will refer to as Checkeclipse. Nowadays I use David Schneider’s Eclipse Checkstyle Plug-in, which I [...]

I have a problem with taking notes at meetings. I am sure whole rain forests have had to be chopped down to supply the paper for the notepads I’ve consumed over the course of my professional career. But their selfless sacrifice has all been in vain. My notepads usually enjoy one of two possible fates. [...]