The Code Style site has evolved by gradual refinement and accumulation of features and content. This review is part of a fully backdated site log and archive that sheds light on when, why and how particular features were implemented.
This log is sometimes updated several times per week, sometimes with a long overdue backlog of items. Many log entries refer to the Code Style Java package, which delivers the servlet services and utilities used to manage this site.
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27th February 2005
Divided the Java programming FAQ to create a separate FAQ: Java servlets page. Updated the Java section index, Custom error 500 and various other site log and navigation references as necessary.
23rd February 2005
Applied a Creative Commons licence to the Javascript and CSS source of the DOM1 visibility menus. The licence permits free non-commercial usage with appropriate attribution and "share-alike" modification.
19th February 2005
Added an xml-stylesheet link to the XHTMLtoRDF XSL output to format the Dublin Core metadata using the DC.css stylesheet. Added a generated content heading to DC.css at the document level and sub-headings for each nested rdf:Description element. Also applied content prefixes for dc:title and dc:description elements and general formatting so that it works with RDF documents in its own right. Applied overrides for the new Dublin Core styles in RSS.css.
rdf\:RDF {
font-family: sans-serif;
}
rdf\:RDF:before {
font-size: large;
font-weight: bold;
content: "Document RDF metadata";
}
rdf\:RDF rdf\:Description:before {
font-size: larger;
font-weight: bold;
content: "Nested RDF description";
border-bottom: solid 1px black;
}
rdf\:RDF rdf\:Description {
font-size: small;
}
dc\:title:before {
content: "Title: ";
}
dc\:description:before {
content: "Description: ";
}
18th February 2005
Switched the attribute store in the AbstractMockHttpSession to a HashMap to permit null values and wrapped all access in synchronized blocks.
12th February 2005
Added some notes on the tab navigation scheme used in the DOM1 visibility menus and set the CSS display property on the menu links to block so that they are active across the whole width of the menu.
/*
Make the whole width of the links
active -- height necessary for IE 5.5
*/
#LinkBar a, #MenuBar a {
display: block;
height: 1.3em;
}
Belatedly completed the media style sheet conformance results for Safari 1.2. In short, Safari is conformant with the CSS2 media types recommendation and supports all, screen and print media modes.
11th February 2005
Added a boolean setFailOnSendRedirect field and mutator to the AbstractMockHttpServletResponse class to test failures when redirecting clients.
6th February 2005
Amended the unit test for the W3CDTF timestamp class to set the test hour using the 24 hour constant Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY rather than Calendar.HOUR. The tests had been failing depending on the time of day they were run! The default GregorianCalendar constructor assumes the current AM or PM status unless the hour is set explicitly.
5th February 2005
Moved the Mac OS X American Typewriter font from the Monospace font sampler to the Serif font sampler. Although the form of the font is typewriter style, it is a variable width font.
Further simplified the definition list styling for non-FAQ types by removing the .FAQ class selector on the standard rule and adding a separate dl.FAQ selector rule that overrides the standard wide margin:
#Content p, #Content ol, #Content ul,
#Content dl, #Content pre, fieldset,
.MenuBox, #Content .SQL,
#Content .StackTrace {
margin-right: 31%;
}
#Content dl.FAQ {
margin-right: 0;
}
Added answers to several FAQ sections:
Java Server Pages
Java compiler
Java inheritance
Java interface design
Javascript browser
Servlet containers
Servlet exceptions
Web fonts
Adopted Tortoise SVN as a development version control system.
Previously on Code Style
These backdated pages record detailed changes to the Code Style Web site since July 2000, when development first got underway. Some pages may refer to documents or features that have since changed or are no longer part of the site, but the archive is checked to ensure there are no dead links.
Site log, origins to present
For a summary overview, see the annotated site log contents.
