Author Archives: andy

IE polyfills BPM way

Posted on 2019/07/19 by andy

Some organizations still cannot shrug Internet Explorer (IE) off their IT standards. Combine it with user interface of IBM BPM based on Javascript and your development falls back to coding practices in early 2000’s. Surely there are ways to fill … Continue reading →

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Ramblings on Nivona 7-series coffee machine

Posted on 2019/06/22 by andy

It’s been few months from my last post so I needed some lightweight subject to warm up. I have chosen to collect a bunch of free thoughts and impressions over Nivona 7-series coffee machine after nearly a year of home … Continue reading →

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WebPD opened editors limit modification

Posted on 2018/11/13 by andy

IDE environment in IBM BPM migrated from Eclipse-based app to WebPD, a web-based process editor. WebPD built on top of IBM BPM Coach Framework, based on dojo toolkit, hosting complex visual editors suffers from performance and stability issues. It can … Continue reading →

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Bumpy ride: webworkers, IE11 and BPM

Posted on 2018/10/19 by andy

Internet Explorer – a black sheep amongst browsers – should be forgotten long ago, yet it stands strong as a standard in many organizations. And while its last incarnation (IE11) adopted some modern web technologies it still offers lurking traps … Continue reading →

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Coach validation errors in one place

Posted on 2018/07/27 by andy

Imagine you want to see all IBM BPM coach validation errors in one place. By default after validation phase you need to find all invalidated widgets one by one, changing tab or opening accordions, and so on. Coach framework does … Continue reading →

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Chinese LED bulbs fail

Posted on 2018/02/18 by andy

Some time ago I have replaced most of light bulbs with LED bulbs. Typically these imported directly from China were significanlty cheaper so that I gave them a try. LED diodes can work thousands of hours without an issue, right? … Continue reading →

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Stinging Mac

Posted on 2018/02/01 by andy

For a long time I was ignoring that tingling feeling where my forearm was touching Macbook while typing on second laptop. Sensation that was sometimes closer to stinging, as if tiny hair was pulled of my skin. It happen at home, in the office, just … Continue reading →

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Magic smoke out of fridge

Posted on 2018/01/22 by andy

When fridge got me popping sound and display turned black, I realized that 10 years old Whirlpool went out of service. My “damn it” comment was quickly followed by my wife: “You are going abroad next week! What we do now?”.  Considering subtle smell … Continue reading →

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Trap in BPM new event handler editor

Posted on 2017/09/14 by andy

Early 2017 cumulative fix for IBM BPM 8.5.7 brought new section in properties for coach views configuration – events tab. This looks like a wink at SPARK toolkit being integrated with BPM product. SPARK introduced nice concept of configuration options … Continue reading →

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Like father like son

Posted on 2017/09/04 by andy

It is easy to notice that for last ten months I was away from my blog. There is a growing reason for it: my little fellow. For first few months after birth of Jackie I could split time between family, … Continue reading →

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