What Am I Working On?
I’m currently extending the dSail System-software. The idea is to provide real-time data about the air flow on a sailing boat. This information can help you tweaking the sail position…
Read moreThrowing Checked Exceptions Like Unchecked Exceptions in Java
Everyone who’s programming Java knows checked exceptions. You only can throw a checked exception when you’ve declare it. And you have to catch an checked exception, no matter whether…
Read moredb4o: Queries in Java or Queries Without LINQ
Before I continue with client-server concurrency I explain how to run queries against a db4o database without LINQ. Most of the stuff in db4o works on every platform. The API…
Read moredb4o: Persistent Classes Tips
In the last four posts I’ve mostly talked about db4o itself and how to used it. All this is actually just the necessary evil for our goal, to persist our…
Read moreC vs Java, Doctor Who and Slow Club
Normally C- vs. Java-performance comparisons are wonderful and entertaining flame-wars. However this blog-post is very reasonable and each argument justified. I’ve stumbled by accident on a hand-cam-quality teaser of Doctor…
Read moreArg…apache.org down, Java on 1000 Cores
I just wanted to download some libs and tools from apache.org this morning. However the site is down, due a compromised SSH Key. =( Meanwhile you could watch this geeky-talk…
Read moreSmall DI-Containers and Autofac
There are tons of dependency injection (DI) containers around in the Java and the .NET world. The are the well know, big ones like Spring (Java, .NET), Castle Windsor etc.…
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