SKB
The SKB is the entry point or umbrella for a number of my projects, all open source on Github. SKB is short for Sven’s Knowledge Base. I was looking for some acronym (actually abbreviation, since one cannot speak SKB), and this is what I came up with a long time ago (sometimes in 2014 I guess).
It is hosted on Github in this repository. The repository contains my databases (acronyms, library, etc.), the source of the SKB website, the source of this website, and a Wiki.
Projects - Bash
SKB-Framework |
A flexible development and application framework |
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SKB-Dashboard |
Dashboard for the SKB repository: library, acronyms, etc, based on the SKB-Framework. |
Projects - Java
SKB Java |
A POM and a set of shell scripts, ant tasks/macros, settings, to maintain the Java port of the SKB. |
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ASCII Heading |
A simple tool to format headings with various options. |
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ASCII List |
Many different lists (itemize/unordered, enumerate/ordered, checklist, description) with support for nested lists, using ASCII and UTF characters for labels. |
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ASCII Paragraph |
A simple tool to format paragraphs with indentation, indentation character, alignment, padding (left, right, both), padding characters (left, right, both), and in-line whitespace characters. |
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ASCII Table |
Several implementations of a text table, originally using ASCII and UTF-8 characters for borders. |
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Char Translation |
Set of translators for characters, HTML Elements, and their combinations. |
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ExecS |
A simple set of classes to execute programs from the command line with automated generation of run scripts and flexible applcation option handling. |
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Interfaces |
Set of interfaces used by other SKB Java projects. |
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UTF Themes |
Base elements (lines, corners, borders) and themes for frames, grids, lists (itemize, enumerate). |
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SKB Examples |
Examples for the skb-java sub projects. |
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SKB Shell |
A collection of shells for simple command sets, command multi-sets, and multi-threaded versions. |
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SVG 2 Vector |
Tool to convert SVG to other vector formats (PDF, EMF) w/support for layers. |
Projects - LaTeX
Eclipse Cheat Sheet |
A cheat sheet for Eclipse (key bindings and more). The idea of a cheat sheet came from a discussion on Twitter with @noopur2507 and @EclipseJavaIDE. I had asked an RTFM question and to return the favor of the answers said I do a cheat sheet. So here it is. |
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SKB LaTeX |
A LaTeX class for organizing documents, can be integrated into the SKB. |
Projects - Miscellaneous
IPC |
Artifacts (graphics, pptx, text, et.) for Inter-Process Communication, aka networking |
SKB History
It all started sometimes in the late 1990s, when I got my own domain (as a birthday present from very good friends). We started web development, first static HTML, then PHP. While working as a researcher and PhD student, I wanted to have a list of publications on my website. Later acronyms, foto collection, diaries, and other 'stuff'.
Later in Ireland, I started programming and developing in Java. Github became available, and I started hosting some projects on Github. Those projects (PHP and Java), evolved, some I did not continue. The PHP backend for my site was a lot of work. It was very good for processing data at runtime, but it turned out to be hard to add new data (for instanc a new publication). So sometimes around 2011 I stopped maintaining the data, thus the whole project and site hibernated.
In 2018 then I turned back to this problem, partially because I had an idea how to realize the whole set differently. for our APEX engine (and earlier in some SKB Java projects), I had experimented with the Maven Site plugin. I also used the Asciidoctor toolchain heavily. Combining both seemed a good idea. Then I found a way to maintain my data in a non-proprietary form (text files) that also allows to process them for other purposes (such as a website). And now we are here.