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Mon, 12 Jul 2021 07:38:55 +0000

Node.js - embeddable in-memory MongoDB instance for unit testing or Node.js mocking for MongoDB

Question by Paul Verest

We are doing unit tests for Node.js project. They depend on data that should be prepared every time test pack starts (depending on external environment like some db on other server is not good). The solution would be MongoDB instance with in-memory mode.

Possibly in the Future it will be implemented as MongoDB in-memory mode feature, but as of November 2013 it is open issue 1153

The solution for Java was named in http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6437226/embedded-mongodb-when-running-integration-tests and there are other ways mentioned

Is there Node.js mocking for MongoDB ?

Is similar to http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10378116/mock-test-mongodb-database-node-js but the question has several other questions asked.

Some numbers for IDEs and Technologies

Mon, 21 Sep 2015 00:00:00 +0000

Some numbers for IDEs and Technologies

2015-09-21 00:00:00 +0000

by Paul Verest

Java is again #1 on TIOBE index.

Average Node.js developer earns more than average Java Developer according to Stack Overflow 2015 Developer Survey.

Could not find newer, but as of 2014 June

Starting with Java and Node.js development on Ubuntu Linux

Thu, 09 Jul 2015 00:00:00 +0000

Starting with Java and Node.js development on Ubuntu Linux

2015-07-09 00:00:00 +0000

by Paul Verest

Ubuntu is major Linux distribution (wikipedia article

One should select LTS version, as for example Help is full only for LTS versions and Node.js packages are supported for LTS but not latest versions.

Installing Java JDK 8

There are many Java implementations for Ubuntu. Let’s stick with Oracle JDK:

http://www.webupd8.org/2012/09/install-oracle-java-8-in-ubuntu-via-ppa.html

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-installer

Check what exact version you got:

java -version
javac -version	

Install Enide 2015 (Eclipse-based IDE)

Based on http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2014/06/install-latest-eclipse-ubuntu-14-04/

Download Enide for Linux, e.g. Enide-2015-7.
Extract to e.g. /opt/Eclipses/Enide-2015-7-linux-gtk-x64-20150706/

sudo nautilus ~/Downloads sudo nautilus /opt
Allow eclipse to be executable. From the /opt/Eclipses/Enide-2015-7-linux-gtk-x64-20150706/eclipse/ folder

sudo chmod -R 7555 eclipse
Create shortcut

sudo gedit /usr/share/applications/enide-2015-7.desktop

paste

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Enide-2015-7
Type=Application
Exec=/opt/Eclipses/Enide-2015-7-linux-gtk-x64-20150706/eclipse/eclipse
Terminal=false
Icon=/opt/Eclipses/Enide-2015-7-linux-gtk-x64-20150706/eclipse/icon.xpm
Comment=Enide 2015-7 (Eclipse 4.5 Mars-based)
NoDisplay=false
Categories=Development;IDE;
Name[en]=Enide-2015-7

Installing Node.js

https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Installing-Node.js-via-package-manager

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-node-js-on-an-ubuntu-14-04-server

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install nodejs
sudo apt-get install npm

Or the latest using https://github.com/nodesource/distributions

curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_0.12 | sudo -E bash -
sudo apt-get install -y nodejs	

Is Node.JS Taking Over the Enterprise?

Mon, 08 Dec 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Is Node.JS Taking Over the Enterprise?

2014-12-08 00:00:00 +0000

by Paul Verest

Initially answering as comment to Is Node.JS Taking Over the Enterprise?” No, it’s Not. (Some holy war talks go around the world at 1 pro, 2, 3 pro, 4 pro )

Node.js is currently 0.10.x and not yet near its official 1.0

For example some features like support for Node running on several threads is currently experimental. (Debugging such environment is an issue in itself #180 )

So it is too early to tell Node.js is overtaking or is not.

The 5-10 future is not yet clear:

will JavaScript stay as the only major web development language?
will there be 100% Java web-browser?

Node.js has already influenced IT industry, just as you see talking about it. The simplification it came with now appears in other platforms.

I find it marvelous for multi-platform scripting, smaller project. Yet for bigger projects I would prefer and recommend Java.

There are those who push Node.js to its limits. Like Strong Loop company, but they should talk for themselves.

So the final answer is BOTH. Both Java and Node.js

As you see I am moderate about Node.js. We are not affiliated with any of companies. ( Joyent company would hardly embrace tool that is running on top of Java, the competitor. ) But I am looking carefully at Node.js, compare with others and continue learning and experimenting, that any developer is to do.

5 Hype cycle explained

Look at hardware in 2014

Fri, 28 Nov 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Look at hardware in 2014

2014-11-28 00:00:00 +0000

by Paul Verest

When time came to update PC, I look at hardware. Below is what I found remarkable for this year and trends.

Intel puts mobile as top priority with Core M

For newest 14nm process the first processors are Core M branded CPU for mobile devices like 2-in-1, all-in-one and maybe NUC. And they are already coming in 2014 Q4.

While at the same time, 14nm Desktop CPU are planned for Q2 2015 and low end Desktop CPU won’t get 14nm update.

SSD goes with PCI Express

Everybody is talking about SSD and want the flash drive in their notebooks. Usually it is mSATA form factor with SATA interface, while future interface for SSD is PCI Express.

SATA org will not double SATA speed and SATA revision 3.0 ( 6 Gbit/s - 600 MB/s ) is the last, but will add two PCIe lanes into SATA Express

M.2 interface will be transitional form-factor used in notebooks that implements SATA Express with additional internal USB 3.0 port.

AMD inside XBOX One and Play Station 4

The PS4 and Xbox One both use an AMD GPU. E.g. read comparison at http://www.trustedreviews.com/opinions/xbox-one-vs-sony-ps4

5 6 7

3D sensors everywhere

And talking about Kinect, we will see it coming with all product for Windows and Max OS:

Intel promotes RealSENSE SDK for Windows

While Apple has bought original creator of Kinect PrimeSense about a year ago. No surpzie for some “revolutionary” new tech in new Apple product, as the sense now may be small enough to be integrated into mobiles. Google has Tango Project 10

4K as standard monitor

Actually 4K is already supported by GPU integrated in Intel CPU That now make up-to 50% of market, The problem: you cannot get it via VGA D-SUB, even HDMI has limit to its refresh rate.

1920x1080@60Hz (D-SUB)
3840x2160@30Hz (HDMI)
3840x2160@60Hz (DP/Mini-DP)

Some monitors start from $300 4

But do we really need high refresh rate on LCD ?
It turns out, that most video runs at 24 Hz.

But the wise solution is …

Display Adaptive Sync

Finally with technologies like NVIDIA G-SYNC and AMD’s FreeSync / VESA’s Adaptive Sync display refresh rate will be in sync with GPU rates. (variable refresh rate)

2 3 8

PC 2014 links

If you not gamer, you can go well with Intel integrated graphic, that is now inside CPU.

