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

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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.

Welcome to 2005

Happy New Year y'all! 2004 was a great year for this website. It was also an awesome year personally. I have a new baby, a new house and a new bus. I learned way more than I thought I would about Spring, WebWork, Tapestry and JSF. And I spoke at a couple conferences, which I certainly didn't anticipate. In 2005, I hope to step back a bit and spend less time working and more time being a good father and husband. Restoring the bus is my major goal I hope to accomplish this year.

Here's this site's stats for 2004:

Usage summary for www.raibledesigns.com

Summary by Month
Month Daily Avg Monthly Totals
Hits Files Pages Visits Sites KBytes Visits Pages Files Hits
Dec 2004 69799 49161 22409 8240 48267 14900635 255456 694680 1523995 2163770
Nov 2004 60768 44741 19467 6909 44461 14825881 207276 584016 1342233 1823057
Oct 2004 59121 42360 19773 6143 45245 13809074 190443 612977 1313172 1832774
Sep 2004 63906 43636 23673 5774 42490 13261427 173226 710216 1309089 1917204
Aug 2004 64860 45090 19532 5624 43517 11726885 174369 605511 1397803 2010661
Jul 2004 57133 39572 16076 5186 42676 10198473 160794 498364 1226754 1771147
Jun 2004 60793 43063 16368 5250 47805 12193392 157517 491061 1291909 1823808
May 2004 57158 42594 14260 5233 48390 13505124 162228 442085 1320430 1771900
Apr 2004 65187 49228 14960 5366 48607 14728211 160982 448823 1476866 1955629
Mar 2004 56271 43067 13638 4956 44910 12697448 153664 422780 1335091 1744423
Feb 2004 53122 40628 13052 4514 41702 10786518 130932 378534 1178222 1540566
Jan 2004 47717 36967 11173 4147 37554 10305975 128587 346372 1145985 1479249
Totals 152939043 2055474 6235419 15861549 21834188

Posted in General at Jan 01 2005, 09:30:53 AM MST 5 Comments

Happy Holidays!

We're heading for the airport in the next hour. I stayed up and tried to finish off Chapter 11. I still have a few more hours to go, but I made a good dent in it. Our flight leaves in 2 hours (6 a.m.) and we'll be in West Palm Beach, FL until the 31st. Should be a fun day - no sleep, 2 kids and we don't arrive until 3 this afternoon.

Enjoy your holidays - I know I will (after today is over with).

Posted in General at Dec 21 2004, 03:45:46 AM MST 1 Comment

Increasing Productivity

I have a new plan for increasing my productivity. With any luck, she'll be writing Java by the time she's 3. Abbie's so cool

Abbie likes Macs

Posted in General at Dec 19 2004, 06:50:11 AM MST 8 Comments

Helluva Week

It's been a rough one this week. Mainly due to AppFuse. This is the 4th (or maybe 5th) night this week I'm up late working on it. Tonight will be an average night, turning in at 5:30 a.m.. Last night was 6:00 a.m. Abbie likes to wake me up at 8.

The good news is that I have the JSF and Tapestry integration done. I just finished up writing all the programmer tests for the beans/pages and tomorrow (today?) I'll work on Canoo WebTests and installation/appgen/documentation. With any luck I'll finish up and release this weekend.

Next week, I get to write a chapter for Spring Live on MVC Framework integration. I'm also talking about Spring at the local Denver JUG on Wednesday night.

I can't wait for Christmas - 2 weeks in Sunny Southern Florida.

Posted in General at Dec 04 2004, 05:17:50 AM MST 4 Comments

It's Dumping in Colorado

The mountains and ski resorts are getting dumped on right now. Here in Denver, we have about 3-4 inches and it's still snowing. It started yesterday and it's cold (14°F) right now. Check out this ski report for Vail Resorts this morning.

