Matej Knopp recently released some nice grid (or table) components over at inMethods software site. They work really slick and should be very easy to integrate into existing projects. Not to mention that they make Wicket (as if it was great on its own) just that much better looking.

DateGrid Features

• ajax enabled
• resizable and reorderable columns
• horizontal and vertical scrolling with fixed header
• multi-column sorting support
• easy item selection
• advanced pagination (even without knowing the total item count)
• adapters for Wicket Extensions IDataProvider and IColumn

TreeGrid Features

• ajax enabled
• resizable and reorderable columns
• horizontal and vertical scrolling with fixed header
• multi-column sorting support
• easy item selection
• driven by a swing TreeModel and TreeNode

All wicket users should definitely take a look at the project that is in beta 2 right now.

http://www.inmethod.com

Mozilla has released Prisim last week (previously known as WebRunner).

So what is Prisim?

“…a simple XULRunner based browser that hosts web applications without the normal web browser user interface.”

Basically it is a dedicated website in a desktop client window that lets the website basically act like a desktop client application.   So far it looks pretty slick for such a early release.

Windows download: http://starkravingfinkle.org/projects/webrunner/prism-0.8-win32.exe

Tate Needham over at VSoft Technologies hit the nail on the head with a post: “Who cares if the build is broken?”

“If the development team is serious about creating quality software, then the entire team should care about the build being broken. Even if the team does not use any sort of continuous integration practices, a broken build is never a good thing.”

I know I have seen it time and time again when a team gets buy in by say 90% of the team and everything is going great. But then there is that one day when the other 10% of the team thinks automated builds are a waste of time and money. Those are the folks that ignore the emails about the build being broken. Better yet, they are the folks that yell from the mountain top the WOMB (works on my box) mantra.

“Oh I have to check in the library too for the build to work!”

Playing dumb on a development team never really pays off now does it!

It was based on the write up by Derick over at AvacodoSoftware.com: The Build Is Broken… Who Cares?