Monthly Archives: September 2009

Introduction to Scala – Part 1

Posted on September 27, 2009 by Michael Glauche

What is scala ? Scala is a relativ new compiled programming language that takes a lot of ideas from python, ruby and others. From the scala homepage: Scala is a general purpose programming language designed to express common programming patterns … Continue reading →

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zlib.dll not found when installing the current ruby-win32

Posted on September 13, 2009 by Michael Glauche

Missing libraries zlib.dll not found After downloading the latest win32-releases of ruby i was greeted with two error messages, SSLEAY32.dll not found and zlib.dll not found. The SSL library is kinda optional (gem, etc basicly work without it), but zlib … Continue reading →

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Java.util.logging vs. slf4j

Posted on September 9, 2009 by Michael Glauche

A bit of History At the time the now discontinued log4j was the most commonly used logging framework for java sun decided to implement JSR 47: java.util.logging. There were a lot of discussion, but it seems not been fruitful. java.util.logging … Continue reading →

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Drag & Drop with Selenium

Posted on September 9, 2009 by Michael Glauche

Using Selenium for web-gui tests is really nice. You can record your workflow with the excelent selenium plugin for firefox and use them to write your own test. The only problem seems to be Drag&Drop. The senenium runner has some … Continue reading →

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