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Running AppleScript from Java

In my current project, I need to launch an external application and maybe execute some additional commands on this external application. Due to the very nature of the project, the whole system will always be run on Mac OS X. So I thought, "why not use AppleScript"? Turns out using AppleScript to launch applications is fairly [ READ MORE ]

Eclipse DemoCamp Hamburg 11/2009

The Eclipse DemoCamp in Hamburg was a huge success - more than 110 people signed up and most of them actually showed up at the event: The program was packed with interesting talks and we were lucky to be able to present some very well known speakers: Tom Schindl: E4 - A short overview Jan Köhnlein: Combining graphics [ READ MORE ]

Xtext Tricks #1: Enhancing Completion Proposals

Those of you who follow me on Twitter might have noticed I am working on an Xtext based DSL for Behaviour Driven Development. Part of the DSL allows the DSL user to define actors and the verbs these actors can execute. Actors can have a hierarchy (much like a class hierarchy), meaning an actor will [ READ MORE ]

Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Modeling (But Were Afraid To Ask)

Does Model Driven Software Development actually work? Are some developers more productive than others? What happens during code generation? Do diagrams and text go together well? What happens during model transformation? What are DSLs? And can I create them with Eclipse? Does modeling scale in the enterprise? You guessed it, these are not the questions from a well-know Woody Allen movie, but [ READ MORE ]

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