links for 2008-01-24
XML.com: Moving to OpenOffice: Batch Converting Legacy Documents OpenOffice is scriptable with javascript, python, beanshell and…. wait for it… a mutant form of VB. (tags: openoffice conversion word)
Author: Tom Malaher
links for 2008-01-23
Convert Microsoft Word to Docbook XML using Ruby and OpenOffice – juretta.com (tags: docbook openoffice conversion xml word)
links for 2008-01-22
DocBookAuthoringTools – DocBook Wiki A whole list of potential docbook editing tools (tags: documentation editor xml docbook software) Docbook Editor Sourceforge project, but probably stale. (tags: docbook editor freeware software opensource xml)
links for 2008-01-20
XMLmind XML Editor: Why Switch to Structured Documents? Looking for a structured document editing setup. (tags: documentation xml editor)
links for 2007-12-15
Drawing UML Diagrams with UMLGraph Cool set of tools for drawing UML Diagrams using PIC macros (tags: uml diagram pic software documentation)
links for 2007-12-07
The Finite Element Method – Java applet An undergrad project of mine was to take some old FORTRAN code and put a GUI on it (UCSD p-System!). Here’s the whole thing written in Java… the times they have a changed. Anyway I was looking for some contour plotting code. (tags: fem contour java applet engineering) … [Read more…]
links for 2007-11-21
MKSoft Insurrection Project – Subversion web interface Cute pun. This is a web interface to a subversion repository server (tags: programming software opensource scm tools web subversion svn) sventon – subversion repository browser Pure java subversion web interface (tags: java subversion software scm) Comparison: Subversion Web Access Apps A bit out of date. But some … [Read more…]
Refactoring Dynamic Code
This has been one of my concerns all along. The claim is that “enough testing” will eliminate the need for the compiler to do static checking at compile time. http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=217080 Frank Sommers seems to be saying otherwise… in the long run. So, I’m feeling justified in my decision to stick with Java, where I gain … [Read more…]
links for 2007-11-18
Free Book Reader for Java Mobile Phones Looking for something I can use to read e-books on my MIDP phone. (tags: java midp midlet book reader software)
links for 2007-11-17
rsync – a fast, versatile, remote (and local) file-copying tool Despite the (r) in the name, one of the most useful features is local file sync. I’ve used this to create a subversion working directory for a tool that doesn’t like .svn directories in it’s own directory structure. (tags: software configuration source development synchronization)