Author Archives: Mathias

About Mathias

Software development engineer. Principal developer of DrJava. Recent Ph.D. graduate from the Department of Computer Science at Rice University.

No More NDR2 Streaming Radio?

Posted on September 19, 2011 by Mathias

A few days ago, something really bad happened. The live stream of my favorite radio station, NDR2 from Hamburg, Germany, stopped working for me. For the last few years, NDR2 has been the music I listen to, when I’m at … Continue reading →

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Suggestions for Better Java 7 Support in DrJava

Posted on September 4, 2011 by Mathias

I just looked through the new language features in Java 7, and experimented with them in DrJava. None of the changes are supported in the Interactions Pane, and there will be a lot of required work to make these things … Continue reading →

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Presidential Active Lifestyle Award

Posted on September 3, 2011 by Mathias

I just completed the PALA challenge: Five days of exercising at least 30 minutes, for six out of eight weeks. I’ve run about 72 miles (115 km), biked several times, and I’ve zumba-ed (if you just look at the instructor, … Continue reading →

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FedEx Nightmare Ended, Setting Up Quad-Core Desktop

Posted on September 2, 2011 by Mathias

My FedEx nightmare ended. The package was found at a warehouse and then delivered to the FedEx store where I had requested it to be held. One thing that worried me a little was that it was listed as “Delivered, … Continue reading →

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FedEx Horror, Continued

Posted on September 1, 2011 by Mathias

I got an encouraging email from Dell today. Apparently, someone at Dell had talked to FedEx, and they said my package is ready for pickup at the store. Unfortunately, I just talked to the FedEx store where the package is … Continue reading →

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FedEx Lost My $1500 Package from Dell

Posted on August 31, 2011 by Mathias

I ordered a new computer from Dell a couple of weeks ago, and it was supposed to be delivered yesterday. I work, you know, so I wasn’t here when FedEx attempted to deliver it. And because it’s a pricey item, … Continue reading →

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New DrJava Beta Release: drjava-beta-20110822-r5448

Posted on August 23, 2011 by Mathias

We have made a new development release available: drjava-beta-20110822-r5448. You can download it from the DrJava website or from SourceForge. Available for download at http://drjava.org. DrJava is a lightweight programming environment for Java designed to foster test-driven software development. It … Continue reading →

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DrJava Now Works Even When Launched with the Java 7 JRE

Posted on August 22, 2011 by Mathias

I think I’ve got DrJava working with the Java 7 compiler the way it should, even when started with the JRE (as long as the JDK is installed as well). That was the situation that both Corky and I got … Continue reading →

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ACM Membership Certificate

Posted on August 3, 2011 by Mathias

I received a certificate from the ACM today. “This is to certify that, having fulfilled the requirements for professional membership,” I am admitted into the Association for Computing Machinery. Why yes, I really did pay that membership fee. Which is … Continue reading →

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PPPJ 2011 Program is Up

Posted on August 3, 2011 by Mathias

The program for PPPJ 2011 is available now. Of course I am excited about the Habanero Java and DrHabanero papers from Rice, but the University of Lugano paper Portable and Accurate Collection of Calling-Context-Sensitive Bytecode Metrics for the Java Virtual … Continue reading →

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Java 7 for DrJava and Concutest

Posted on August 1, 2011 by Mathias

I worked on Java 7 support this weekend, and I’m almost done. I just discovered that Concutest is currently incompatible with Java 7, though, so I will need to disable the ConcJUnit option in DrJava when using Java 7. I … Continue reading →

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Yes, DrJava Works under Mac OS X 10.7 Lion

Posted on July 28, 2011 by Mathias

I just upgraded to Mac OS X 10.7, and DrJava works flawlessly. The one vague report that someone had filed therefore proved to be wrong. When I started DrJava the first time, Mac OS X asked me if I wanted … Continue reading →

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Summer in Seattle

Posted on July 23, 2011 by Mathias

A radio station here in Seattle (I believe it KOMO News) had checked how many minutes of summer Seattle had so far in 2011. They defined summer as 80 degrees Fahrenheit (27 C) and no rain. Guess how many? 70 … Continue reading →

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Does DrJava Work on Mac OS X Lion?

Posted on July 23, 2011 by Mathias

We were just informed of an entry on RoaringApps indicating that DrJava does not work on Mac OS X Lion. Is that the case? We don’t know at this time. DrJava has always worked on previous versions of Mac OS … Continue reading →

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Demonstration: DrHJ – the cure to your Multicore Programming Woes

Posted on July 17, 2011 by Mathias

DrHJ – the cure to your Multicore Programming Woes SPLASH 2011 DrHJ extends DrJava with support for the pedagogic Habanero-Java language derived from X10, and used to teach parallel programming at the sophomore level. The demonstration will show how a … Continue reading →

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Paper: DrHJ – a lightweight pedagogic IDE for Habanero Java

Posted on July 11, 2011 by Mathias

DrHJ – a lightweight pedagogic IDE for Habanero Java 9th International Conference on the Principles and Practice of Programming in Java (PPPJ 2011) The Java language and runtime environment has had a profound worldwide impact on computer software since its … Continue reading →

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Two DrJava Tutorials on YouTube

Posted on July 11, 2011 by Mathias

On YouTube, I found two tutorial series that describe DrJava: DrJava – Easy to use java editor (We will use this in our Java Tutorial) DrJava – The “Interaction Pane” Overview and Introductory tour of DrJava 2nd DrJava Tutorial – … Continue reading →

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Dell Repair Fail

Posted on July 8, 2011 by Mathias

The Dell technician here to repair the Ethernet port on my media computer broke the rest of the computer! The fan doesn’t spin anymore, the PC doesn’t boot up anymore, and the surround sound system makes a pulsing sound when … Continue reading →

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PPPJ 2011 Tool Paper Accepted

Posted on June 26, 2011 by Mathias

A while ago I worked on a paper together with Vivek, Corky, Vincent, Jared and Raghavan at Rice. We still have to make some final revisions, but I’m happy to report that our tool paper “DrHJ — a lightweight pedagogic … Continue reading →

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Perforce Migration

Posted on June 12, 2011 by Mathias

Ever since my internship at National Instruments, I’ve been using Perforce as version control system. Thanks to their evaluation license, which is limited to two users, this has been completely free for me. I’m glad that I stuck with Perforce, … Continue reading →

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