Archive for the ‘Software’ Category

JPPF 3.0 released

The new version of the nice Java Parallel Processing Framework (JPPF) is out. See what’s new in the release 3.0 by reading the release notes.

Netbeans IDE 7.1 Beta

Just found out that the new NetBeans IDE 7.1 Beta has integrated GIT support. Nice. And it’s so much nicer to work with Netbeans compared to Eclipse. Especially if you are working with Glassfish.

Oracle Announces Its Intention to Move OpenOffice.org to a Community-Based Project

Hopefully the OpenOffice project will not suffer from this decision. Also in reference to the LibreOffice project, which has been created by former OpenOffice contributors. Oracle has a long history of investing in the development and support of open source products. We will continue to make large investments in open source technologies that are strategic [...]

The Story of Linux: Commemorating 20 Years of the Linux Operating System

Twitter says goodbye to Ruby on Rails

The guys at Twitter are moving away from their Ruby on Rails front-end servers towards their customized Java server Blender which is based on good old Netty. In the next phase of our deploy, we will eliminate Ruby on Rails entirely, connecting users directly to Blender and potentially reducing latencies even further. (via twitter.com)

Omnigraffle stencils for iPhone mockups

Here is a nice set of stencils which can be used in Omni Groups Omnigraffle if you want to layout your iPhone application: iPhone Sketch

Backup system “Tartarus”

Tartarus provides a nice wrapper around basic Unix tools such as tar, find and curl well, thats not that basic to provide a seamless backup solution, aimed at automatic gathering and backup. It has the ability to do full as well as incremental backups and is published by Stefan Tomanek under the rules of the [...]

NetBeans IDE 7.0 Beta 2

NetBeans IDE 7.0 Beta 2 via NetBeans IDE 7.0 Beta 2 Release Information.

Managing SQLite databases with SQLite Manager for Firefox

If you work with SQLite databases, maybe you also came across the problem which tool to use to manage the database. I personally like SQLite Manager, which is a Firefox plugin (SQLite Manager Firefox plugin). It allows you to easily switch between multiple databases and has a nice interface.

Doxygen

Doxygen is a documentation system for C++, C, Java, Objective-C, Python, IDL Corba and Microsoft flavors, Fortran, VHDL, PHP, C#, and to some extent D. via Doxygen.