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Today I upgraded my Ubuntu installation to the newly released Karmic Kaola. Except for a couple of glitches during the upgrade process (maybe later more about this), I was able to login to my updated system about an hour later. I opened up Eclipse (running 3.5 – Galileo) to continue my Java development tasks. But very soon I noticed the upgrade introduced severe issues with my favorite IDE, most notably, the buttons on most dialog boxes could not be pushed anymore. Here’s how I managed to fix it …. (more…)

Several users of Eclipse Ganymede out there are reporting a java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError for class SWTResourceUtil. That’s because some plugins (like the Hibernate Tools and Subversive) are still relying on the presence of this class that was present in older versions of Eclipse.

Here’s how you can fix this. (more…)

As software developer it is very useful to reflect on the UI you are creating before you start coding. That’s when you need create screen mockups. There are many open source and commercial tools on the market. The latest and greatest newcomer in this area is WireframeSketcher.

What makes this product so great ? First of all, it integrates perfectly in Eclipse, the IDE of choice for me and most other Java developers (sorry Netbeans guys). Installation is standard, add the WireframeSketcher update site and click install. At least Eclipse 3.3 is required to use WireframeSketcher.

Creating mockups was never easier. (more…)