Some scripting languages such as PHP, JavaScript, and Groovy allow the use of object reference in a conditional context. They have a standard boolean coercion for certain objects or references, “truthy” and “falsy” values. Could this be useful in Java? For example, we can run this inline script in the Groovy language:...

If true this coming Android version, KitKat, is good news. The Aging original Samsung Galaxy Note is a very good high tech device. This thing has enough compute power that could have guided businesses, spacecraft, and whole cities in the past. There is no reason why it can’t be upgraded to be useful for another [...]

If true this coming Android version, KitKat, is good news. The Aging original Samsung Galaxy Note is a very good high tech device. This thing has enough compute power that could have guided businesses, spacecraft, and whole cities in the past. There is no reason why it can’t be upgraded to be useful for another [...]

At work I recently created a Groovy automation script that parsed FTP log files and generated a report. This was then added as a scheduled job in Jenkins, which comes with Groovy support. Groovy certainly made this very easy (from a Java perspective). The script used the Groovy GDK (extensions to Java’s classes) and iteration [...]

At work I recently created a Groovy automation script that parsed FTP log files and generated a report. This was then added as a scheduled job in Jenkins, which comes with Groovy support. Groovy certainly made this very easy (from a Java perspective). The script used the Groovy GDK (extensions to Java’s classes) and iteration [...]

The Model Samsung-SGH-I747 on AT&T just got an OTA update to 4.1.2. Baseband: I747UCDMG2 Kernel: 3.0.31-1300972 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.

The Model Samsung-SGH-I747 on AT&T just got an OTA update to 4.1.2. Baseband: I747UCDMG2 Kernel: 3.0.31-1300972 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.

When I used Ubuntu recently via VirtualBox an Ubuntu update would keep making the system larger. Finally an update would fail since the VM image size would be exceeded. Attempts to prune temp folders did not help or where excruciatingly geeky. I noticed that the update would be installing things I never used or thought [...]

When I used Ubuntu recently via VirtualBox an Ubuntu update would keep making the system larger. Finally an update would fail since the VM image size would be exceeded. Attempts to prune temp folders did not help or where excruciatingly geeky. I noticed that the update would be installing things I never used or thought [...]

There seems to be a little bit of confusion among some developers as to what JSON is. Some think some that JSON is a JavaScript serialization, or that it is just a way to pass JavaScript data around. Well, there are good reasons why this may be assumed. One is that JSON is usually used [...]

There seems to be a little bit of confusion among some developers as to what JSON is. Some think some that JSON is a JavaScript serialization, or that it is just a way to pass JavaScript data around. Well, there are good reasons why this may be assumed. One is that JSON is usually used [...]

Just tested the new free file share and sync software from BitTorrent Labs, BitTorrent Sync. I shared files between my home PC and my mobile phone, Samsung Note. It works and was easy to set up and use. Test Installed on Windows 7 PC. Copied some files onto the shared folder. Installed BTS on Android [...]

Just tested the new free file share and sync software from BitTorrent Labs, BitTorrent Sync. I shared files between my home PC and my mobile phone, Samsung Note. It works and was easy to set up and use. Test Installed on Windows 7 PC. Copied some files onto the shared folder. Installed BTS on Android [...]

The Groovy language allows testing with inline code, it provides the built-in JUnit, Mock, stubs, and other support. Presented here are two simple ways of embedding a JUnit test class inside a Groovy class. In a prior post using Java, “List sorting using topological ordering of a digraph“, I used this embedded test approach. But [...]

The Groovy language allows testing with inline code, it provides the built-in JUnit, Mock, stubs, and other support. Presented here are two simple ways of embedding a JUnit test class inside a Groovy class. In a prior post using Java, “List sorting using topological ordering of a digraph“, I used this embedded test approach. But [...]