Lamia's Java Blog - A Pinoy Java Blog

Delete and Rename Folder Windows Batch Script

2010-08-11T08:51:00Z

I was doing a task and I noticed that I was repeatedly deleting and renaming a folder in windows. I'm running a process that makes a backup of a folder and then do some update on an existing one. Whenever I wanted to restore the original (backed-up) folder, I would delete the existing one and rename the original. I got a little tired and created a small batch file that would do this for me automatically. Here goes... IF EXIST "SomeFolder-Backup" GOTO DELETEANDRENAME EXIT :DELETEANDRENAME...(read more)

5 Steps to Debugging Code

2010-08-08T07:20:00Z

Since I don't have any code to post, I decided to share more of my experiences regarding software development in general. This is base on real world experience. Sometimes, I tend to go on and proceed with solving the problem without doing sufficient analysis. I think my experience doing maintenance work has helped me mature and be more analytic towards solving problems. 1. Find out what's the problem - Find out what's the problem first is the fundamental question asked in Math in grade...(read more)

Visual Studio Debugging - How To Set a Breakpoint Condition

2010-05-31T05:20:00Z

Do you iterate through long for loops or while loops ? Tired of pressing F8 or F5 just until you meet a certain condition while debugging in Visual Studio ? I didn't know that this was possible (haven't tried in Eclipse) until a colleague told me How To Set a Breakpoint Condition in Visual Studio . How To Set a Breakpoint Condition in Visual Studio Let's assume that you have the following set of code... The code below does nothing but to print names from an array of string. 1 2 3 4 5...(read more)

Fixing The Favicon In Blogger

2010-05-20T22:53:00Z

I was working on my video game blog together with a graphic artist and I was trying to integrate the Favicon I asked of him. I had the basic code for the favicon which is < link href ='http://myimagehost/ myfavicon.png ' rel = 'shortcut icon' / > < link href =' http://myimagehost/ myfavicon.png ' ' rel = 'icon' / > It appeared for a little while and then the old Blogger favicon re-appeared. I tried experimenting by putting my favicon code just before...(read more)

5 Common IT Outsourcing Mistakes Companies Make

2010-05-04T23:16:00Z

Here I list 5 Common IT Outsourcing Mistakes Companies Make and some ideas on how to prevent them. Theoretically, this can be applied on either end whether you're onshore or offshore. These mistakes commonly result into software projects not being completed, projects being delayed or employees resigning due to misunderstanding. The following list doesn’t necessarily follow any order of importance. 1. Misaligned Expectations Expectations should be set from the start. The scope of work must...(read more)

Facebook Tricks - Newline in Chat Window

2010-04-27T06:21:00Z

Once in a while we just discover simple things that fascinates us. Just accidentally discovered this while in the Facebook chat window press SHIFT + ENTER and you'll be able to enter a "new line". Useful if you're trying to make use of your creative side. :)...(read more)

Good Coders Code, Great Coders Reuse

2010-04-26T05:31:00Z

Not sure where the saying "good coders code, great coders reuse" came from but I sure been doing a lot of copy-pasting throughout my 4+ year career. Web apps, mobile, games, blogger code, etc. All stuff that I've been doing, I've always been doing a lot of copy-pasting code. Yes, copy-pasting is code reuse. In fact, I rarely really encounter code reuse in object oriented programming... Unless I'm using a framework, I rarely even really extended a class and "reused"...(read more)

The difference between == and equals() when used in java.lang.String for Java

2010-04-15T12:01:00Z

For students who would usually be taught C as their first programming language, a shift to Java could quickly make a confusion as they are crossing the boundaries between procedural and Object Oriented Programming. Both operators can be used in Java, in fact the second one is not called an operator but a method. == This is called the " Equal to " operator and is used to compare "primitive" types or check if you have equal object references(or do they refer to the same object in...(read more)

A New Agenda

2010-04-15T11:51:00Z

Alright. So aside for some video tutorials I agreed to make with Keith, I decided to pickup some beginner, intermidate, or advanced questions I could find in any tech/programming forums and post the solution back here. Well, I'm getting a bit rusty after all... I'll be focusing mainly, still with Java. But I'm currently gaining interest with android since it's basically available more available to me, looks like Java (or is Java)....(read more)

