If all else fails…
Two problems have come my way that were resolved by removing configuration files and going again. Both affected Linux installations that I have. The Ubuntu installation on my main PC is working well but I ran into trouble starting up NetBeans 6.8. No GUI would ever appear but taking away the .netbeans folder from my [...]
When buttons stop working…
One of the things that stopped working as it should after my recent Ubuntu 9.10 upgrade was the Eclipse PDT installation that I had in place. Editing files went a bit haywire and creating projects had me pushing buttons with nothing happening. Whether this was a Java or GNOME issue, I don’t know but I [...]
Running Windows 7 within VirtualBox
With all the fanfare that surrounded the public beta release of Windows 7, I suppose that the opportunity to give it a whirl was too good to miss. Admittedly, Microsoft bodged the roll-out by underestimating the level of interest and corralling everyone into a 24 hour time slot with one exacerbating the other. In the [...]
A collection of lessons learned from using Eclipse on Ubuntu
I have been running into a few woes on the home computing front that may or may not give rise to a number of posts on here. Having my Windows VM’s going awry on VMware is a more worrying development with my need to use a Windows-based application for my hillwalking mapping but I am going to devote [...]
A reasonable requirement of an IDE
I have been having a play with NetBeans IDE Early Access for PHP and, while it has a lot to offer, one impression remains uppermost in my mind: it is so slow. I might have a project with a lot of files in it but start-up takes an age because of project checking. Other functionality such [...]
A NetBeans 6.1 Review
I have been thinking of sharing my thoughts on using IDE‘s such as NetBeans, Eclipse and Komodo Edit from a web developer’s point of view for a while but it has still to come. In the meantime, Java Boutique have shared their thoughts on NetBeans 6.1 and I think that they are well worth a [...]