Ricebridge News

Jostraca 0.4.0 Released

Tue, 07 Dec 2004 09:30:00 GMT

This release of Jostraca includes much needed performance improvements when generating multiple Java templates. Now, all Java templates are compiled and executed inside the Jostraca process if possible and multiple templates are compiled together instead of separately. For generation tasks involving many templates, these changes can make code generation up to three times faster.

This is also the first release of Jostraca under the new Ricebridge sponsorship arrangement. This means that Jostraca development will now be directly financially supported, while remaining freely available under the GPL.

This release adds Jython to the list of languages that can used in Jostraca templates. Jython is an excellent choice for creating templates that need to integrate with an existing Java environment (and its faster than normal Java templates!).

A new tutorial covering the improved template generation process has been written, which provides an overview of how Jostraca works and gives some hints for dealing with areas of difficulty.

Ricebridge website live

Thu, 19 Aug 2004 09:30:00 IST

Today is the first day of Ricebridge software. Ricebridge makes easy-to-use Java components that are quick and simple to integrate into your existing project.

CSV Manager launched

Wed, 19 May 2004 14:00:00 IST

Our first product is a small component to handle CSV format data files. You can read all about it on the CSV Manager product page.

We created CSV Manager because CSV files are one of those things that should be easy, but they aren't. There are too many variations and handling escaped or quoted fields is a real pain. We've put together a comprehensive, fully tested solution that just works, so now CSV files are something you can just use instantly. There's no need to mess about with awkward regular expressions or write your own parser, we've done it all for you.