Pointing Your Domain to Your Blogger Blog and Resolving the Domain Masking Problem

2010-04-13T05:25:00Z

Alright, first off... The whole point of this post is to share how I resolved the "Masking" issue. I have reserved a domain, everypesocounts.com and had a blogger account. Problem was, I could forward from my .com to my blogger blog by forwarding and masking the URL, but the URL kept being the same even when you click on a hyperlink. I found it more effective to use the GoDaddy support help since I'm hosted with them. It's probably faster than anything else you could find in google...(read more)

How To Launch Explorer in The Current Directory You Are In, In the Command line

2010-04-13T05:09:00Z

Just discovered this trick today... 1. Say, you launched the command line by typing cmd in run 2. Try moving to the C:\Program Files directory, that would point you now to... C:\Program Files> 3. Now type, exporer . C:\Program Files> Explorer . This will launch Windows Explorer in the current directory you are in, in the command line. Might get useful to some people. :)...(read more)

Show Content Only On the Post Page in Blogger

2010-04-08T06:37:00Z

Or show Content when there is only one post. I've been fiddling with Blogger for a while now and studying how to code using the bloger tags. This took me a few weeks to figure out but finally, I guess I'm getting more comfortable with it. <b:if cond='data:numPosts == 1'>  </b:if> How is this used? This is used for example, you want to show a facebook "share this" content and only want to show that particular link or button when...(read more)

How to use Google Adsense with Devpinoy Community Server

2010-04-05T12:43:00Z

This is for those who are dying to put google ads on their blog here (like myself). This is not a hack and I think Keith would agree that this is legitimate. Hopefully, this would allow you to focus on your blogging. :)

Let's start...

(Drums Roll)

1. Go to this URL, click "Add to your webpage" and fill up the

Client id - Also known as pubid, it looks like pub-123456789014327

Slot # - The ad slot, each ad you create has a unique ad slot , looks like #1234567890

2. Choose the ad format, specify the height and width and click Get the Code

3. Copy the code that is shown on the textbox below the screen

4. Now go to you blog and click on the control panel, navigate through your themes and the part where you can add a component. Choose "Google Component", click add then copy and paste the code you got from google gadgets there. Save your template and... Voila!

**Note: I'm not sure about the security of this gadget. All I know is that it works.

I was tempted to make my own version but figured it would take a while to study how the code is made. You can view source in the gadget page to see how it's made. I hope I get enthusiastic enough to create one just for the community.

By the way, thanks to Joner Cyrre Worm, the author of the component.

HTH!

Disconnect from SVN using tortoise SVN through Windows Explorer

2010-03-29T06:32:00Z

I wanted to disconnect a folder I've checked out from SVN using Tortoise SVN. I could vaguely remember, but I knew I was able to do this before through the context menu in windows explorer. What I wasn't sure about is whether I did it in SVN or in Sourcesafe.

So I did a quick google. One of the most obvious choice is to manually delete the .svn folders which I already knew, but that would be cumbersome if you have a lot of folders and subfolders. Another way is to use export (see screenshot below) which seemed readily available for me.

Note: Technically, this is NOT a disconnect but a COPY without all the .SVN files

Steps:

1. Right click on the folder you want to disconnect

2. Choose TortoiseSVN -> Export

3. Select the folder you want to export to

That did the job for me and I guess I will be using it until I find a more comfortable way of using it. Safe and Simple.

Resource: http://vidmar.net/weblog/archive/2007/12/11/subversion-and-tortoisesvn-tips-and-tricks.aspx

Java Desktop 3D API's

2010-03-09T00:17:00Z

I'm looking into going back to game development this year and I'm really keen on learning java 3D and I've scouted for a few Java 3d API that I could possibly use.

I can't make any recommendations since I haven't used any of them. My brother plans on using JMonkey, and I hope he gets better with it so I could also save time by just asking questions to him. I think the future of 3D in Java is still bleak, but that is actually more of an opportunity to create something great out of something not so popular in the gaming industry.