Nicolas Richeton

JSF : Shale test

Database : HSQLDB (when using a compatible ORM tool, like hibernate)

LDAP : Apache DS (tutorial)

SMTP : Dumbster

My blog was offline the whole day because of a network problem. Anyway, I’ll commit this evening 2 new effects for the SWT Animation Toolkit (SAT) :

- Shake, perfect for failed authentifications (like in OSX).
- Grow.

The API was also improved.

The SAT Demo (JavaWebstart) is now up to date, feel free to try it.

I’m currently working on a SWT Animation Toolkit (I named it SAT) which goal is to allow adding motion effects to SWT applications.

The current version supports :

• Setting alpha level on a Shell
• Moving any control
• Resizing any control
• Adding Smooth scrolling to Shell, StyledText, Canvas or any SWT custom widget

These actions use easing functions, which are well known by Flash users. Available functions are Linear, Exponential, Elastic, Bounce.

Usage :
new SmoothAction().move(shell, shell.getLocation().x, target, 1000, new BounceOut());

I uploaded a very simple demo using java webstart which should work on win32-x86, linux-gtk-x86 and OSX Leopard : SAT Demo (JavaWebstart)

On other platforms, you’ll have to run it from sources, sorry.

Update : view SAT Demo on youtube, instead of eating my bandwidth (Not visible on PlanetEclipse)

The code is available on SVN :

http://sharemedia.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/sharemedia/trunk/

Projects :
org.sharemedia.ui.sat/
org.sharemedia.ui.sat.easing/
org.sharemedia.ui.sat.demo/

The demo is using the Nebula Gallery widget, available on eclipse’s cvs.

My RCP photo manager is already using this toolkit : windows fade-in and widgets appear smoothly in fullscreen mode.

I’m not sure if this toolkit would fit in Nebula, probably not, but it would be nice if Eclipse plugins and applications could use fade effects for notifications (Mylyn, RSSOwl) or Smooth scrolling (Text editors).

License is EPL, even if the EPL header is not present on all files. Several easing equations are based on Robert Penner’s easing equations for FlashMX, distributed under the BSD license.

Update : related SWT bugs : 220173, 223637,220175. You can vote for them, if you want to.

Update 2 : This toolkit is now available in the Eclipse Nebula repository. See package org.eclipse.nebula.animation in the Nebula Gallery widget : 0.5.2 release notes, Javadoc.

Si vous devez séjourner à Niort, voici un petit classement des quelques hôtels que nous été amenés à tester au cours de l’une de nos mission, qui pourra vous aider à faire votre choix.

1 : Grand Hotel
Très bien, propre, calme, beau buffet petit déjeuner, wifi gratuit à tous les étages. Plein centre de Niort, entouré de restaurants. Meilleur rapport qualité/prix

2 : Reix Hôtel
Plus classique, mais propre, wifi, billard et TV grand écran gratuit au bar, petit déjeuner correct. A la périphérie, prévoyez un petit trajet si vous ne voulez pas manger au MacDo.

3 : Hôtel au Marais à Coulon.
Prévoyez 20 minutes de trajet en voiture, mais hôtel au bord du marais poitevin, il n’y a pas plus calme, très propre, bon petit déjeuner. Pas de wifi, mais le restaurant “La pigouille” sera un passage obligé à ne pas rater (attention, n’est pas ouvert toute l’année, s’il est fermé la quête d’un restaurant risque d’être difficile).

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