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Xmas Clean Sheet Update (0.9)

On December 21, 2021, Posted by , In Eclipse, By ,, , With Comments Off on Xmas Clean Sheet Update (0.9)

The Clean Sheet Xmas update introduces a new theme derivate. Welcome the glare effect reducing Eclipse theme Cream!

Clean Sheet Service Update (0.8)

On May 23, 2020, Posted by , In Eclipse, By ,,,, , With Comments Off on Clean Sheet Service Update (0.8)

Thanks to a community contribution we’re able to announce another Clean Sheet Service Update (0.8).   Clean Sheet Service Update (0.8) This service update fixes a rendering issue of ruler numbers. Kudos to Pierre-Yves B. for contributing the necessary fixes. Please refer to the issue #87 for more details. On…

Clean Sheet Service Update (0.7)

On April 24, 2020, Posted by , In Eclipse, By ,,,, , With Comments Off on Clean Sheet Service Update (0.7)

It’s been a while, but today we’re happy to announce a Clean Sheet Service Update (0.7).   Clean Sheet Service Update (0.7) This service update provides the long overdue JRE 11 compatibility on windows platforms. Kudos to Pierre-Yves B. for contributing the necessary fixes. Please refer to the issues #88…

Testing with JUnit: E-Book Xmas Offering

On December 17, 2017, Posted by , In Common, By , , With Comments Off on Testing with JUnit: E-Book Xmas Offering

My publisher has informed me about the annual Xmas offering that starts on December 18th and which is lasting into the new year. Packt Publishing is inviting the tech world to explore its extensive library of e-books and video courses for one amazing price. Every single e-book and video course…

Clean Sheet Update for Eclipse Oxygen

On July 6, 2017, Posted by , In Eclipse, By ,,,, , With 1 Comment

In celebration of the latest Eclipse release, there is a Clean Sheet Update for Eclipse Oxygen available. Congratulations and a big ‘thank you’ to all the diligent Eclipse committers and contributors that made the Oxygen version happen, great work! The Clean Sheet Update for Eclipse Oxygen primarily ensures compatibility but…

Clean Sheet Service Update

On April 11, 2017, Posted by , In Eclipse, By ,,,, , With Comments Off on Clean Sheet Service Update

Early enough to pass as an easter gift we provide a Clean Sheet service update. The new version (0.5) is a simple bugfix release related to some StyledText adapter problems on windows.   Clean Sheet Service Update Thanks to the participation of dedicated users, we were able to spot and…

Clean Sheet Update for Eclipse Neon

On June 23, 2016, Posted by , In Eclipse, By ,,,, , With 4 Comments

In celebration of the latest Eclipse release, we provide a Clean Sheet Update for Eclipse Neon. Congratulations and a big ‘thank you’ to all the diligent Eclipse committers and contributors that made the Neon version happen, great work! While the Clean Sheet Update for Eclipse Neon primarily ensures compatibility it…

OS X Sprout of the Ergonomic Eclipse Theme Clean Sheet

On March 21, 2016, Posted by , In Eclipse, By ,,,, , With 2 Comments

Early enough to pass as an easter gift the latest update of our ergonomic Eclipse theme Clean Sheet comes in with some great enhancements. While OS X support is leading the way there are also Windows-specific improvements in the form of FlatScrollBar overlays for text editors. This post gives a…

Testing with JUnit: E-Book Xmas Offering for Less than 6$

On December 22, 2015, Posted by , In JUnit, With Comments Off on Testing with JUnit: E-Book Xmas Offering for Less than 6$

Long story short, my publisher has informed me about a campaign that started on December 17th and which is lasting into the new year. Packt Publishing is inviting the tech world to explore its extensive library of e-books and video courses for one amazing price. Every single e-book and video…

Xmas Update for the Clean Sheet Eclipse Design

On December 17, 2015, Posted by , In Eclipse, By ,,,, , With 2 Comments

Hohoho! Just in time for Christmas, there is a new feature update of the Clean Sheet Eclipse design. This post gives a short overview of the most important gifts it puts underneath the Christmas tree, figuratively spoken ;-) Following a good old Eclipse tradition, now there is a New &…