Currently main-stream CPU socket is LGA 1150.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Intel_chipsets#LGA_1150 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGA_1150 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_HD_and_Iris_Graphics#Haswell http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haswell_%28microarchitecture%29#Desktop_processors

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/core-i7-4770k.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Turbo_Boost is dynamic overclocking

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivy_Bridge_%28microarchitecture%29#Desktop_processors http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haswell_%28microarchitecture%29#Desktop_processors http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Intel_chipsets#56789SERIES http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_HD_and_Iris_Graphics#CRYSTALWELL

CDN pro and why not

Fri, 28 Nov 2014 00:00:00 +0000

CDN pro and why not

2014-11-28 00:00:00 +0000

by Paul Verest

While residing in China I constantly run into websites issues, that rely on some CDN, that are not present in China. Particularly Google has no servers in China. That makes non-optimized pages to load 40s, 70, and up to several minutes. (While other far sites can be opened within 2-5 seconds.)

pro ad: http://www.sitepoint.com/7-reasons-to-use-a-cdn/ why not yet: http://zoompf.com/blog/2010/01/should-you-use-javascript-library-cdns

Solutions:

Raised issues:

Learning AngularJS

Tue, 14 Oct 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Learning AngularJS

2014-10-14 00:00:00 +0000

by Paul Verest

Learning AngularJS

Links collections:

How to master AngularJS? [closed]
:+1: AngularJS-Learning on GitHub. The 400+ commits for collecting actual resources.

Videos: https://egghead.io/

Android Tools

Tue, 14 Oct 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Android Tools

2014-10-14 00:00:00 +0000

by Paul Verest

Android Screen on PC

Droid @ Screen, GitHub

Just get jar and double-click or java -jar droidAtScreen-1.1.jar

Note the screen refresh rate is actually limited by USB throughput, so getting devices with USB 3.0 support, such as Samsung_Galaxy_S5 would help.

Also an option is to get USB-to-HDMI cable and connect phone to projector.

Installing DroidVNC would allow to connect to Android remotely. But this option requires rooted device.

Link below also tries to summary https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/blogs/mobileblog/entry/mirroring_an_android_device_screen_onto_your_desktop?lang=en

Trends

New (as hot) and old (as not) fashion: http://www.javaworld.com/article/2084582/scripting-jvm-languages/15-hot-programming-trends-and-15-going-cold.html

http://www.slideshare.net/kmstechnology/software-technology-trends-in-2013-2014

http://programmers.stackexchange.com/questions/41411/is-there-a-trend-for-cross-platform-gui-toolkits

It almost seems like there’s a trend against cross-platform kits. If people want to write once, run anywhere, they tend to use HTML

make a web site. People are only using the platform toolkits when a native look and feel is highly demanded, for example on the iPhone. So if the whole reason you’re bothering with the non-web app is to get native look and feel, it doesn’t make a ton of sense to use a cross-platform kit.

Eclipse process seems too heavy? Here is the case you wish there was one.md

Wed, 06 Aug 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Eclipse process seems too heavy? Here is the case you wish there was one.md

2014-08-06 00:00:00 +0000

by Paul Verest

Hi All,

Eclipse process is generally considered to be heavy. That causes Eclipse leaders, who have worked with it for 10 year, to raise eyebrows. For them it is not, or at least there are historical reason for every detail.

Like any open source project, that grows while there are contributors to it, Eclipse is interested in attracting new contributors, so are every team leaders. Eclipse as organization is promoting openness, measuring project health and users satisfaction.

There are books that teaches how like Contributing to Eclipse: Principles, Patterns, and Plug-Ins and New book: Contributing to the Eclipse project: Principles, Plug-ins and Gerrit Code Review But the best class of course would be just doing it.

The alternative to process is just having code on GitHub (or other hosting like Google Code, BitBucket). Pull Request (PR) is actually doing as code review where proposed changes are discussed before merged.

While there are teams that use GitHub quite efficiently, there are projects were authors

don’t actually in mood of doing any more work on it (including looking on issues)
don’t like other people’s ideas and code (well we can’t make them like others)
but some even while enjoying free code hosting (that became very ordinary for open source) do frown upon others making derivative work or continuing put aside project.

Comparing to this Eclipse (and Apache Foundation) at least has

ensuring that project has active maintainer (e.g. Eclipse member company employee devoting part time to open source)
known time table for release (at least once a year with Eclipse release train, that I personally believe is too slow tempo)
monitoring and question resolution
clear criteria and process to retire a project

With ECT lack of process or agreements became issue #201 Update Color Theme Unsuccessful:

Timeline https://github.com/Nodeclipse/eclipse-color-theme/releases/ , https://github.com/eclipse-color-theme/eclipse-color-theme/releases also seen in /history page

14.0 (2014-05-04) new features by Paul Verest were sent as PR as released on the same day
15.0 (2014-05-27) PRs by Pei-Tang Huang merged but were not released, so Paul Verest released again as next version number
14.0 (2014-07-15) finally released by @fhd as again 0.14.0, though PR #186 had all documentation files updated

What was release became labeled as fork. As earlier release it kept all attributes: id and logo (with added 0.14). Once @fhd Felix pretended the release did not exist and released with the same version number, the mess started. While 0.14.0 had the same feature set as 0.15.0, some users thought of it as being newer, but could update to it.

If you think it was wrong and preferred waiting unknown time for maintainer to do release, than you should not have installed “fork” that you don’t like.

PR #186 (fresher PR: 0.14 changes Gradle, Jade, Chromium debugger Editors, bundle RainbowDrops theme) is merged. The marketplace entry http://marketplace.eclipse.org/content/eclipse-color-theme-nodeclipse is already removed. And both owners have resurrected from being on silent side.
Whatever people say, I am satisfied with results (I would do less or nothing at all in such situation in future). I believe several thousands of users enjoyed new features coming earlier too and hope ECT owner will release new features earlier.

I’m thinking of having a separate nightly build that is continuously released though.

For Nodeclipse users: as ECT 0.14.0 has identical Nodeclipse support as 0.15.0, there is no need for anything.

Alternative to Java for Android development

Sun, 22 Jun 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Alternative to Java for Android development

2014-06-22 00:00:00 +0000

by Paul Verest

Hi All,

With Apple introducing Swift programming language for iOS development, many would wondered what for Android. I did research:

Stackoverflow question “Alternatives to Java for Android development” is closed 1 year ago. Mentioned are C++ (NDK), Mirah (JRuby), Xtend, C# (abandomed Mono)

Groovy is not mentioned, but now with Gradle that is Groovy based, it should be listed.

