A Unix Command to Recursively Delete all .svn Folders
Nov 25th
I recently needed to check out a project from Subversion and then delete all of the .svn files from the project directories. Google found me a few different ways to do this, but none of them seemed to deal with a case where some of the directory and file names had spaces or quotes in them – as mine did. After a little experimenting, I figured out how some simple Unix commands that could be combined using pipes to do this.
The Details of Member Level Inner Class Syntax
Nov 17th
Inner classes offer are a powerful extension to Java’s object model. However, the syntax for some of the more advanced features of member inner classes is quite tricky to get to grips with. In this article I’ll explain the full details of this syntax.
An Explanation of ‘this’ in Java
Nov 8th
As every Java programmer should know, code within any non-static method can access the current object via a special reference called ‘this’. Just how this works may not be immediately obvious so I’ve taken a moment to explain it here.
Programming with Inner Classes in Java
Nov 8th
Inner classes are an advanced programming feature in Java. They add another dimension to the concept of Object Oriented programming by allowing objects to not only reside alongside one another, but also within one another too. In this post I’ll explain how inner classes work with the help of an example that illustrates their most common use: Swing GUI programming.
Branching and Merging with Subversion (SVN)
Nov 1st
Working in the head revision of a versioning system isn’t a great idea. It’s much better to work in a branch and to merge the changes once you’re convinced they are stable. This post demonstrates how to do this with Subversion.
