Just another idiot's ramblings

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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

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 [...]

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.

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 – [...]

This seems to happen to me no matter what project I’m on. I try to implement a simple (or not so simple) feature and end up exposing at least one bug that’s been hiding around for quite some time. As an illustration, I was adding a feature to Frame2 today to allow some parameters to [...]

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 [...]

I’ve finally reached the point where I hurdled my JAXB related validation issues, so another round of full unit testing is called for. Frame2 has two levels of testing: Unit tests that can be run outside of a servlet container. These include simple tests on discreet sections of the framework, and some tests written using [...]