Note about Swift:

Swift is not new language. We live in decade when creating new language is usual stuff. But much interesting results happens when old language is applied to do new things. (Like JavaScript for server side and scripting)
Swift is more like Java with Lambda, JavaScript and CoffeeScript
Swift is in beta now (as XCode IDE with its support)
Swift is closed-source, some alternative application and IDE are unlikely to arrive.
You still need to buy Mac, and developer license from Apple.

C++

C++ has been long ago via NDK. It is just not Java/JVM based.

Xtend

Xtend is naturally goes well with Eclipse IDE and maven, also there are:

Groovy

Groovy on Android presentation by Cédric Champeau https://speakerdeck.com/melix/groovy-on-android
PDF

And blog Groovy on Android, Groovy on Android, technical details

GitHub: https://github.com/melix/groovy-android-gradle-plugin

Quotes from blog:
“Some people are already asking for a {swift} alternative for Android.”

Scala

Scala was mentioned in comment.

Final word

Note that final word will be by Google. (Just like it was for Maven vs Gradle).
It has now deep pockets with Go and Dart, and actually Java 8 would give different taste to Android evelopment.

Nodeclipse on Bintray

Fri, 09 May 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Nodeclipse on Bintray

2014-05-09 00:00:00 +0000

by Paul Verest

Hi All,

~This is work in progress. Content may be changed~

Nodeclipse started in 2012 as effort to make tools for Node.js development in Eclipse. Currently it JavaScript and Java, and has much more Eclipse plugins (JavaScript: PhantomJS, Java 8 Nashorn, Vert.x, MongoDB Shell integration, CoffeeScript, Maven, Gradle) and Node.js based utils like Nodeclipse CLI to prepare import project or install eclipse plugins from command line. Nodeclipse became #1 Top 10 NEW Plugins for 2013
And now has Enide Studio - stand alone IDE with around 5000 monthly downloads. We are looking for sponsors or co-founders to join forces and move the project into something bigger, that Nodeclipse can help with.

All that was enabled by Bintray reliable binaries distribution service. Once we started using Bintray, we got that updates issues solved. (And started caring more about other things.)

Initially in @Nodeclipse we had binaries just together with site content of http://www.nodeclipse.org, that were making the git repository heavier every releases.

Then I think it was while communicating with @satyagraha over GitHub Flavored Markdown Viewer project, I heard about Bintray, that was at that time in beta. But the core, the serving file was of cause done and stable.

While uploading required using command line (and there were several dozen files to be uploaded), it was laborious. But why do that upload then check all files are in place etc?

The speed. I am currently in China where Internet is different: there is no Google server (google search take 5-10 seconds, and they are often time-outed; there are no Facebook and Twitter as well), but most importantly for software development topics is that

SourceForge http://sourceforge.net/ is very slow, some projects can’t be even opened (guess they are phisically on different servers), the speed can be 0 to 6KB/s
GitHub http://github.com/ is quicker ~10KB/s, very rarely unavailable, but there is problem with big file. GitHub Flavored Markdown Viewer has 6MB file which download was almost always lost, Eclipse seems to be able to continue install, but it can’t resume file download. (From very early GitHub have been saying that they are optimized for small files. And for 2-3 years they had their binary download service just closed)
Bintray https://bintray.com/ is 15-30KB/s, that is almost 3 times quicker than GitHub

I would be glad to get other numbers from other regions, but nobody from Nodeclipse users have yet complained about speed or shared download speed numbers.

Nodeclipse repository https://bintray.com/nodeclipse/nodeclipse/nodeclipse-1 combines other Nodeclipse project as well like Markdown Editor (Markdown is standard for Node.js docs), GFM Viewer, JSHint Integration, Restful client, ANSI console, Icons Editor. See history to learn more.

Nodeclipse Updates repository http://www.nodeclipse.org/updates/ (that is the same URL as download page) is actually composite repository that includes Eclipse Mylyn, Eclipse EGit, Eclipse m2e Maven Integration and Pivotal Gradle Integration.

Having all required plugins in one p2 repository makes it quicker/convenient for end users and enables guaranteed/stable build for Enide Studio (Eclipse-based stand-alone distribution).

However composite repositories are slower, as Eclipse is doing sequential reading of repositories. (You as user can notice fetching children from... message in Status bar. If that is problem, you can always install directly from Bintray URL that varies with release and is mentioned at http://www.nodeclipse.org/updates/). Note: Eclipse has its own CDN from old times, and their repositories are huge, e.g. Eclipse repository index file can be as big as several MB.

For several months Bintray has UI for new version upload, that lets drag-and-drop repository zip file and explode it afterwards. (no more need to check that all files are in place)

On top of base binaries serving Bintray has nice services:

you can follow interesting projects and user, thus you can be notified about Nodeclipse releases even before it is announced on http://www.nodeclipse.org/
great stats for downloads per version, downloads per country view.

How to build Eclipse, Enide Studio 2014 or your own Eclipse IDE

Fri, 25 Apr 2014 00:00:00 +0000

How to build Eclipse, Enide Studio 2014 or your own Eclipse IDE

2014-04-25 00:00:00 +0000

by Paul Verest

Hi All

(Note: If you are looking for released versions, check http://www.nodeclipse.org/updates/)

You can get all Eclipse distribution from http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/downloads/.
They are result of EPP Eclipse Packaging Project http://www.eclipse.org/epp/.
While the project page is not updated for 3 years, earlier in 2014 they made maven-based CI build for all Eclipse distribution.

Here is repo that was used to build Enide Studio 2014 https://github.com/Nodeclipse/org.nodeclipse.epp.packages. Get it with

$ git clone https://github.com/Nodeclipse/org.nodeclipse.epp.packages.git

It is clone of http://git.eclipse.org/gitroot/epp/org.eclipse.epp.packages.git Eclipse repository as you can see from README. And it can be updated any time

$ git remote add eclipse http://git.eclipse.org/gitroot/epp/org.eclipse.epp.packages.git $ git pull eclipse

Check with

$ git remote --verbose

I Added:

- enide.package.standard

that is command to build is

mvn clean package -Penide.package.standard

If you have time to play with this heavy build, take a look around.

Once again I am going to look inside after 0.15. And actually better wait for Eclipse 4.4.0.RC0 will come soon, that would be Enide Studio prerelease version.

The build is not 100% successful on Windows (see https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=426416)

After build packages are not zipped, so you can run directly.

Actually you can get similar result by running Nodeclipse CLI Installer

nci new from luna to /progs/eclipse-diy-luna/

But with maven build you can get more configuration option, e.g. what plugins to be bundled. Do your own, or make one more distribution for Nodeclipse/Enide.

Note: it is not allowed to distribute Eclipse packages using Eclipse name and/or logo,
that’s why all vendors do not include Eclipse in product names event though, they are based on Eclipse.

