It seems Microsoft's latest service pack is badly affecting JFileChooser...

I am cooking with DocBook and the NetBeans Platform. Cooking an IDE for Scheme.

A quick look at NetBeans Syntax Highlighting, and to NetBeans Module Installers.

Fonts, colors, key bindings, caret blink rate and more. Persisted. With a single class. This rocks!

I have cooked a part of the editor for Scheme Files using the NetBeans Platform. And while doing so I've found some delicious editor libs!

I am cooking with DocBook and the NetBeans Platform. Cooking an IDE for Scheme.

... and there're some interesting discussions going on too...

[An impressive Swing application](http://nexvu.com/monarch_tour/) that has been the subject in a recent thread in the SwingX mailing list.

So as promised I tried to build a NetBeans module that allows you to visually choose icons and... I almost got it working.

Building Swing icon sets (and a Swing Icon Viewer!) with... properties files? Why not? After all icon designers don't need to know Java. They're doing an excellent job building icons, so I don't see a reason why they should know Java. A small Java Web Start demo is included.

Icons are very important for creating user interfaces. What about icon sets for Swing? I'm tired of having to google, download, pack and use icons for my Swing applications. Things should be easier. I'd like to visually select icons in NetBeans. What about building some icon themes for Swing that we can swap at runtime? And... what about a NetBeans module?

Java closures without lexical contexts? Nah, that's just plain functions, nor even functors. What the benefit, then?

Some more interesting links for the JDBM tiny Java Database Manager library.

... and there're some interesting discussions going on too...

It seems Microsoft's latest service pack is badly affecting JFileChooser...

This has nothing to do with Swing but with music! I've adquired the latest from Parov Stelar and, well, Chambermaid Swing just rocks!

[An impressive Swing application](http://nexvu.com/monarch_tour/) that has been the subject in a recent thread in the SwingX mailing list.

Building Swing icon sets (and a Swing Icon Viewer!) with... properties files? Why not? After all icon designers don't need to know Java. They're doing an excellent job building icons, so I don't see a reason why they should know Java. A small Java Web Start demo is included.

Icons are very important for creating user interfaces. What about icon sets for Swing? I'm tired of having to google, download, pack and use icons for my Swing applications. Things should be easier. I'd like to visually select icons in NetBeans. What about building some icon themes for Swing that we can swap at runtime? And... what about a NetBeans module?

After some short holidays, I have been doing some little improvements in TreeWrapper, an easy to use wrapper that allows for drag and drop on JTrees. Improvements include support for JDK 1.4, better handling of popup menus, better performance, support for disabled trees and some other minor things. To verify that everything is working I built a simple to use OPML editor, that you can use to arrange your RSS feeds into categories.

Are you looking for the JavaOne slides, but you did not download them while you had the chance? [Wilfred Springer](http://www.agilejava.com/blog/) has grouped and posted them.

I don't mean you have to wrap your [car around a tree like this](http://www.wreckedexotics.com/newphotos/bad/bad637.shtml). I'm talking of JTrees and Drag and Drop support.

I'm still doing some research on lightweight persistence for my desktop applications. I've been exploring JDBM in further detail: I'm able to do m:n relationships without too much hassle.

I've been traveling a lot lately. It's been one week in La Coruña and two other weeks at Lisbon. And, well, I've learned a lot. During these three weeks I've been gently introduced to Sun Java Studio Creator, I've learned a lot about MySQL internals, I've realized how people tend to not follow the KISS principle, I've experienced SwingX components inside NetBeans, I've met great friends at Lisbon and, most importantly, I've realized how much people need a good binding mechanism for Swing applications. Now it's time to have a rest in Madrid for three days. A rest? Well, we have Java Expo 2006, Sun Tech Days and... the NetBeans World Tour!!

Experiments with JDBM

I'm afraid I'll insist in desktop persistence without RDBMS in this entry (and maybe in a few others).

Will you bundle a full RDMBS with your GUI applications? How are you persisting the model in your desktop applications? What are the trends in this area?

Are you looking for the JavaOne slides, but you did not download them while you had the chance? [Wilfred Springer](http://www.agilejava.com/blog/) has grouped and posted them.

