The first Grails 3 pre-release went live a few days ago.
Soon after I updated my super simple grails download and launch script (on github) with the new download locations and other small tweaks for Grails 3 support. Grab the updated script from github then try out Grails 3 with:
grails 3.0.0.M1 create-app my-test-app
Grails 3 comes ...
Some while ago now, I considered the question of Grails vs Django as my web development framework of choice. Since then I've created a few Django web applications. I've also continued to work on several Grails based projects, new and old.
So with fresh battle experience of both frameworks I thought I'd revisit my previous thoughts to ...
This approach is useful for testing all sorts of changes in boot setup without actually risking a real reboot. Whether you're about to remove a hard disk, just want to test RAID with disk failures, have installed a new boot loader or just changed the configuration; this can help provide reassurance that your remote server will come back when ...
I spent yesterday evening at the latest Tunbridge Wells developers meetup and as well as providing some some links from the talk I gave I thought I'd write up a little about the meetup.
The event was held in the upstairs room of Sankey's in Tunbridge Wells and had a slightly smaller than normal turnout with nine people ...
Once upon a time, a time that feels a very long time ago but I think was only a couple of years in the past, I spent some time regularly commuting to one of my clients.
Armed with a smart phone and headphones I discovered audio books and podcasts as an excellent way to make use of this time. I ...
Thomas has reached the grand old age of one year. He accomplished this a few two weeks ago now. Two days after that I switched him to drinking his morning and evening milk from a cup instead of a bottle.
Along with this switch and the gradual phasing out of his baby formula over the previous three weeks, came the ...
Following my previous discussion of experimenting with Django and deciding to use it for my next non SEOSS site, I can now announce my first Django site is live.
It is currently in pre-release and still getting lots of development attention. But if you happen to be a landlord who is wanting more from your spreadsheets then go and pre-register ...
Time has flown (mostly in a sleepy, chore based blur) so fast that it was now almost three weeks ago that the latest addition to our family arrived.
Thomas was born on the 6th November by emergency caesarean section.
It was a slightly unusual birthing process that ended up including some natural labouring, an ECV, ARM, return to transverse position ...
One of the projects that has been filling, a little too much at times, my recent non-parenting hours is now accepting entries.
The site is an addition to the Infiniti Formula 1 press site to provide competitions for people to design Formula 1 helmets (or a small non-advertiser section of them) that Sebastian Vettel will wear later in the season ...
I think I've been doing quite well at the cooking thing recently. Tonight was planned in advance and I specifically bought vegetables earlier this week. However somehow I have managed to forget the wraps, salsa and fajita mix for tonight's advertised menu. Only a slight oversight!
At least I realised before I started chopping vegetables.
Despite running down ...