Android on PC

Tue, 04 Mar 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Android on PC

2014-03-04 00:00:00 +0000

by Paul Verest

Blue stack was the first to make software to run Android apps on Windows. Now they have grown big, have partner like Intel, big investors.

I could not install App Player, and as researched further I looked for alternatives:

http://alternativeto.net/software/bluestacks--alpha-/

Android SDK
Android-x86, read on the site
AndroVM and Genymotion are related.
Windroy, tried
YouWave, read on the site (not free, 15-20$)

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/emulate-android-on-your-desktop-using-windroy/
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-manually-install-side-load-apps-on-your-android-device/

BlueStacks

from http://www.bluestacks.com/technology.html

Yes, second day I finally managed to get distribution from official site, not from a row of of unknown Chinese companies that budle it together with their soft and advertisements. I am in China, so links like http://bit.ly/bstkdnldpage are blocked (along with Youtube, Facebook, Twitter, and occasionally Google).

Direct link: http://cdn.bluestacks.com/public/beta-1/China/BlueStacks_HD_AppPlayerICS_setup.msi

Very mature software. But it is only game oriented. And self-opinionated. The first day it started self-update without asking me, and froze for 30+ minutes. (Meanwhile I continued looking around.) I needed to restart, but then the same. On other PC it required to update Intel driver, which failed to install.

C’est la vie, very popular software (they already have 12 millions downloads) commands you, does not listen to you. No configurations. All Android files in some [for me] unknown formats: .elf, .fs.

Quote:

Download App Player for free while it remains in beta.

Android SDK

http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html

Is used by developers by maybe a little sophisticated task to install for QA engineer (e.g. installing JDK and Apache Ant)

Android-x86

http://www.android-x86.org/

Popular open source project. 40k weekly downloads from Sourceforge.

Latest version Android-x86 4.4-RC1 (KitKat-x86) 2014/02/14

Download is .iso image and you need virtual machine supervisor like VirtualBox, VMware, or install on real PC/notebook.

AndroVM

http://androvm.org

Latest news (from June 18, 2013 by Dan) asks you to download from genymotion.com Sources are at https://github.com/androvm (check brenches other than master).

Genymotion

http://www.genymotion.com/ is part of http://www.genymobile.com/en/ offerings.

Genymotion is the next generation of the AndroVM open source project, already trusted by 900,000 developers. Free, 99 €, 299 €. requires registration.

Requires VirtualBox or comes with it bundled.

User must register to download Genymotion software, Within Genymotion must to login to see images (it took me 1 hour to download 200MB image in China).

There is Eclipse plugin, that I could not install (network time-outs).

Windroy

http://windroy.com/

Very rough, not open source, support seems to be only through Chinese forum. Setting resolution is half year old feature.

However your apk become Windows exe process. It is not emulation. It is execution.

Windroy Usage

copy .apk to windroy_root\system\app

set WINDROY_RESOLUTION=800x600
set WINDROY_RESOLUTION=800x1000
android.exe
android-stop.exe

Generators

Fri, 24 Jan 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Generators

2014-01-24 00:00:00 +0000

by Paul Verest

When looking at Koa I stumbled upon installation:

$ npm install koa

To use Koa you must be running node 0.11.9 or higher for generator support, and must run node(1) with the --harmony flag. If you don’t like typing this, add an alias to your shell profile:

alias node='node --harmony'

That lead me to research generators.

And discover great site like http://callbackhell.com/ that advises to

Name your functions
Keep your code shallow
Modularize!

HTML5 animation affect

Thu, 12 Dec 2013 00:00:00 +0000

HTML5 animation affect

12 December 2013

by Paul Verest

Continuing HTML5 presentation engines

HTML5 Canvas libraries:

Looked at IE demo

http://moonbear.animalsasia.org/ie/ (Description in Chinese)

uses:
- Three.js (http://threejs.org/)
- PreloadJS (http://www.createjs.com/#!/PreloadJS)
- hammer.js library for multi-touch, (github)

then searched for other browsers labs:

Mozilla https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/demos/all?sort=likes

Opera. Found on http://dev.opera.com

Creating game-style parallax scrolling: Zombie Edition

Click image to open the interactive version. Created by the CableTV.com Blog Team.

'The Walking Dead (Reglitch)' - Cryptex

Other demos of skrollr:

http://www.fontwalk.de/

Some Windows Goodies

Mon, 02 Dec 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Some Windows Goodies

Win+R is nice key shortcut to run some command without stating CMD shell. Example

notepad %systemroot%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts.
Far Manager http://farmanager.com/ is text mode based file manager and console.

With FTP client:

And convenient OS CLI shell (press Ctrl+O).

Freemake Video Converter
Free Download Manager can pause and resume downloads, also can download file’s different section simultaneously, sometimes giving n times boost. But the best is that you need to start download only one time, and it will keep trying until file is ready no matter what could happen with network in between.
GIMP is professional image manipulation software, that is free and
has a lot of extensions. (The software actually came from Linux world.)
WinDirStat util to show disk usage (there is also Lunix version KDirStat)

Share what you use!

JSDT require's JSDoc - Node.js with MongoDB native example

Tue, 22 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000

JSDT require’s JSDoc - Node.js with MongoDB native example

by Paul Verest

Eclipse JSDT does not yet support CommonJS.

But when playing with latest mongodb module (check https://github.com/mongodb/node-mongodb-native),

I was astonished by popup window with Docs

and underline when holding Ctrl

and click through

That was not some new feature in JSDT from Kepler 4.3.1, but relatively old JSDoc support. So JSDT looks for all files in project ands processes sources, functions names & JSDoc annotations. Then I think, it matches by name.

In this line `var MongoClient = require(‘mongodb’).MongoClient, format = require(‘util’).format;’

‘MongoClient’ works, not because sources have JSDoc with annotation. It worked without it.

	/**
	 * @class Represents a MongoClient
	 * @param {Object} serverConfig server config object.
	 * @param {Object} [options] additional options for the collection.
	 */  

Check also http://www.nodeclipse.org/2013/06/12/javascript-annotations.html

And MongoDBNodeProject project https://github.com/Nodeclipse/org.nodeclipse.examples/tree/master/MongoDBNodeProject

UPDATE 2013-11-14:

This only works with <nature>org.eclipse.wst.jsdt.core.jsNature</nature> inside .project

otherwise there is error dialog when trying to click-though.

Read Node.js JavaScript sources

Thu, 10 Oct 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Just it

Read Node.js JavaScript sources

From Node: Up and Running book (that is nice book):

var http = require('http');

var opts = {
  host: 'www.google.com'
  port: 80,
  path: '/',
  method: 'GET'
};

var req = http.request(opts, function(res) {
  console.log(res);
  res.on('data', function(data) {
    console.log(data);
  });
});

req.end();

Then talking about http.get()… Well, looking at http module sources makes explaining verbose.

exports.get = function(options, cb) {
  var req = exports.request(options, cb);
  req.end();
  return req;
};

Check Nodeclispe built-in Help (press F1) or Online Help on how to get Node.js sources inside Eclipse.

