AngularJS, Internet Explorer 9 and watch error

While working on an enterprise project (of course...) I run into an error with Angular (1.3.13), Internet Explorer 9 and $watch-ing a scope when programming a directive: TypeError: Object doesn't support property or method 'watch' I'll never find out what the reason is. The collective wisdom of Angular users claims that including JQuery solves … Continue reading AngularJS, Internet Explorer 9 and watch error →

Fauxjsp: productive JSP development

Important note: This post is not being updated. For up-to-date information refer to the project repository: https://github.com/ggeorgovassilis/fauxjsp/ About JSP In this post I'll present a new open source project I'm currently working on, fauxjsp [1] which re-implements JSP in a way that is more robust and faster for developers. It is intended for development, where … Continue reading Fauxjsp: productive JSP development →

Reactive programming for Java, revisited

Abstract Rewritten on 15 January 2015 In this post I'll talk about the problems callbacks introduce into the readability of asynchronous Java programs. I'll also discuss an implementation of method pointers for Java which aids the transformation of a callback-style program into a linear program flow, greatly increasing readability while still being a 100% asynchronous … Continue reading Reactive programming for Java, revisited →

Running varnish as unprivileged user

Since I haven't found any documentation on the topic of running varnish as non-root, I proudly present: how to run varnish as non-root. A warning ahead: this will require fiddling with init scripts, so make sure to keep backups. Also, scripts will be overwritten with each package update. Changes to /etc/init.d/varnish Ulimit calls are not … Continue reading Running varnish as unprivileged user →

Tomcat/Scala: invalid byte tag in constant pool: 110

When deploying a Scala application on Tomcat 7 I got this weird error: invalid byte tag in constant pool: 110 from Tomcat's annotation scanning in the scala utils jar. There is this bug report that claims it's fixed, but it seems to still happen wit 7.0.53. Since the application doesn't rely on Tomcat's annotation scanning, … Continue reading Tomcat/Scala: invalid byte tag in constant pool: 110 →