At the SoundSoftware project we've just released a new version of EasyMercurial, our user interface for the Mercurial version control system. This release has one change that I think is quite interesting—we've removed one of the five big buttons that used to occupy the main toolbar. It turned out that the meaning of the "Refresh"… Continue reading New 1.2 release of EasyMercurial
Category: Work
Spare us humans from XML
XML appeared in 1996, was refined during 1997, and was standardised in 1998. I remember a lot of excitement about it at the time, from managers who imagined it would solve all their data portability problems. I was conscious of some of this enthusiasm before I really looked at the format. When I did, I… Continue reading Spare us humans from XML
Wrapping a C++ library with JNI, part 4
In this series... Introduction, outlining the general steps from starting with a C++ library to being able to build and run simple tests on some JNI wrappers; Part 1, in which I design some simple Java classes and generate the stub wrapper code; Part 2, in which I add just enough of the implementation to… Continue reading Wrapping a C++ library with JNI, part 4
Wrapping a C++ library with JNI, part 3
In this series... Introduction, outlining the general steps from starting with a C++ library to being able to build and run simple tests on some JNI wrappers; Part 1, in which I design some simple Java classes and generate the stub wrapper code; Part 2, in which I add just enough of the implementation to… Continue reading Wrapping a C++ library with JNI, part 3
Wrapping a C++ library with JNI, part 2
In this series... Introduction, outlining the general steps from starting with a C++ library to being able to build and run simple tests on some JNI wrappers; Part 1, in which I design some simple Java classes and generate the stub wrapper code; Part 2 (this post), in which I add just enough of the… Continue reading Wrapping a C++ library with JNI, part 2
Wrapping a C++ library with JNI, part 1
In this series... Introduction, outlining the general steps from starting with a C++ library to being able to build and run simple tests on some JNI wrappers; Part 1 (this post), in which I design some simple Java classes and generate the stub wrapper code; Part 2, in which I add just enough of the… Continue reading Wrapping a C++ library with JNI, part 1
The Breakfast Post 