StartExplorer 1.5.0 released

Tue, 17 Sep 2013 00:00:00 +0000

StartExplorer 1.5.0 released

17 September 2013

by Paul Verest

StartExplorer (sources) version 1.5.0 is released.

With “https://www.google.de” selected in an editor, “Start File Manager in this Path” brings up IE (because the URL is passed to Windows Explorer as a parameter, which in turn starts IE for this URL) and “Open in Default Application” pops up Firefox, which is set as my default browser. Doing the same on a mailto: URL brings up the default e-mail client.

CoffeeScript Spaces and Tabs

Tue, 17 Sep 2013 00:00:00 +0000

CoffeeScript Spaces and Tabs

17 September 2013

by Paul Verest

Do you see any problem with CoffeeScript code in this snippet?

Any catches?

class SpacesTabs
 constructor: (@name) ->
 hi: ->
	hi2: ->
 
 say: ->
  say2: ->

Well you might if you look at resulting JavaScript.

hi2 and say2 produced quite different result, though at the same second level.

The reason is that coffeescript compiler treats spaces and tabs in the same way. And it just counts number of spaces or tabs to define level within object.

Hopefully now on you will never spend time on such strange behavior.

Just enable Show whitespace characters when in doubt` or pay attention to outline, or (the best) check your actual javascript file.

Resources

Enide Monst(e)r is not yet released.

See sources as https://github.com/Nodeclipse/org.nodeclipse.examples

Nodeclipse 0.5 released

Sun, 08 Sep 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Nodeclipse 0.5 released

8 September 2013

by Paul Verest

Headless Webkits

Sat, 31 Aug 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Headless Webkits

31 August 2013

by Paul Verest

NOTE: This is open-source article, that you can extend.

Node.js is not the only software that uses Google Chrome V8 engine.

PhantomJS is a headless WebKit scriptable with a JavaScript API. It has fast and native support for various web standards: DOM handling, CSS selector, JSON, Canvas, and SVG.

http://phantomjs.org/

	console.log('Loading a web page');
	var page = require('webpage').create();
	var url = 'http://www.phantomjs.org/';
	page.open(url, function (status) {
	    //Page is loaded!
	    phantom.exit();
	});

Node.js installation on CentOS/Linux

Fri, 30 Aug 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Node.js installation on CentOS/Linux

30 August 2013

by Paul Verest

NOTE: This is open-source article, that you can extend.

For Windows and MacOS Joyent provides standard packages. Just download from http://www.nodejs.org/download/. However for Linux things are a bit complicated.

Used materials:

Node.js installation on CentOS/Linux

A straightforward way, that works on any Linux, is to compile sources. There are also pre-built packages for some Lunix distribution, see Node Wiki Installing-Node.js-via-package-manager But the later is not maintained be Joyent (company behing Node), so support & freshness level may vary.

Preparation

yum -y update
yum -y groupinstall "Development Tools"

or with Package Manager (GUI)

Node.js installation CheatSheet

cd /usr/src

wget http://nodejs.org/dist/v0.10.17/node-v0.10.17.tar.gz

tar zxf node-v0.10.17.tar.gz
cd node-v0.10.17

./configure

It will read the properties of our system to prepare compiler flags. Ie. it could be a system architecture (32/64bit, CPU specific flags etc). With it, we’re ready to actually compile the source now. To do that, just type:

make

This is probably the most time-consuming task here: on my example droplet it took about 6 minutes and 34 seconds to complete. When we’re done, we need to make this available system-wide:

make install

As Node Wiki says

tar -zxf node-v0.6.18.tar.gz #Download this from nodejs.org
cd node-v0.6.18
./configure && make && sudo make install

or with git

git clone https://github.com/joyent/node.git
cd node
git checkout v0.6.18 #Try checking nodejs.org for what the stable version is
./configure && make && sudo make install

Other

This http://www.chrisabernethy.com/installing-node-js-on-centos-redhat/ suggests using Node.js spec file. Well, maybe for someone this way is better.

CentOS in VirtualBox - Install VirtualBox Guest Additions

Fri, 30 Aug 2013 00:00:00 +0000

CentOS in VirtualBox - Install VirtualBox Guest Additions

30 August 2013

by Paul Verest

NOTE: This is open-source article, that you can extend.

Basic

Insert Addon CD images Devices -> Install Guest Additions …
Launch installer for your OS

In CentOS 6.2 popup will come to enter root password and confirm installation. Worked like charm. Just reboot… and the screen can be any size and mouse smoothly intaract with any OS’s applications.

This however failed on CentOS 5.4, so below are additional steps needed.

CheatSheet based on http://www.processworks.de/blog/2009/09/install-virtualbox-guest-additions-in-centos-redhat-linux-client/

Install VirtualBox Guest Additions in CentOS (RedHat) Linux Guest

cd /media/VBOXADDITIONS_3.0.6_52128/

Cannot execute .run file

sh VBoxLinuxAdditions-amd64.run

If any error, do step 2

Installer complains about missing gcc and Linux kernel headers

yum update kernel yum install gcc yum install kernel-devel

again

sh VBoxLinuxAdditions-amd64.run

Reboot

reboot

After reboot, in VirtualBox select

Devices -> Shared ClipBoard -> Bidirectonal
Devices -> Drag-n-Drop -> Bidirectonal

Some useful Linux commands

Check disk free space df

df -h

du shows how much space one ore more files or directories is using

du -sh

taken from http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/check-free-space/

JavaScript SpreadSheet/DataGrid

Tue, 20 Aug 2013 00:00:00 +0000

JavaScript SpreadSheet/DataGrid

20 August 2013

by Paul Verest

NOTE: This is open-source article you can contribute and extend.

Looking closely

Advice: When started search never, never stop on the first finding, but use it as base for search and comparison. When it is the best it is connected with other solutions more then any.

I started my search from DHTMLX, then googling. When a got several results, I asked friend. Then I went to StackOverflow.com that revealed a bit different picture.

Popular free open-source grids jqGrid, Flexigrid, SlickGrid, DataTables are all dependent on jQuery.

Handsontable

added 2013-08-29.

http://handsontable.com/ https://github.com/warpech/jquery-handsontable 2200 stars Marcin Warpechowski

Live example

Similar projects

I want to stay motivated to keep Handsontable the best possible editable datagrid on the Web. Therefore, I invite you to check out alternative projects. I would love to receive feedback if you would like to import some of their features to Handsontable.

SlickGrid

A friend of mine advised me SlickGrid, that was great help because I could not find it. (Now I added it into Wikipedia, so maybe you have already found this way).

