Entries from January 2008 ↓

Tim Dalton blogs today about GUI development with Scala. Example code contains a simple Hello World type Scala application that launches a Swing based window with a button.

Maintenance release that addresses 28 bugs along with some compatibility and performance improvements. This release also addresses a potential security issue when using the the library in certain non-browser environments. Check out the changelog for more info.

UI-Patterns.com is a library of user interface design patterns. Each pattern has an explanation along with examples of the pattern from popular sites and a list of related patterns.

Paolo Severini, a Microsoft Employee, has released a JavaScript memory leak detector that works with both Internet Explorer 6 and 7. The release page for the program has lots of information regarding installation and usage.

via Ajaxian.

Eric J. Bruno has written a four page overview of NetBeans 6.0 for Dr. Dobb’s. Admittedly, I don’t use NetBeans myself, but it is good to see the team making so much progress. Maybe it’s time for me to take another look

Too often, the usability of an application is either an after-thought or not considered at all. Smashing Magazine has a list of 10 recommended usability and interface design books. If you’re involved in the coding or design of user interfaces (web-based applications included), I would highly recommend picking up one or more of these.

The Ext team has released version 2.0.1 of their popular JavaScript framework. This is a maintenance release fixing several bugs.

Celebrating 10 years since the Netscape Communicator source code was freed. Blog post here. Original Netscape  press release here.

Phil Haack has an interesting article on his blog this morning regarding the amount of scientific research behind Test-Driven Development. As a developer, I’ve had the displeasure of trying to convince multiple management types and teams of developers that Test-Driven Development would lead to better, cheaper, and easier to maintain software. Maybe armed with some of the research pointed out in this article you will have an easier time than I.

This one is a few days old, but there is a nice JavaFx tutorial by Cathy Kegley and Greg Roberts up on IBM’s developerWorks.