Articles, notes and random thoughts on Software Development and Technology
Apparently the current feedback is suggesting that this new tool set, which when released will be called Java Studio Creator, will be rich good enough to entice developers currently using Eclipse based tools back to NetBeans.
This is suggesting that the new development tool may still be based on NetBeans, which may or may not be a good thing.
The Apache website has an interesting build and project management tool/framework called ‘Mavern’ which is fast becoming popular for a number of Open Source projects.
OnJava.com have an introductory article about the framework on their site.
Mavern automates a lot of the project build tasks that are common to most large projects, including: code compilation, creating JavaDoc, running JUnit TestCases, performing code analysis and producing reports (code standard violations etc), and producing reports of version control repository activity and status.
Setup a crontab file which defines whe the task should run:
m h d M D /script
where:
| m | minute: 0-59 |
| h | hour: 0-23 |
| d | day of the month: 1-31 |
| M | month of the year: 1-12 |
| D | day of the week, Sunday-0, 0-6 |
| /script | the script to execute |
Values that are not relevant can be replaced with a ‘*” character.
Examples:
Run scriptA at 1:00 am:
* 1 * * * /scriptA
Run scriptB at every 15 minutes past the hour:
15 * * * * /scriptB
Run scriptC on the hour and every 30 minutes past the hour:
0,30 * * * * /scriptC
Run scriptD at 10,11 and 12, every Monday:
* 10-12 * * 1 /scriptC
To install the crontab setings, run:
crontab filename
To list the current crontab settings:
crontab -l
As part of the Java Tools Community initiative announced in the news yesterday, IBM and BEA Systems have announced they have created 3 Java Specification Requests (JSRs) for 3 new technologies which will be developed using the Java Community Process (JCP) and will be implemented on both IBM Websphere as well as BEA Weblogic.
The 3 new specifications are:
Industry analysts have commented that the omission of Sun in the group developing these new specifications is significant, and probably signifies the beginning end of Sun’s involvement in the development of new technologies based on Java technology. IBM and BEA are the dominant market players in the Application Server market space, and with this announcement are now together shaping new future technologies on the Java platform.