I've been playing with Pack200, the new compression technology for Java Web Started applications. And it's just excellent... but insane.

This has nothing to do with Swing but with music! I've adquired the latest from Parov Stelar and, well, Chambermaid Swing just rocks!

I'm currently listening Gabin's "Doo Uap", and well, I like the lyrics! I wanted to share the video and the lyrics with all you Swing fanatics out there.

Spanish version available! From now on I'll start blogging in spanish as well. NetBeans Scheme IDE: New section on how to add syntax support to your EditorKits.

A quick look at NetBeans Syntax Highlighting, and to NetBeans Module Installers.

Fonts, colors, key bindings, caret blink rate and more. Persisted. With a single class. This rocks!

I have cooked a part of the editor for Scheme Files using the NetBeans Platform. And while doing so I've found some delicious editor libs!

I am cooking with DocBook and the NetBeans Platform. Cooking an IDE for Scheme.

For those enjoying Scheme out there: a draft version of R6RS is now available at r6rs.org

So as promised I tried to build a NetBeans module that allows you to visually choose icons and... I almost got it working.

I've been a NetBeans user for years now. So I don't read manuals nor documentation. I just use it and that's all. But during the last NetBeans Day in Madrid I learned lots of things about NetBeans' editor. Things I didn't know, things that I missed, things I wanted to share with you in this entry.

Some more interesting links for the JDBM tiny Java Database Manager library.

I'm still doing some research on lightweight persistence for my desktop applications. I've been exploring JDBM in further detail: I'm able to do m:n relationships without too much hassle.

Experiments with JDBM

I'm afraid I'll insist in desktop persistence without RDBMS in this entry (and maybe in a few others).

Will you bundle a full RDMBS with your GUI applications? How are you persisting the model in your desktop applications? What are the trends in this area?

Pues ya iba siendo hora de empezar a escribir en castellano, ¿no?

Vim 7 has a good DocBook support... that can be improved!

Leaving Sun is possibly one of the most difficult decisions I've ever made. But I think it's time for me to start new things and, well, it's also time for Sun to start new things.

I'm currently listening Gabin's "Doo Uap", and well, I like the lyrics! I wanted to share the video and the lyrics with all you Swing fanatics out there.

I am cooking with DocBook and the NetBeans Platform. Cooking an IDE for Scheme.

For those enjoying Scheme out there: a draft version of R6RS is now available at r6rs.org

Java closures without lexical contexts? Nah, that's just plain functions, nor even functors. What the benefit, then?

Fonts, colors, key bindings, caret blink rate and more. Persisted. With a single class. This rocks!

I have cooked a part of the editor for Scheme Files using the NetBeans Platform. And while doing so I've found some delicious editor libs!

So as promised I tried to build a NetBeans module that allows you to visually choose icons and... I almost got it working.

Building Swing icon sets (and a Swing Icon Viewer!) with... properties files? Why not? After all icon designers don't need to know Java. They're doing an excellent job building icons, so I don't see a reason why they should know Java. A small Java Web Start demo is included.

Icons are very important for creating user interfaces. What about icon sets for Swing? I'm tired of having to google, download, pack and use icons for my Swing applications. Things should be easier. I'd like to visually select icons in NetBeans. What about building some icon themes for Swing that we can swap at runtime? And... what about a NetBeans module?

After some short holidays, I have been doing some little improvements in TreeWrapper, an easy to use wrapper that allows for drag and drop on JTrees. Improvements include support for JDK 1.4, better handling of popup menus, better performance, support for disabled trees and some other minor things. To verify that everything is working I built a simple to use OPML editor, that you can use to arrange your RSS feeds into categories.

¿Inyección de depencencias? Pero si... ¡es facilísimo!

The best explanation of dependency injection I've seen so far.

I've been playing with Pack200, the new compression technology for Java Web Started applications. And it's just excellent... but insane.

Do you suffer from singletonitis? That may be bad for your code's health

¿Inyección de depencencias? Pero si... ¡es facilísimo!

Spanish version available! From now on I'll start blogging in spanish as well. NetBeans Scheme IDE: New section on how to add syntax support to your EditorKits.

Pues ya iba siendo hora de empezar a escribir en castellano, ¿no?

Vim 7 has a good DocBook support... that can be improved!