It is just 1 year old project hosted on GitHub, that grew popular (3000+ stars). However it is personal projects and the author seems to be overwhelmed with issues and Pull Requests stream.

project wiki, online examples

SlickGrid seems to focus on performance from the very beginning. 50k+ rows is quite normal.

jqGrid

jQuery Grid 1.0 beta May 5th, 2007 jQuery Grid is my first jQuery plugin…

project home, sources, online examples

jqGrid is oldie, with a lot of online info and maybe some dust. It supports data from XML sources, it is likely has started from XML then added JSON.

jqGrid is foundation for commercial offering Trirand jqSuite http://www.trirand.net.

Flexigrid

Very lean web site http://flexigrid.info/ has examples, and all links. code on GitHub 400 stars

Last code update 4 month ago, seems a bit quiet.

DataTables

DataTables https://datatables.net

In order for DataTables to be able to function correctly, the HTML for the target table must be laid out in a well formed manner with the ‘thead’ and ‘tbody’ sections declared.

sources on GitHub 900 stars

The development went plugin way: Core DataTabled is now stable for a year, while development goes in additiona features.

Other

Long list of jQuery UI plugings: [jQuery UI Frameworks To Improve Visitors’ User Experience – 25 Plugins] (http://www.designyourway.net/blog/resources/jquery-ui-frameworks-to-improve-visitors-user-experience-25-plugins/)

SlickGrid Vs JQGrid

Googling

What I could find in the very beginning by googling (P.S. was not actually the best way to start):

DHTMLX

site, wikipedia

http://www.dhtmlx.com/docs/products/dhtmlxSpreadsheet/

dhtmlxSpreadsheet is an open source spreadsheet widget written in JavaScript and PHP that allows you to quickly add an Excel-like, editable data table on a web page. It is also available as a plugin for WP, Joomla, etc.

Free for only GPL-ed projects, then $149 or $449

It exists since 2005 and grow popular, there are some plugins. However it is not fully free, and not pure JavaScript. Though it is the closest approximation to Excel.

jQuery.sheet

http://jqueryplugins.weebly.com/jquerysheet.html by Visopdev http://visop-dev.com/Project+jQuery.sheet

online demo

Was not tried yet.

Simple Spreadsheet

http://www.simple-groupware.de/cms/spreadsheet/home

company site, wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_Spreadsheet

Simple Spreadsheet (0.5)
Simple Spreadsheet (0.5) - Charts
Simple Spreadsheet (0.4) </tbody> Was not tried yet. #### Sheetster <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheetster> <http://sourceforge.net/projects/sheetster/> > 0 Downloads (This Week) > Last Update: 2012-12-13 Seems to be dead. I have not tried. #### EditGrid ![](http://feed.editgrid.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/MarketMonitor2.png) http://www.editgrid.com/ Was not tried yet. #### jqwidgets Nice commercial widgets based on jQuery. http://www.jqwidgets.com/ <http://www.jqwidgets.com/jquery-widgets-demo/demos/jqxgrid/index.htm#demos/jqxgrid/spreadsheet.htm> ### Other lists - [List of Online Spreadsheets](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_online_spreadsheets) - [Comparison of spreadsheet software](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_spreadsheet_software) ### Conclusion There are a lot of commercial tools with varying degree of quality. Popular free open-source grids jqGrid, Flexigrid, SlickGrid, DataTables are all dependent on jQuery. I am going to try open-source SlimGrid first. It is the newest projetc with ideas for performance optimization from the very beginning, and more closer to Excel experience.

HTML5 presentation engines

Thu, 15 Aug 2013 00:00:00 +0000

HTML5 presentation engines

15 August 2013

by Paul Verest

NOTE: This is open-source article you can contribute and extend.

Some previous reviews:

5 of the Best Free HTML5 Presentation Systems By Craig Buckler February 23, 2012
6 Best HTML5/CSS3 Presentation Frameworks byVikas Feb 27, 2012

What I think is worth attention now is:

Deck.js http://imakewebthings.com/deck.js/ 3600 stars sources
Impress.js http://bartaz.github.io/impress.js 17000 stars sources
Reveal.js http://lab.hakim.se/reveal-js/ 9500 stars sources

I tried authoring tools for Impress.js called Strut http://strut.io/dist/index.html. Looks nice, but it is not authoring HTML5, but for creating presentation. Dissatisfied. Well, the project is in active development, see what future will bring.

Personally I would like to have HTML Editor where I can drag-and-drop picture, and that would add needed HTML tags. Then markdown support.

Best regards,
Paul Verest

P.S.

Shower https://github.com/shower/shower http://shwr.me/ 1300 Stars Name is confusing, though they said they meant [‘ʃəuə]. I don’t know what dictionary they looked in.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9408160/prezi-html5-editor-via-impress-js

I went with Reveal.js as it has Markdown support. Also http://slid.es/ and good Browser-Support However External Markdown doesn’t work in reveal.js-2.4.0, only with external server.

Nodeclipse status updates

Sun, 11 Aug 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Nodeclipse status updates

11 August 2013

It has been 3 month since Nodeclipse 0.4 version release. Though we took some rest, we were soon busy with researching and other modules like help, git, coffee-script.

We released self-contained Nodeclipse NTS http://www.nodeclipse.org/nts/ Eclipse distribution containing all needed for Node.js development on SourceForge http://sf.net/p/nodeclipse/

We made up infrastructure like http://nodeclipse.uservoice.com/ for new ideas and voting for them, community feedback form on http://www.nodeclipse.org/community/.

As we go the scope is broadening so we feel lack in hands and minds, people who care for making Node.js development convenient and time efficient. We also lack some skill like Eclipse XText for CoffeeScript support. But when we find some solution for previous stopper, that is joy. One of the ideas is to leverage Node.js and Node modules for making Eclipse plugin, “Nodeclipse Gap” idea.

Meanwhile current 0.4 version is installed more times every month and we are now in TOP 30 on Eclipse marketplace http://marketplace.eclipse.org/content/nodeclipse. GitHub Flavoured Markdown Viewer plugin also sees adoption.

Git in Eclipse

Thu, 08 Aug 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Git in Eclipse

8 August 2013

Some Git/EGit tips and advises published under http://www.nodeclipse.org/git/

There is also Git Addon plugin.

Universal web frameworks

Tue, 30 Jul 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Universal web frameworks

30 July 2013

Node.js the most used web framework is probably Express. It has history of the first coming within Node.js, inspired by Sinatra. It is simple and nice.

On the other hand, it is other framework that you have to learn. If you are developing also in Java or Ruby, keeping in mind all those peculiarities, when you not using them everyday, is not what you should pay attention. Why there are no good framework, that would work in Java, Ruby and Node.js?

