Bytes of Wisdom (Joshua Lockwood)

Getting my dual display setup to work on Ubuntu 9.0.4

jlockwood — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:59:00 GMT

My Macbook Pro recently died and I decided to stage a new development desktop using Ubuntu 9.0.4. I've had colleages complain in the past about poor support for ATI graphics cards and was a bit concerned aboout getting the hardware that I had handy work...(read more)

Yet Another Java Decompiler

jlockwood — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 18:23:00 GMT

I've used JAD for years, but it has been abandoned and doesn't support the newer versions of Java well. If you still want to use JAD, soemone was kind enough to set up a new mirror for the last version: http://www.varaneckas.com/jad. Fortunately, there...(read more)

Awesome Code Analysis Plugin for Java

jlockwood — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 21:59:00 GMT

I was browsing the plugins available for Intellij and came across this gem: http://findbugs.sourceforge.net/. Hats off to University of Maryland for this nifty little tool (does not require Intellij). Findbugs does static analysis of your projects and...(read more)

"I don't have time to test!"

jlockwood — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 21:55:00 GMT

Please pardon me while I rant a bit... How many times have we heard this response when we press our co-workers to test the code they are writing. This argument is often made when the team is up again tight deadlines and excessive pressure from management...(read more)

QUnit: Almost just what I was looking for...

jlockwood — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 23:20:00 GMT

I started using QUnit a few months back and have really enjoyed it. That said, I was irked by a few minor features of QUnit and finally got irritated enough to make some changes. First off, what's with adding "module: " as a delimiter for...(read more)

Selenium and Fitnesse (WebTest) with Firefox 3

jlockwood — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:56:00 GMT

Just wanted to pass something on... I've been using WebTest on Fitnesse for a while but had issue when trying to use it on my Mac. I found that the problem was with the Selenium server jar. You have to hack the jar to get it up and running, but the...(read more)

Just wanted to share something that made my day.

jlockwood — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 07:27:00 GMT

Sniff...sniff...I think I'm in love... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3iryBLZCOQ...(read more)

Seeking Closures

jlockwood — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:03:00 GMT

So, what's a closure and why should I care? As Bob Dylan said, "...the times they are a changin'." The strange world of functional programming , once restricted to more esoteric languages such as LISP, Erlang and Haskell, is now invading...(read more)

Learning to Speak with a LISP

jlockwood — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 20:36:39 GMT

So it's now my second week of playing with LISP and I have to tell you it's been a heck of a ride so far. I've played with LISP in the past, but never with such intensity. I figured I'd share some of my experiences as I engage with this...(read more)

Awesome response to an interview question...

jlockwood — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:34:00 GMT

Just a quicky here. I've been reading "Practical Common Lisp" by Peter Seibel (great book by the way) and came across a really funny footnote. I think I'll use the interviewing engineer's response if given the chance in the future...(read more)

Note on sets in hibernate/nHibernate

jlockwood — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 20:23:00 GMT

I just wanted to share this with anyone who is not aware... Caveat: After reviewing my original post and the comments that follow I had initially elected to change the container tag in the example below from set to list. After thinking about it further...(read more)

Virtual Joy

jlockwood — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 17:23:00 GMT

At home I have only my Linux box to work with. I'm quite content with it, but I do have some DOS and older Windows apps that I like to use. Unfortunately, by DOS floppy's are now dead (as is my floppy drive) and the MSDN DOS download is for making...(read more)

Nested classes with JUnit

jlockwood — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 13:56:00 GMT

Recently I was playing with JUnit 4.X. I wanted to be able to define tests in nested classes as I had before with NUnit. This was to facilitate BDD-ish test definitions, where I break up unit tests by test context. My first attempt failed (of course)...(read more)

Using SSL Websphere MQSeries and .Net

jlockwood — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:44:00 GMT

Hi all, I've haven't posted anything since my last contract...sorry about that (what can I say, I've been busy...Ma, AgileJoe's been abusing me!). In any case, this is as much for my benefit (and documentation for the current team) as...(read more)

Metaphors and Mathematics

jlockwood — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 14:59:09 GMT

I haven't posted myself in a bit and decided to go ahead and drop a few lines...albeit a little off topic. I've been looking for supplemental maths books for both my children. As you Computer Science types know, texts for elementary Maths (and...(read more)