NetBeans Java EE Tip #1 – Entity Classes From Database

The NetBeans IDE is an excellent choice for developing applications of all kind.  Specifically, I use it on a daily…

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Running Eclipse Neon on a Custom Java 9 Image

I’ve started tinkering with the creation of custom Java binary runtime image files. An image file is a configuration of modules…

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How to Clone Git Repositories with JGit

Whatever you plan to do with an existing repository, first a clone has to be created. Whether you plan to…

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One and the Only One Reason to Customize IntelliJ IDEA Memory Settings

Don’t be a Scrooge and give your IDE some more memory Yesterday we had a discussion about customizing memory settings…

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Eclipse IDE on JDK 9 Early Access with Project Jigsaw

I wrote a few weeks ago about getting Eclipse Neon running on Java 9 (though, I had mistakenly and embarrassingly left “Mars”…

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Clean Sheet – an Ergonomic Eclipse Theme for Windows 10

Clean Sheet is an ergonomic Eclipse theme for Windows 10. It has been attuned to lessen visual fatigue and eyestrain,…

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Ctrl+1 in the Eclipse XML Editor

The XML Editor is included in several of the Eclipse IDE downloads. It has two view modes: in design mode,…

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Eclipse Mars: Grails 3.1 with Gradle, Groovy and GSP Support

What if you want to develop Grails 3 projects with Eclipse Mars (4.5) as easy as you did with Groovy/Grails…

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Project Activity Metrics, Charts, and Stuff

Yesterday we were reminded that it is difficult to provide good activity metrics. Certainly Git commit statistics are a good…

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