Currently, Frame2 does not work on Macs. This, of course, is due to the fact that there is no (easily) available Java 6 implementation for MacOS. I’ve been trying to decide if this is an issue or not. Reasons why it might be an issue: I use a Mac for most of development, and I [...]
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Frame2 Gets a Point Release
Frame2 1.3.1 is now available. The full source package is not updated yet, but it should be in the next day or so. This is a pretty minor release – only two changes, but I think they’re important changes. Enums are now supported in Events. This relies on the Enum.valueOf() behavior, so the values passed [...]
View Post eclipse, frame2, open source, oss, plugin, release, sourceforge, web-application-frameworkUsing Pipes to Squash a Bug
There’s been a bug in the Frame2 Eclipse plugin from day 1 that I believe I have finally squashed. The reading and writing of the frame2-config file happened outside of the Eclipse API, and when the file was updated using a wizard the resource got out of sync with the workspace. It hasn’t really been [...]
View Post api, debugging, eclipse, frame2, open source, oss, pipedinputstream, pipedoutputstream, pluginBuild Web Services with the Plugin
The Eclipse plugin has just been updated, and a new plugin has been added to the mix. The new plugin allows users to create Frame2 projects with web services support by adding all of the required libraries and initial configuration. Also in the new plugin are two wizards: one for creating new Responders and one [...]
View Post Documentation, eclipse, frame2, java, open source, oss, plugin, release, sourceforge, web-application-framework, web-servicesThe Plugin, It Is Done (For Now)
The Eclipse plugin for Frame2 is done, and has been released. Grab the file over at Sourceforge, or point your Eclipse Update Manager to http://frame2.megatome.com/eclipse. Using the Update Manager is the preferred method for installing the plugin. Sourceforge Download: Eclipse Plugin Update Site for Eclipse: http://frame2.megatome.com/eclipse
View Post eclipse, frame2, open source, oss, plugin, release, sourceforge, web-application-frameworkEclipse Plugin Nearly Ready
As the title says, the Eclipse plugin for Frame2 is almost done. Of course, “done” is a relative term. In this case, it means that the plugin has been updated to work with the latest version of the framework, including the updated DTD. Unfortunately, it also means that it still has the same limitations that [...]
View Post design, eclipse, frame2, java, open source, oss, plugin, sourceforge, web-application-frameworkVersion 1.3 is Released
Version 1.3 of Frame2 is officially available. The framework can be downloaded here, and the sample applications are available here. Work on the Eclipse plugin continues, with a (hopeful) release date in the next week or two.
View Post frame2, java, open source, oss, release, web-application-frameworkDocumentation is Always the Hardest Part
I’ve pretty much wrapped up the coding for the next version of Frame2, and decided to give the documentation a once-over. All in all, it’s not too bad, but it’s not great either. There’s some real improvements that can be made, but I don’t see it happening any time soon. Don’t get me wrong – [...]
View Post design, Documentation, frame2, open source, oss, web-application-frameworkApproaching the Finish Line
Frame2 is almost ready to be released as a new version. I may still make some changes, but it’s definitely in Release Candidate stage now. There are only a few things that I may add before testing the heck out of it: Upgrade unit tests to JUnit 4. There are a lot of tests, especially [...]
View Post debugging, eclipse, frame2, java, junit, open source, oss, web-application-frameworkA Consistent API is a Very Good Thing
I’ve been mucking around in the codebase, cleaning up pieces of the API that annoy me. Some bright person thought that it was a good idea to have a method that returns an Iterator to access a collection. I’ve been cleaning up all of these methods, changing them so that they return an actual collection [...]
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