The instruction processing code that was planned for the passed week nears completion and includes a declarative model for dialog definitions, dialog controls layout and data mapping. I also worked on the view layout of the application based on Eclipse e4 perspectives. I advanced quite… Read More »Week 13 – Solid progress & re-planning
During last week, only about 2 days were left for A2PB development. But they were productive days. I made considerable progress in various areas like: Working on the DB layer (Swing JdbcTemplate based) Implementing data access objects and matching unit tests Most importantly, making progress… Read More »Week 12 – Implementation steady state
Most of the week we spent on a vacation in the south of Portugal (there is a direct flight from Basel to Faro). After a total of 5 days away, we got back to Basel on Monday evening of week 12. Before leaving on vacation,… Read More »Week 11 – Interviews & Portugal
This was a fairly normal week with a productivity index of 98 (see Week 7 – Quantifying my productivity). The goal was to finish work from week 9 and then turn to instruction processing. Tasks achieved: DB design and documentation of conventions (use of data… Read More »Week 10 – Instruction Design
I think I have to consider to keep wearing covid masks in the long run — they make me look young! I suffered a considerable sudden hearing loss on my right ear last Tuesday which, for obvious reasons, prompted me to make an appointment with… Read More »Covid masks for my ego
I’m such a slow starter. The first month (weeks 1 through 4) was very productive — but that was only website setup. The real start of development was scheduled to start with week 5. It took a lot of time to get that start off… Read More »Week 9 – On track, not on track
I was mostly working for ClubDesk last week (filling in for people on vacation). Besides that I did some research and reading. I got a plan on how to manage the application views (“perspectives”) within the e4 application. I also decided on the DB schema… Read More »Week 8 – Research & ClubDesk
I’m still trying to optimize my work week; mostly the time management of it. My week still feels too cluttered and un-productive. Due to holiday absences, I’m currently spending quite some time on ClubDesk related tasks. However, this is not the only reason for the… Read More »Week 7 – Quantifying my productivity
I was spending a week in Italy between July 3rd and 12th. It was a fabulous trip visiting great locations with perfect hot summer weather. We flew to Naples, spent 3 days in Sorrento and then went up to lake Garda by train and rental… Read More »Week 6 – Eclipse RCP 4 & Italy
The week started with an incredibly productive Monday and then got downhill from there. Thanks to the apparently very stable Eclipse API, I was able to compile and run the old TeeRex code from 2007 on an Eclipse version 3.8 from 2013. TeeRex could be… Read More »Week 5 – TeeRex on Eclipse 3