driscoll's blog
Executing Groovy Programs in-memory
Posted by driscoll on April 14, 2012 at 3:37 PM PDT
Now that we've gone over some Groovy basics, it's time to switch back to writing in the Java language, and talk about how to run Groovy programs inside your Java program
A quick introduction to the Groovy language (part 2)
Posted by driscoll on April 14, 2012 at 3:35 PM PDT
In my previous post, I started with a simple Java program (which also worked in Groovy), and slowly stripped out the cruft until I was left with the following Groovy script:
A quick introduction to the Groovy language (part 1)
Posted by driscoll on March 17, 2012 at 8:51 AM PDT
Before I start talking about using Groovy's capabilities to create a DSL (mostly in Java), let's take a few minutes to go over what Groovy is.
Groovy is a general purpose scripting language which runs on the JVM, and can largely be viewed as a superset of Java. Take the following program:
DSLs with Groovy JavaOne talk
Posted by driscoll on March 10, 2012 at 1:33 PM PST
I've been neglecting my blog, but just a quick note to mention that my latest talk at JavaOne, DSLs with Groovy, is posted up on Slideshare.
The talk's designed for someone with no significant Groovy experience (unlike most Groovy DSL talks), so if it's interesting to you, check it out.
Testing JSF
Posted by driscoll on January 22, 2011 at 1:16 PM PST
It's been a while since I've blogged last (ok, it's been a year), but I recently came across a question that I have a little insight into, and I thought I'd tackle it briefly.
The question was simple: "How do I test my JSF application?"
JavaOne CFP Opens
Posted by driscoll on February 11, 2010 at 12:15 PM PST
Although I'm not involved in the talk selection process this year, I'm still paying attention to JavaOne.
The Call For Papers appears to be open now, through March 14th.
Be sure to read the Submission Criteria before submitting a proposal for a paper.
HTML5 Semantic Tags
Posted by driscoll on February 8, 2010 at 6:06 PM PST
Over the weekend, I was reading Mark Pilgrim's great book on HTML5 - and when I got to the part about the semantic tags, I thought it might be worth a quick mention.
Progressive Enhancement with JSF
Posted by driscoll on February 7, 2010 at 12:09 AM PST
Progressive Enhancement is a philosophy of web design - start with simple pages, and build them up based on the capabilities of the browser viewing the page.
IE, Memory Management, and You
Posted by driscoll on November 13, 2009 at 12:59 PM PST
In a recent blog, commenters took me to task for a perceived IE 6 memory leak. It wasn't actually there (they were wrong), but in attempting to prove myself right, I found a couple of memory leaks under IE in JSF's Ajax support.
Mojarra 2.0.1 has shipped
Posted by driscoll on October 23, 2009 at 2:10 PM PDT
Just a short post to note that we've now shipped Mojarra 2.0.1. This version fixes a very serious bug when running on Tomcat.
