GWT_JSON_serialization

Flax Engine: GWT client-side JSON serialization and deserialization

During the design document stage of the Flax Game Engine we came up against a wall when trying to communicate information between the engine, the editor and networked clients, so we explored XML and JSON as data formats to communicate the information. Continue reading ‘Flax Engine: GWT client-side JSON serialization and deserialization’

How to get hidden, autoplaying audio in html5 on iOS

How to get hidden, autoplaying audio in html5 on iOS

Let me start this with a warning: If you’re making a website and you think autoplaying audio in the background is a great idea, you’re wrong. Very, very wrong.

Autoplaying audio, especially hidden autoplaying audio, is a terrible idea. Continue reading ‘How to get hidden, autoplaying audio in html5 on iOS’

ubuntu_dongle

o2 Broadband E1752 Dongle Working on Ubuntu 10.04

I originally posted this article on my old personal blog around this time last year for Ubuntu 9.1 as I was having problems getting my O2 mobile Broadband E1752 Dongle to work. I certainly upgraded to Ubuntu 10.04, which I had heard solved the problem but I still couldn’t get it to work, so looked up my own old tutorial and it worked. Continue reading ‘o2 Broadband E1752 Dongle Working on Ubuntu 10.04′

A tutorial on Remote Procedure Calls (RPCs) in Google Web Toolkit

A tutorial on Remote Procedure Calls (RPCs) in Google Web Toolkit

At some point in your GWT development, you’ll want to start communicating with a server. Handily, GWT has a lot of stuff built in to help you do this in as easy a way as possible. The GWT RPC framework is very helpful indeed for just this, and this post will show you how to create your RPC services easily. Continue reading ‘A tutorial on Remote Procedure Calls (RPCs) in Google Web Toolkit’

Setting up Eclipse for Android development on Windows, Linux and Mac

Setting up Eclipse for Android development on Windows, Linux and Mac

Well with the impending arrival of my 7″ Rockchip 2808 Dual Core Android Tablet device from Amazon. I am getting excited about developing  applications and more specifically games for Android. So I need to setup my favorite IDE eclipse width the latest Android SDK’s and Android Eclipse Plugin (ADT) for android development. Continue reading ‘Setting up Eclipse for Android development on Windows, Linux and Mac’