In my previous post I described how I got started using JsDoc to generate some documentation for the Wiki Text jQuery Plugin. Running JsDoc on the command line is nice on occasion but in any serious development environment (or my dodgy old laptop) it needs to be incorporated as part of the automated build. Therefore, [...]
Automating JsDoc with Apache Ant
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How I Introduced JsDoc into a JavaScript project – and found my Eclipse Outline
In this article I’ll tell you how I integrated JsDoc into the Wiki Text project to publish JavaDoc style documentation and at the same time solved the strange problem of a missing Outline view in Eclipse IDE. The Problem While I was developing the Wiki Text jQuery plugin I had a couple of problems I [...]
Join a Windows Domain and Keep Local User Profile
This week, I joined my Windows 7 laptop to my Windows SBS 2011 domain. I have been using a local user “Simon” but also have a domain user “Simon” so, quite naturally, I wanted to join them together in some way so that all the stuff and settings I had built up with the local [...]
Windows Installer for Apache Maven 2
I’ve been playing around with Windows Installer XML (WiX) recently – I used it to create the installer for Year Chart and I’ve since converted a couple of internal projects (I may publish them later) which I had originally created InstallShield installers for (with the version that came with older versions of Microsoft Visual Studio). [...]
Displaying Google Calendar Events on a Club Web Site
In this article I will explain how I present a list of events from Google Calendar in a club web site events page. This follows on from my previous article, Adding Calendar Events to Google Calendar in C#. I had a few attempts at making this work and encountered a few problems along the way [...]
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A Busy Summer
As you might work out I’ve had a bit of a busy summer and haven’t had much time to spend writing articles for my blog – which is frustrating because of the number of things I’ve wanted to write about. In this Post I’ll summarise it as a way of drawing a line under it [...]
Wiki Text Version 0.3 Released
After a month and a half I’ve now released an updated version of the Wiki Text plugin. This release adds Named Links, Horizontal Rules and Line Breaks. Download it here Try it here (and see how fast it is!) Find out more New Features The following new features have been added to this version of [...]
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iPhone Tips and Tricks
I’ve had my iPhone 3GS just over a year now and I’ve learned a few useful tricks for using it which I’ve been shown by friends or discovered on the internet or by just messing around with it. Of course, I could have just read the manual – but where’s the fun in that? While [...]
Handling XML Elements with Namespaces in jQuery
The whole point to writing the Wiki Text jQuery plugin was so that I could use it on the Thistle Society web site to enhance the description text from Google Calendar events shown on the Events page. So, I was a bit irritated that it didn’t work when I tried it. Most of it turned [...]
Wiki Text Plugin for jQuery v0.2 Released
I’ve updated the plugin to resolve a couple of small errors and add a tiny bit more functionality. Download it here Try it here (and see how fast it is!) Find out more Changes The following changes have been made to this version of Wiki Text: List item text can now be wrapped by indenting [...]
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