As I usually do around this time of year, I took a much-needed one-week vacation from work at the beginning of May. With my recent scaling-back of the rosco_m68k project that’s been getting all my free time for the past couple of years, I needed a fun project to do during my time off, andContinue reading “Why I used my vacation to write a Java assembler”
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Generate less bytecode with default methods
Java’s default methods (introduced back in Java 8) are one of those features that solve the intended problem reasonably well, while at the same time allowing all kinds of nasty code and weird inheritance stuff when used in a general-purpose kind of way. Indeed, they’ve been the subject of a ton of posts and theContinue reading “Generate less bytecode with default methods”
Mocking v2.0
We all love to use mocks in our Java tests, right? Add the usual mock framework to your test dependencies, sprinkle a few mock, when and thenWhatever calls in to your code, and happy days. You’re able to test things in isolation, and as an added bonus ensure your code is actually calling the stuffContinue reading “Mocking v2.0”
Dex vs Dee VM – A microbenchmark
During a recent discussion, I had the need to show some numbers demonstrating why Deelang needs the new DEX compiler. As I said in that thread, it’s all about removing reflection from the compiled classes. We all know that “reflection is slow” (for some value of slow) and especially on Android, that it isn’t generally aContinue reading “Dex vs Dee VM – A microbenchmark”
Deelang – First file release available to download
After a few months in Subversion, with a few folks playing with the code and seeing what use they can make of it, the first file release of Deelang is now available from the project’s downloads page. This release is still a very early public release (as denoted by the 0.18 version number) but isContinue reading “Deelang – First file release available to download”
ORMDroid on Google Code
Further to my previous post, I spent a bit of time today getting the ORMDroid project set up on Google Code (Edit: Moved to Github), including adding a bit of sample code to get you going with the library. I’m also working on extracting a simple sample project that will also go in the repository, whichContinue reading “ORMDroid on Google Code”
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