Service Update for the Clean Sheet Eclipse IDE Look and Feel

On November 18, 2015, Posted by , In Eclipse, By ,,,, , With Comments Off on Service Update for the Clean Sheet Eclipse IDE Look and Feel

Roughly two weeks ago, I published an introduction to the Clean Sheet Eclipse IDE look and feel, an ergonomic theme extension for Windows 10. Happily, the feature got a surprisingly good reception considering its early development stage. Thanks to the participation of dedicated early bird users, we were able to…

Clean Sheet – an Ergonomic Eclipse Theme for Windows 10 and Mac OS X

On November 4, 2015, Posted by , In Eclipse, By ,,, , With 47 Comments

Clean Sheet is an ergonomic Eclipse theme for Windows 10 and OS X (see update info 2016/03/21). It has been attuned to lessen visual fatigue and eyestrain, based on a clean and low glare look and feel. It incorporates well-balanced color selections that offer harmonic syntax highlighting and focus on…

Gonsole Requirement Upgrade to JRE 8

On October 8, 2015, Posted by , In Gonsole, By ,,, , With Comments Off on Gonsole Requirement Upgrade to JRE 8

Just a short notice for all users of gonsole. There has been a gonsole requirement upgrade since RĂ¼diger and I decided to move to Java 8 wherever possible. This means support of Eclipse IDE versions prior Luna (4.4) has been discontinued. This also affects the features of the Xiliary repository….

What the Heck Is Mutation Testing?

On October 5, 2015, Posted by , In JUnit,Spotlight, With 8 Comments

In recent times, I came repeatedly upon the term mutation testing. Since the word is that this approach is able to detect test safety net gaps in a way which goes beyond code coverage, I took my time to catch up on the topic and gave it a try. This…

Clean Integration Testing with JUnit Rules

On September 28, 2015, Posted by , In JUnit, By ,,,, , With Comments Off on Clean Integration Testing with JUnit Rules

The benefits of JUnit Rules, especially when dealing with integration testing, can hardly be overrated. In this post, we’ll shine a light on the usefulness of ExternalResource extensions. These simplify fixture control in cases where we have to work with external-resource-abstracting third-party libraries. As an example, we’ll have a look…

Testing with JUnit Book Release

On August 31, 2015, Posted by , In JUnit, By ,,, , With 1 Comment

This week, I’m very happy to break the news that Packt Publishing has come out with a JUnit book release, fresh from the press. The title Testing with JUnit, which I had the privilege of writing, is now available in the bookstores. It has been quite some work, but I…

Testing with JUnit Book Announcement

On June 25, 2015, Posted by , In JUnit, By ,,, , With Comments Off on Testing with JUnit Book Announcement

Today, I am very pleased to inform you that Packt Publishing has put out a JUnit book announcement called Testing with JUnit on their website. A couple of months ago I was asked to write a book about one of my favorite topics – testing with JUnit. Needless to say…

Getting Java Event Notification Right

On March 11, 2015, Posted by , In Common,Spotlight, By ,, , With 6 Comments

Implementing the observer pattern to provide Java event notification seems to be a straight forward thing to do. However, there are some pitfalls one easily can run into. Here comes an explanation of common mistakes I carelessly have produced myself on various occasions… Java Event Notification Let’s start with a…

How to Map Distinct Value Types Using Java Generics

On March 4, 2015, Posted by , In Common,Spotlight, By ,, , With 6 Comments

Occasionally the average developer runs into a situation where he has to map values of arbitrary types within a particular container. However, the Java collection API provides container related parameterization only. Which limits the type safe usage of HashMap for example to a single value type. But what if you…

OSGi Service Test Helper: ServiceRegistrationRule

On February 11, 2015, Posted by , In JUnit,OSGi, By ,,, , With Comments Off on OSGi Service Test Helper: ServiceRegistrationRule

OSGi Service Tests can be an efficient means to avoid problems related to dangling service references. As promised in my post about writing simple service contribution verifications, this time I introduce a JUnit rule that assists in testing interactions between components. OSGi Service Tests for Component Interaction Assume we have…