Vail (www.vail.com)
Temp. at 5am MST: -1F/-18C
Surface Conditions: Powder
Snowfall in last 24 hours: 10in.
Snowfall in last 7 days: 34in.
Mid-Mountain Base: 28in.
Percent of Terrain Open: 15%

Beaver Creek (www.beavercreek.com)
Temp. at 5am MST: -1F/-18C
Surface Conditions: Powder
Snowfall in last 24 hours: 11in.
Snowfall in last 7 days: 38in.
Mid-Mountain Base: 39in.
Percent of Terrain Open: 22%

Keystone (www.keystoneresort.com)
Temp. at 5am MST: -1F/-18C
Surface Conditions: Powder/Packed Powder
Snowfall in last 24 hours: 4in.
Snowfall in last 7 days: 13in.
Mid-Mountain Base: 28in.
Percent of Terrain Open: 13%

Breckenridge (www.breckenridge.com)
Temp. at 5am MST: -1F/-18C
Surface Conditions: Powder/Packed Powder
Snowfall in last 24 hours: 3in.
Snowfall in last 7 days: 17in.
Mid-Mountain Base: 22in.
Percent of Terrain Open: 14%

You can see that 1) there's not much terrain open and 2) it's fricken cold up there. Raible Designs has a "9-inch rule", which means if it snows 9 inches or more, all employees get the day off to go skiing. ;-) I think I'll wait until January to make this a mandatory rule.

Looks like the commute should be fun this morning. Days like today make it nice to have a 20-step commute (40 with a stop at the coffee pot).

Posted in General at Nov 29 2004, 06:49:29 AM MST 5 Comments

The Garage Bench

After this week, the Bus has a new home and a bench to hold the tools for its restoration. The project begins early next year.

empty canvas
Empty Canvas
completed bench
Finished Bench
The Bus's New Home
The Bus's New Home

Posted in General at Nov 27 2004, 04:28:58 PM MST Add a Comment

Christmas Pictures

Just like last year, we went and had Christmas pictures taken this week. Here's a snapshot of the whole family. Kiddie Kandids is the place to go - you can actually pick out and leave with your photos 15 minutes after they're taken.

Raible Family at Christmas 2004

Posted in General at Nov 26 2004, 11:31:26 AM MST 2 Comments

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving to all those celebrating today. It's been a great week at the Raible Household. I've managed to squeeze in a few hours for AppFuse/Tapestry/JSF, but mostly I've been building a garage workbench with my Dad. We also setup a "beer fridge" so the garage is now a nice place to hang out. Should be even better when I start disassembling the bus.

I have a lot to be thankful for this year - the new bus, new baby, new house and new book. Abbie is a ton of fun these days, so I owe her a big thanks for all the smiles and laughs. I owe Julie a huge thanks for being so supportive of my "burning the midnight oil" and allowing me to write another book. To my Mom, Dad, and Kalin - you guys rock for always reminding me who I am and where I came from.

I owe my readers a note of thanks for visiting this site and listening to me ramble on about Java and the kick-ass open source tools that make our lives easier. You guys are responsible for the popularity of this site. Finally, I thank Dave Johnson for Roller (which started this site) - which lead to meeting Lance, which led to my first authoring opportunity. A lot of good fortune these days come from this site - I'm still astounded that a simple blog can open so many doors.

Happy Thankgiving!

Posted in General at Nov 25 2004, 08:30:32 AM MST 1 Comment

Moving Talks Suspended

Over the last couple of years, Julie has tried to get me to move to both Florida and Southern California. I've made attempts to find jobs in both places. However, the flow of work has been pretty good in Denver, so I've been a bit reluctant to leave. Couple that with awesome weather (300 days of sunshine per year!) and great skiing - and the truth is I love this place. I never want to leave. Someday we'll probably move because Julie hates the cold with a passion. This is understandable since she grew up and lived in S. Florida and never left until she met me.

As of today, the moving talks have been suspended. Her sister, Holly, made the leap and moved to Denver. Since she's a nurse, finding a job should be a piece of cake. She's even put an offer on a house already, so she probably won't even be living with us for that long. Not only are moving talks suspended, but now we have family (a.k.a. a babysitter) in town! For those of you with kids - you know this this *huge*. Life just got a little bit easier for the Raibles. Thanks Holly!

The only downside is I'm once again outnumbered by the girls.

Posted in General at Nov 09 2004, 01:04:07 PM MST 7 Comments

Friday Afternoon Humor

This is some funny stuff. I can't believe it actually aired on television. Maybe it didn't, but it's funny anyway.

Posted in General at Nov 05 2004, 12:28:54 PM MST 4 Comments