Google Iphone Calendar Selector
I got an IPad a while back, and something was always bothering me with it. It had this really nice looking calendar application that was useless because it only showed one of my
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Specifying tests
The latest post on the Google Testing blog is quite interesting. Philip Zembrod discusses the readability of code developed by TDD and found that sometimes reading the test first didn’t always help
Testing on Google AppEngine (Python SDK)
Testing in Python and Django is pretty straight forward. However I wanted to write tests that assert email sending, URL fetching and other external sources. Making sure the intended code is executed and
Interesting issue on GAE issue list
I was browsing around the issue lists on Google AppEngine, just some midnight light reading before going to bed… I stumbled on the following issue, marked as critical: http://code.google.com/p/
Programming for Android
So I’ve done my first programming for Android phones and thought I’d write a blog post about the experience. Programming for Android is a bit different from working with the Compact
AppEngine + Grails + Cron
I just added a Cron job to “ping” my application every 1 minute. After a short discussion with Paul Cusch, whom commented on one of my previous posts regarding the load request issues
Added precompilation-enabled to AppEngine plugin
In the 1.2.8 version of the AppEngine SDK there is an option to precompile your solution as you deploy it to the AppEngine. Apparently precompilation can save up to 30% runtime
Deploying AppEngine SDK 1.2.8 and Grails 1.2.0-RC1 to AppEngine
If you use the app-engine plug-in deploy command using AppEngine SDK version 1.2.8 it will fail with the following error: [java] Bad argument: email requires an argument, for example, "email=
AppEngine startup performance attack plan revealed
Google just announced their attack plan for handling the long startup cost for, among others, Grails applications. Apparently what I can do as a developer is to enable pre-compilation of my application. I’
AppEngine SDK 1.2.8 released
As far as I can see there is no mention of startup performance. Doesn’t have to mean they haven’t worked on it. Ill check it out to night to see how
Prerelease of AppEngine SDK 1.2.8
I got this on twitter last night. Google is doing a prerelease of the next AppEngine SDK. Details can be found here: http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine-java/browse_thread/thread/fe334c9e461026fa Only
AppEngine enhancer issue
The issue with the AppEngine enhancer still exists with Windows 7. Let’s hope for the next version of Windows then…