Matt RaibleMatt Raible is a writer with a passion for software. Connect with him on LinkedIn.

The Angular Mini-Book The Angular Mini-Book is a guide to getting started with Angular. You'll learn how to develop a bare-bones application, test it, and deploy it. Then you'll move on to adding Bootstrap, Angular Material, continuous integration, and authentication.

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This book shows you how to build an app with JHipster, and guides you through the plethora of tools, techniques and options you can use. Furthermore, it explains the UI and API building blocks so you understand the underpinnings of your great application.

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10+ YEARS


Over 10 years ago, I wrote my first blog post. Since then, I've authored books, had kids, traveled the world, found Trish and blogged about it all.

Mornings are great again.

The station I found yesterday DOES broadcast Mark and Brian - awesome! It's actually one of the best internet radio broadcasts I've ever heard (besides the network drops), they play music during the commercials to get around the internet radio issue.

Posted in The Web at Aug 22 2002, 02:36:01 AM MDT Add a Comment

Please oh please let it be true.

I found a station that might play Mark and Brian (don't knock it 'till you try it) - we'll see tomorrow morning! It's been SOOOO long since I've heard them... please oh please let it be true! [ Listen Now ]

Posted in General at Aug 21 2002, 04:47:32 PM MDT Add a Comment

My Perspective on Blogging

I found this via Blogging Roller: are you addicted to blogging? I would be if I had better things to say, and I knew people were listening. One reason I recently did this site as a blog, rather than the old site, is because I *liked* reading people's blogs on the web. So now this is a blog, will it get me any new clients? I don't know - probably moreso than the last site.

As one friend asked me, "Who is your target audience?" I told him it was folks like me - developers who are interested in reading about what other developers have to say. The one problem is that if I ever get a client that stumbles upon this site, they might not know what the heck my company does. But, I would have to say that this new site explains what I do a lot better than my old site.

The absolute best part about blogging is when someone else notices that you have something interesting to say, and puts a link on their site. It's like getting an article written about you in the local paper.
what a great feeling looks like

Posted in General at Aug 21 2002, 02:46:52 AM MDT Add a Comment

They're letting the cat out of the bag.

Jaguar BoxshotIf you're a Mac owner, you've probably received the same e-mail I did. I'm tempted to go to this, but computer stores are pretty bad when they're crowded - and since my nearest Apple Store is the only one in Denver, it's sure to be packed. Besides, I can save $30 if I order it online. Good effort Apple, but no dice here.

 

Posted in Mac OS X at Aug 21 2002, 02:17:46 AM MDT Add a Comment

Struts Console version 2.1

is now available.

http://www.jamesholmes.com/struts/

Struts Console is FREE software. This release adds support for the IntelliJ IDEA IDE, one of the favorites of many developers.

Changes with Struts Console v2.1

  • Fixed bug where the "initial" attribute of the <form-property> element was getting set to blank when it wasn't specified.
  • Added plugin support for IntelliJ IDEA.

I don't use the Struts Console, but it does look like a nice product. I DO like IDEA, so it's nice to see the compatibility. I have installed it with Forte4J (now Sun ONE Studio 4) and it seemed to install and work pretty well. On my current project, I don't modify the struts-config.xml enough to really use a visual editor. I usually just use Homesite or XML Spy - of course, it helps that I know the struts-config DTD.

Posted in Java at Aug 20 2002, 01:12:34 AM MDT Add a Comment

What's new in XHTML 2.0.

Rick Salsa seems to sum up "what's new" in XHTML 2.0 a lot better than my previous post.

Posted in The Web at Aug 19 2002, 07:33:17 AM MDT Add a Comment

Text zoom in IE6/Windows.

I changed this site to use font-size: 70% from font-size: 11px so you could resize the fonts on this site using your browser. This is a workaround for what Zeldman describes today.

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All modern browsers now offer Text Zoom or Page Zoom but one: IE/Win. Which is, of course, the most-used browser on earth. The IE/Windows team has done great things, but implementing Text Zoom is not one of them.
</quote>

To me, changing your css to use a percentage value rather than a pixel value (i.e. 12px -> 80%) seems like a pretty easy workaround.

Posted in The Web at Aug 19 2002, 07:26:09 AM MDT Add a Comment

On Vacation.

I'm outa here, to return next week. I'll be enjoying myself in other parts of the country.

Posted in General at Aug 15 2002, 05:44:19 PM MDT Add a Comment

Java Winamp-like music player via Web Start.

I stumbled upon this cool little app today by way of rebelutionary.

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Checkout JLGui - it's a Web Start enabled, Winamp skin compatible music player that supports MP3, Ogg, WAV and a bunch of other formats. In native Java. Now that is cool.
</quote>

Launch me via Web Start

I agree!

Posted in General at Aug 15 2002, 01:55:50 AM MDT Add a Comment

Music to code by.

If you enjoy listening to music while coding all day, I recommend downloading Rhapsody. It allows you to listen to pre-programmed "radio stations" for free - helps me cope with the fact that I can't listen to Mark and Brian via KGON and the internet anymore.

Posted in General at Aug 14 2002, 04:50:53 AM MDT Add a Comment