Every platform is reinventing wheel. When long enough time passed by, it can grasp the latest ideas and neglect what is fading away. That’s good. What is bad is that those framework never care to be compatible or share libraries. In fact, on the contrary they tend to make everything their own.

I invite for open discussion here (just modify & send pull request), or add comments below. Share good framework you know, that have some features, ideas, templates shared with other languages, platforms.

Recently Wikipedia articles says, that web frameworks should take care about:

Web template system
Caching
Security
Database access, mapping and configuration
Scaffolding
URL mapping
Ajax
Web services
Web resources

Comparison of web application frameworks on Wikipedia has not yet Node.js frameworks, but is good example for references.

Are there Universal web frameworks?

UPDATE:

Scaffolding using JS MVC frameworks seems interesting direction.
https://github.com/robfletcher/grails-angular-scaffolding

Using JavaScript and Node.js with MySQL Cluster

Sun, 14 Jul 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Using JavaScript and Node.js with MySQL Cluster

MySQL Cluster: NoSQL links to

Scalable, persistent, HA NoSQL Memcache storage using MySQL Cluster

Using JavaScript and Node.js with MySQL Cluster

A REST Web Services API for Apache and MySQL Cluster

MySQL and forks

[The register

Open sourcers say yes to MySQL, but no to Oracle](http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/02/06/oracle_mysql_56_vs_mariadb/page2.html)

Task Lists in GFM

Tue, 02 Jul 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Task Lists in GFM

Task Lists in GFM: Issues/Pulls, Comments

Task lists are lists with items marked as either [ ] or [x] (incomplete or complete). For example:

- [ ] a task list item
- [ ] list syntax required
- [ ] normal **formatting**, @mentions, #1234 refs
- [ ] incomplete
- [x] completed

Eclipse 4.3 Kepler is released

Wed, 26 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Eclipse 4.3 Kepler is released

7 June 2013

Eclipse 4.3 Kepler is released.

This time is was announced in 3 languages: English, French & German.

Kepler 10 Highlughts

In media:

InfoQ

Nodeclipse update site in your local network

Sat, 22 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Nodeclipse update site in your local network

22 June 2013

Install Nodeclipse quicker

If you are starting using Nodeclipse in a [big] team, you may have problem, that every developer needs to update Eclipse over [possibly] limited or unstable Internet connection. In this case you can:

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Nodeclipse/www.nodeclipse.org to get all needed files on your device. You can copy www.nodeclipse.org folder on USB stick or other devices. You also have this article as _posts\2013-06-22-Nodeclipse-update-site-in-your-network.md file.
npm install http-server -g to get simple HTTP file server, you may want to use Apache or any other
http-server www.nodeclipse.org -p 8010
Open http://localhost:8010/ to check if you see home page
On every team device Start Eclipse, open Help -> Install New Software … Dialog, enter http://yourhostname:8010/updates/ where yourhostname is name of you device inside your local network.
Uncheck “Contact all updates site during install to find required software” to make installation quicker.
Follow standard Eclipse plugin installation instructions (that also can be seen on http://localhost:8010/updates/index.html#update-site)

Best Javascript Books

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Best Javascript Books

19 June 2013

by Paul Verest

NOTE: This is open-source article you can contribute and extend.

JavaScript: The Definitive Guide by David Flanagan,
JavaScript: The Good Parts by Douglas Crockford,
Head First JavaScript by Michael Morrison,
Secrets of the JavaScript Ninja by John Resig,Bear Bibeault (mid-2012)
Learning JavaScript Design Patterns by Addy Osmani

JavaScript Annotations

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0000

JavaScript Annotations

12 June 2013

Improving Code Assist

https://github.com/Nodeclipse/nodeclipse-1/issues/7

You know, one of the big problem we have in Nodeclipse is #7 Improving Code Assist. But this is actually problem of JavaScript language itself. In statically typed language you already have all needed information right in the code. Personally I believed that Java is superior language (though I very often used scripting Windows batch, Groovy, and recently Node.js utils installed via npm), until I read this today

Quote from “Hackers & Painters” essay by Paul Graham

Realizing this has real implications for software design. It means that a programming language should, above all, be malleable. A programming language is for thinking of programs, not for expressing programs you've already thought of. It should be a pencil, not a pen. Static typing would be a fine idea if people actually did write programs the way they taught me to in college. But that's not how any of the hackers I know write programs. We need a language that lets us scribble and smudge and smear, not a language where you have to sit with a teacup of types balanced on your knee and make polite conversation with a strict old aunt of a compiler. 

That maid me think “well, maybe it is so. Scripting helps me get results quickly, however the bigger the software, the worser is the idea to use non-typed languages”.

So what for JavaScript?

JavaScript Annotations

JavaScript already has them in JSDoc, though for JavaScript it is not as standard thing as in Java JavaDoc.

However searching the web, eventhough I found some links they give me impression that there are no such things as JavaScript Annotations

JSDoc 3 is continuation of JSDoc that died. (There is also jsdox util that compiles JSDoc 3 into markdown, that I like:

$ npm install -g jsdox

)

Most of the JSDoc annotations are for documentation purposes. What could help solve #7 is @param [type] name [description] and @returns [{type}] text

If those type values are just basic JavaScript types, there’s no big help, but what if to reference other classes in JavaScript by using relative file name, for example.

Dear Nodeclipse users, just use JSdoc more. Any way it is good practice to document your code, and

Wish us good luck! Support us.

Paul Verest, Nodeclipse team

P.S.

Hint: In Eclipse with JSDT (you have it when Nodeclipse >0.4 is installed) select class/function, press Alt+Shift+J

/**
 * @
 */
function(){
	//
};

Notes/resources

developers.google.com Annotating JavaScript for the Closure Compiler

@required annotation in javascript files –> <wiki.commonjs.org/wiki/Modules/AsynchronousDefinition>

JetBrains supports
Google Closure types syntax

http://code.google.com/p/javascript-annotation/

This program gives JavaScript developers an easy way to create modular JavaScript by providing means to load files with a Java preprocessor. This is particularly useful for developing JavaScript libraries. For JavaScript applications, systems like AngularJS are more appropriate.

Message for beginners

Sat, 08 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Message for beginners

8 June 2013

For beginners

If you are beginner in fields of Software development, this article is for you.

IDE

I guess you came here, because you have already heard about Node.js, then was looking for good tools.

Eclipse is IDE with over 10 years history, then became platform for a lot of software tools, see Wikipedia.

Learning a bit of Eclipse for developing Node.js will help you even if you don’t plan to look at Java.

Eclipse is IDE, that has Editor, Debugger, several Views of the project data, that are integrated as one application. In Eclipse one set of UI layouts is called Perspective.

Node.js vs Java

Node.js is new, relatively simple, 5MB download size.

Whereas JDK (Java Development Kit) is currently 88MB, has a lot of use cases, languages. Some features are new, some are outdated.

