Paul Osborne - Java/PHP Developer

Java

Grails and Groovy – Post Project Review

Having spent the last eight months working almost exclusively in Grails I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend it, it’s fantastic. A non-disclosure agreement I signed with the customer prevents me from giving detailed features of the project but here are some of my experiences and findings. I recommended Grails as a development platform for the project [...]

Launch: ‘Discover Hawes’ Java J2ME Mobile Phone Application

The ‘Discover Hawes’ Java (J2ME) mobile phone application was developed on behalf of AudioTrails.co.uk for The Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority. Visitors to Hawes in the Yorkshire Dales can now discover the town via the latest mobile technology. Mobile phone users can download a free guide from the National Park Centre by using the bluetooth feature [...]

Site Launch: The Chocolution

The Chocolution sell healthy, raw chocolate making kits. Their chocolate is created using methods that preserve the natural goodness in the cacao bean which mainstream commercial processes destroy. The site was completed in collaboration with Edda Jones who provided the designs. Morley Computing used the designs to build the site using HTML, PHP and CSS. [...]

Custom Java Application for the Betfair Exchange Completed

QuickFire is a custom Java application developed to operate with the Betfair Exchange. Our client required a simple application to select markets and simplify/speed-up the trading process during in-play horse races for both the main and Australian exchanges. The application was built using Java 1.6 and our own Core Betfair API, a custom, robust platform [...]

Getting the local host name using Java

A quick example of how to get the name of the localhost using the Java InetAddress class. String hostname = null; try { InetAddress localhost = Address.getLocalHost(); if (localhost != null) { hostname = localhost.getHostName(); } } catch (UnknownHostException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } System.out.println(“Hostname is ” + (hostname != null ? hostname : “Unknown”) );

Launch: ‘Discover Grassington’ Java Mobile Phone Application

The ‘Discover Grassington’ Java (J2ME) mobile phone application developed by Morley Computing on behalf of AudioTrails.co.uk for The Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority has now been launched . See the attached poster for details. Visitors to Grassington in the Yorkshire Dales can now discover the town via the latest mobile technology. Mobile phone users can [...]