Brian Duff's Old WeblogThis is the old url for duffblog. Please use http://purl.oclc.org/NET/Brian.Duff/blog instead.Blog Moved!- January 24, 2004 Duffblog has moved to a new site! This will be the last duffblog post on Radio Userland: Please update your links to point to http:purl.oclc.orgNETBrian.Duffblog for the website and http:purl.oclc.orgNETBrian.Duffblogsyndication.xml for the RSS syndication feed.http://radio.weblogs.com/0128037/2004/01/24.html#a55 Java Class Modeler: Actually Quite Useful :)- January 23, 2004 I've been messing around with JDeveloper's Java Class Modeler the last couple of days while designing a new API for the compare tool and local remote history in JDeveloper 10.0.3. I've always been a bit of a UML-sceptic, favoring a more agile approach to development rather than doing large amounts of upfront design. Having said that, the UML team have put an enormous amount of work this release into what's internally referred to as the "kick ass java modeler mission". They've done a...http://radio.weblogs.com/0128037/2004/01/23.html#a54 WebDAV, Windows and Linux- January 20, 2004 One of the potentially nicer features of Windows XP is its built-in support for WebDAV, an HTTP-based file system. I use webdav a lot at work to publish files to internal and external sites. Some form of WebDAV support has existed since Windows 2000 in the form of "Web Folders". However, Web Folders don't act like a normal file system because you can't just open a remote file in any application and edit it directly like a local file. Windows XP should have solved this problem. It allows.http://radio.weblogs.com/0128037/2004/01/20.html#a53 On the Move- January 16, 2004 I'm planning to move duffblog over to Movable Type some time during the next few months. To minimize disruption, I've set up Persistent URLs for the RSS (syndication) feed and homepage. Update your bookmarks :)http://radio.weblogs.com/0128037/2004/01/16.html#a52 Plain English and UI- January 13, 2004 While surfing wiki, I found a link to the Plain English Campaign. I often see their little diamond symbol on forms and terms of agreement from UK companies. The Plain English Guide is an incredibly useful explanation of how to make writing clearer. It is, of course, very clearly written itself. Writing clearly is an important skill when developing user interfaces. Many years ago, I worked in the development team responsible for UML modeling tools. Back then, we had the luxury of a dedicated..http://radio.weblogs.com/0128037/2004/01/13.html#a51 New Tips & Tricks Area on OTN- January 12, 2004 I'm still enjoying the wintery weather in Oracle's Edinburgh office. Actually, for the time of year, it's surprisingly mild, but it's been raining continuously for what feels like two weeks. There's a new area on OTN for JDeveloper Tips and Tricks. What's really cool about this new area is that anyone from the JDeveloper team can publish articles quickly and directly to OTN using WebDAV. In future, I'll try to publish JDev hints simultaneously to the blog and to the new area on OTN. To...http://radio.weblogs.com/0128037/2004/01/12.html#a50 |