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Aug
20

Dealing with Win32 Dates from Java (and Groovy)

I’ve been working hard on the Sync engine behind SyncTheMilk, which means doing tons of work with the Outlook COM model… it also means getting up to speed with Win32 scripting dates. If you’re in the market for a good discussion of how Win32 scripting dates work, check out Chip Pearson’s article. If you thought Java dates were ugly.. Win32 dates are kept as an offset from an...
Aug
7

SyncTheMilk: Business logic in Groovy, UI in Java

I’m getting close to my first release of SyncTheMilk, my little Outlook and RememberTheMilk task synchronisation tool. Most of the business logic is done, and I’m starting work on the UI makeover right now. One of the interesting features of the app is that while the UI is written completely in Java, and all of the core business logic is in Groovy. One of the things that I truly love...

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