Invient Charts, Problem with TimeZone - always in UTC

The Problem

It seemed that all my InvientChart 0.8.6 charts in Vaadin were two hours behind where they should have been. And because I live in GMT + 2 it seemed like a timezone issue.

The solution

Before adding your chart to the UI add this component

            try {
                CustomLayout cl = new CustomLayout(new ByteArrayInputStream("

".getBytes()));
                addComponent(cl);
            } catch (IOException ex) {
                //should never happen
                log.warn("Should never happen",ex);
            }

Manage my time more effectively - Email and chats are the devil

Being used to being unfocused

I am lucky enough to work in a private office where I can closed the door and not be disturbed. But work email, Google chats and private Google mail really becomes a distraction. 
To make it worse, when I am not being distracted by mail and chat I check to see if I have new mail or chats periodically.
This really disrupts my train of thought.

The desired end result

While developing software focus is key!
No disruptions during pomodoros!

What I am going to do
Close my work email and gmail during 25 min pomodoros

2013 New Years Resolutions as a Java developer

I am going to focus on the following this year and blog about it.

Test driven development for everything I do

 

Doing things in a panic and rush comes back and bites.
Completely offline and modular test are a must.

Deploy one application to the Android Market

 

Deploy one application to the IOS Market

 

Become a GWT master

GWT is really one of the best frameworks I have seen in a long time. I've been dabbling for a long time, but I really want to be a master. That includes MVP 

Never lie on my timesheets

At one of the Java User groups at a new venue, one of my friends joked. "Look at that guy coming, you can see he is a Java developer, his eyes are red."
Long hours and stress is part of being a Java developer and I log 8 hours on my timesheet per day even though I spend much more.
People need to see how long I work.

Manage my time more effectively

Refine how I work. The Pomodoro Technique is a great starting point to working smart and working towards a end goal. But there needs to be more.

Do my Oracle Certified Java 8 Programmer course

Java 8 should be released close to the end of the year. If this is so, I would like to do a beta of the exam. If this is possible in South Africa.

Get involved a little with Java EE 7

 

Adopt a JSR

http://java.net/projects/adoptajsr/pages/Home