August 26th, 2010 | by akoelewijn | published in java
In the past I used JAD to decompile java classes, but it hasn’t been updated to current java versions. So i tried the alternative suggested on the JAD wiki page: JD – Java Decompiler. It’s pretty nice: you can use the GUI to view the source code, navigate around with hyperlinks, search. You can also [...]
April 20th, 2009 | by akoelewijn | published in java, oracle
Oracle is probably the biggest user of the java applet technology. Oracle Forms runs as an Applet in the browser. Now, Oracle Forms isn’t the hippest tool ever, people have been expecting it to die for a couple of years. But it’s still around. Mainly because Oracle still uses Forms in their Oracle E-Business Suite.
Recently, [...]
April 8th, 2009 | by akoelewijn | published in java
Google just announced that their AppEngine will support Java. The good new: AppEngine is going to use a fairly regular JVM, with some functionality disabled like sockets and file writing. It should support other languages that compile to bytecode, like Scala or JRuby. No mention of Groovy, but i hope that’ll work soon too. Update: [...]