Java is mostly used for Enterprise (big companies) software.
Node.js is currently good for small and middle projects. It is already taking some share of all other languages, for example Python, because it is easier to start (Every developers know a bit of JavaScript)

JavaScript

JavaScript on Mozilla Developer Network

Starting with Node.js

[How do I get started with Node.js? (wiki on Stackoverflow)] (http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2353818/how-do-i-get-started-with-node-js)

There are a lot of materials currently.

My personal recommendation is:

install SDK (Node.js)
get good tools (Nodeclipse)
read documentation (http://nodejs.org/api/)
explorer libraries (https://npmjs.org/)
learn from good open source project( which one? Just what you find and interesting for you, without bugs and well documented, active)

Those principles would apply when studying any programming languages or platform.

Good luck!

Paul Verest

GitHub Flavored Markdown viewer plugin for Eclipse

Fri, 07 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0000

GitHub Flavored Markdown viewer plugin for Eclipse

7 June 2013

I am glad to share that I have found GitHub Flavored Markdown viewer plugin for Eclipse (GMF Viewer).

It was created by Satyagraha.

There was no update site, but sources compiled without any questions, so I have published GMF Viewer on Nodeclipse site.
Check for latest version at Marketplace.

I have already started using it.

We will let you know if there are some issues.

Best regards,
Paul Verest

UPDATE:

I have noticed that GFM Viewer (as well as GitHub pages), doesn’t show image referenced as ![GFM-Viewer.PNG](../img/GFM-Viewer.PNG) when used inside _post folder. Though Markdown HTML Preview does show. This actually is sright, as _post folder content will get other path when published.

Eclipse JEE Kepler packaging

Tue, 04 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Eclipse JEE Kepler packaging

02 June 2013

Eclipse JEE Kepler packaging has Plug-in Development Environment package, but not RCP. Does that mean that developers who get Eclipse JEE Kepler can install Nodeclipse without JSDT dependecy download (i.e. quicker) and they can get Nodeclipse sources and play with them (again without additional downloads)?

Eclipse JEE Kepler also comes with EGit and m2e (Maven Integration for Eclipse) included.

As RCP/RAP packaging also includes m2e, it is a sign of beiing on road to mass Maven/Tycho adoption.

Best regards,
Paul Verest

About CoffeeScript support in Nodeclipse

Sun, 02 Jun 2013 00:00:00 +0000

About CoffeeScript support in Nodeclipse

02 June 2013

I think you have noticed <ul><li>Coffee</li></ul> link on left menu. Yes, it is not about café, but about CoffeeScript support within Nodeclipse.

While most Node.js developers ask Why?, there is certain percentage of developers that do use CoffeeScript every day. CoffeeScript is also #6 package in Most Depended-upon Packages list on https://npmjs.org . And some our friends use it.

So it was great joy when Adam Schmideg blessed Nodeclipse https://github.com/Nodeclipse/coffeescript-eclipse/ to be new home of CoffeeScript plugin for Eclipse.

coffeescript-eclipse is using XText, an Eclipse project aimed for helping creating new languages. Currently Robert Gründler has expressed desire to become the owner of the project. So we are slowly working on CoffeeScript support in Eclipse.

If you want to try old 0.2.2.201203211152 version, you can install it with required XText in one step using CoffeeScript Editor quick installer.

CoffeeScript is not to become promoted language for Node.js. I fact, I think support for CoffeeScript will lag behind that of for JavaScript. But as two projects (nodeclipse-1 & coffeescript-eclipse) are clearly separated, and coffeescript-eclipse can be used not only for Node.js development, I hope both projects will go on with their own speed and add more & more nice features for developers.

Best regards,
Paul Verest

Nodeclipse is our brand

Fri, 31 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Nodeclipse is our brand

31 May 2013

Nodeclipse is now our brand!

We got 2 ‘formal’ email. One saying that some “Investment Group” were applying to register “nodeclipse” as their Brand Name and some “nodeclipse”

following Brand Name and domain names are applied by that company:
Brand Name:
 nodeclipse
Domain Names:
 nodeclipse.asia 

and 10 more domain.

At first we were surprised. And then after small discussion (90% chance that it is some sort of sales) we bought nodeclipse.com domain directly at our registrator. It is not big sum of money, in the end.

This way we came to that Nodeclipse is our brand, and we somehow need to care about it.

Site

Now as we got nodeclipse.com domain, we can consider some ideas for it. What is yours?

Share your Eclipse, Node.js or GitHub experience with SHARE

Mon, 27 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000

27 May 2013

SHARE is place where you can share your Eclipse, Node.js or GitHut thoughts and experience.

And it is easy.

Get Eclipse with Nodeclipse.
Fork this site to your account. (GitHub Help)
Open github.com/Nodeclipse/www.nodeclipse.org, press Fork
(You need to have GitHub account and be logged in.)
Clone www.nodeclipse.org site sources to local PC:
Copy fresh cloned URL to clipboard, e.g. https://github.com/PaulVI/www.nodeclipse.org.git for my PaulVI account.
In Eclipse with EGit open:

File -> Import… -> Git / Project from Git ->
URI Next>
Next> Should see gh-pages & master branches
Next> Select local folder to clone into
Next>
Import as existing project
Finish
Add you post as Markdown file.
Look this example. Yes, this page was written in Markdown. But as it is hosted on GitHub Pages, you can use GitHub Flavored Markdown.
Commit
In Eclipse right-click project (or newly added file) Team -> Commit…
Send Pull Request steps

Send Pull Request steps

Push to your remote origin (your account)
Open GitHub page for your fork
Press Pull Request
Review Commits on Commits tab
Write description, press Send pull request

Easily keep gh-pages in sync with master

Thu, 13 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Easily keep gh-pages in sync with master

Posted on October 13, 2011 by Lea Verou

I always loved Github’s ability to publish pages for a project and get the strain out of your server. However, every time I tried it, I struggled to keep the gh-pages branch up to date. Until I discovered the awesome git rebase.

Usually my github workflow is like this:

git add .
git status // to see what changes are going to be commited
git commit -m 'Some descriptive commit message'
git push origin master

Now, when I use gh-pages, there are only a few more commands that I have to use after the above:

git checkout gh-pages // go to the gh-pages branch
git rebase master // bring gh-pages up to date with master
git push origin gh-pages // commit the changes
git checkout master // return to the master branch

I know this is old news to some of you (I’m a github n00b, struggling with basic stuff, so my advice is probably for other n00bs), but if I had read this a few months ago, it would’ve saved me big hassles, so I’m writing it for the others out there that are like me a few months ago.

Now if only I find an easy way to automate this…

Unix era

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Unix era

1 January 1970

by Paul Verest

It is now January 1st 1970, and we celebrate UNIX era.

From now on when measure time, you should count time in milliseconds from this date.