Today I was adding logging to one of my projects. I decided to use scala-logger. I added scala-logger dependency to the build.sbt, excuted my test class and got the following error in the Eclipse console output:
SLF4J: Failed to load class "org.slf4j.impl.StaticLoggerBinder". SLF4J: Defaulting to no-operation (NOP) logger implementation SLF4J: See http://www.slf4j.org/codes.html#StaticLoggerBinder for further details.
I was trying to use a Future in Akka today and got the following error message:
value ? is not a member of akka.actor.ActorRef
It turns out you have to import the akka.pattern.ask to use ‘?’. There is a implicit conversion from ActorRef to AskableActorRef.
So add the following import and you should be set to go (take note that ask does not start with a capital:
import akka.pattern.ask
Have you been frustrated by the default window shell settings of Git Bash under Windows? I have. Changing the settings of the Git Bash window directly using properties does not work. Today it bugged me enough that I decided to spend some time to fix it. Continue reading
Who still uses Microsoft Silverlight? UPC… They use the Silverlight plugin to stream TV and handle DRM. Okay, that’s nice, but how do you get Silverlight to work under Linux? It turns out it is a few easy steps using Pipelight which brings support for Silverlight to Firefox and Chrome under Linux. Continue reading
A quick note how to create a SBT project with the latest release of Akka.
Create a build.sbt file:
name := "ScalaAkkaTest" organization := "<Your organisation name>" version := "0.1.0-SNAPSHOT" scalaVersion := "2.11.2" resolvers += "Typesafe Repository" at "http://repo.typesafe.com/typesafe/releases/" libraryDependencies += "com.typesafe.akka" %% "akka-actor" % "2.3.6"
Okay I just deleted a feature branch before merging it back into the development branch. What to do? Lucky I had already committed the changes to the feature branch which made recovery very simple. Continue reading
In my previous post on how to quickly view all the changes between two branches in Git I ended with the statement “Is there away to do the same in Eclipse with EGit?“. I Googled around for the answer a bit, but with no success. By accident I just discovered how to compare the working version of a file to the commited version. Not entirely the same, but getting closer 🙂 For the purpose of being able to quickly check what changes I have made to write meaningful commit messages this is sufficient for me.
Anyway, these are the steps:
And voilà ! There is a beautiful window with a side to side diff of the working version and commited version. Nice! I hope this is useful.
I am using the Git flow as my development model. It is very easy to understand and use. Keeps development nice, tidy and clear. See more information for links about Git flow.
When preparing a release the release or version number needs to be bumped (increased). This requires a shell script. I was switching to a command prompt to do this. Then I came across a nifty little plug-in for Eclipse, so I can execute the shell script from within Eclipse. It is called Wicked Shell. Continue reading
I was commiting some changes in Git and needed to view all the changes between, so that I could write a meaningful commit message. I used the following command to view the changes in each changed file:
git difftool -v development
This command is viewing the active branch (checked out branch) with the development branch. It will open the changed files one by one.
Is there away to do the same in Eclipse with EGit?
Scala offers two ways of formatting strings. This post describes both. Continue reading
Adventures of a space monkey 