http://www.dzone.com/links/users/links/71517.html DZone: fresh links for developers en-us Copyright (c) 2006 DZone, Inc. Fri, 22 Aug 2008 04:18:32 GMT The DZone community 2008-08-22T04:18:32Z en-us Copyright (c) 2006 DZone, Inc. http://www.dzone.com/links/feed/user/71517/rss.xml http://www.dzone.com/images/std/dzone.com_258x55.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/ http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/still_think_proprietary_application_servers_are_t.html I love Tomcat, I love JBoss and never understood why corporate companies are spending thousands and thousands on proprietary solutions from vendors such as IBM and WebLogic. The latest version of the JBoss Application Server are on the verge of going GA and over at DZone Nitin Bharti recently sat down with Sacha Labourey, CTO of Red Hat Middleware to discuss what JBoss AS 5 is bringing to the market. java opinion server Thu, 21 Aug 2008 23:46:46 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/105992.html Volume4 2008-08-21T23:46:46Z I love Tomcat, I love JBoss and never understood why corporate companies are spending thousands and thousands on proprietary solutions from vendors such as IBM and WebLogic. The latest version of the JBoss Application Server are on the verge of going GA and over at DZone Nitin Bharti recently sat down with Sacha Labourey, CTO of Red Hat Middleware to discuss what JBoss AS 5 is bringing to the market.]]> 105992 2008-08-21T23:46:46Z 2 0 6 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/105992.jpg Volume4 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/71517.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/playing_with_jquery_2.html A while ago I built and released ColdFusionBloggers.org as a way to demonstrate and learn about new ColdFusion 8 Ajax technologies. Since then I've wanted to come back to the site and rebuild it using Spry or JQuery. Not because I wasn't happy with the CF8 Ajax stuff, but because a) it's fun to totally rebuild your own sites and b) I wanted to learn more about jQuery. coldfusion frameworks javascript web design Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:08:44 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/105953.html Volume4 2008-08-21T21:08:44Z A while ago I built and released ColdFusionBloggers.org as a way to demonstrate and learn about new ColdFusion 8 Ajax technologies. Since then I've wanted to come back to the site and rebuild it using Spry or JQuery. Not because I wasn't happy with the CF8 Ajax stuff, but because a) it's fun to totally rebuild your own sites and b) I wanted to learn more about jQuery.]]> 105953 2008-08-21T21:08:44Z 1 0 3 1 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/105953.jpg Volume4 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/71517.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/introducing_the_pixel_perfect_firebug_extension.html Ok designers, this one is for you... Now you can test the skills of your web developers and see how close they can keep the integrity of your designs. Pixel Perfect is a Firefox/Firebug extension that allows web developers and designers to easily overlay a web composition over top of the developed HTML. css-html how-to tools web design Thu, 21 Aug 2008 23:22:38 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/105796.html Volume4 2008-08-21T23:22:38Z Ok designers, this one is for you... Now you can test the skills of your web developers and see how close they can keep the integrity of your designs. Pixel Perfect is a Firefox/Firebug extension that allows web developers and designers to easily overlay a web composition over top of the developed HTML.]]> 105796 2008-08-21T14:30:15Z 2008-08-21T23:22:38Z 8 0 129 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/105796.jpg Volume4 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/71517.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/opera_952_security_and_stability_upgrade.html Opera 9.52 was released today and includes a host of improvements most notably to the stability and security of the browser. Some other highlights are announcement tools web design Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:33:55 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/105357.html Volume4 2008-08-20T12:33:55Z Opera 9.52 was released today and includes a host of improvements most notably to the stability and security of the browser. Some other highlights are]]> 105357 2008-08-20T12:33:55Z 4 0 9 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/105357.jpg Volume4 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/71517.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/mysql_606_alpha_released_introduces_maria.html MySQL 6.0.6-alpha, a new version of the MySQL database system has been released and intoduces two new storage engines most interesting Maria. announcement database server Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:35:50 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/105161.html Volume4 2008-08-20T04:35:50Z MySQL 6.0.6-alpha, a new version of the MySQL database system has been released and intoduces two new storage engines most interesting Maria.]]> 105161 2008-08-19T22:21:55Z 2008-08-20T04:35:50Z 10 0 416 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/105161.jpg Volume4 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/71517.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/how_we_did_it_dzone_available_on_your_iphone.html The iPhone has been all the rage lately, from complaints to praise it has all been heard. Whether you hate it or love it, the fact remains, as a developer you cannot ignore it. And here at DZone we could not ignore the chance to provide even more means by which you can access your development links. In this article I will share with you how we went about recreating DZone for the iPhone. frameworks how-to web 2.0 web design Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:17:33 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/105025.html Volume4 2008-08-19T16:17:33Z The iPhone has been all the rage lately, from complaints to praise it has all been heard. Whether you hate it or love it, the fact remains, as a developer you cannot ignore it. And here at DZone we could not ignore the chance to provide even more means by which you can access your development links. In this article I will share with you how we went about recreating DZone for the iPhone.]]> 105025 2008-08-19T14:51:28Z 2008-08-19T16:17:33Z 25 0 348 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/105025.jpg Volume4 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/71517.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/useful_tips_to_enrich_your_html_forms_2.html In the past months I already dedicated several post about forms design and usability. In this post I want to share some simple tips useful to enrich your forms with various elements such as suggest messages, autosuggest feature instead of > tag, simple check during data input and how to show hidden fields selecting a radio element option. css-html how-to javascript web design Tue, 19 Aug 2008 08:41:50 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/104915.html Volume4 2008-08-19T08:41:50Z In the past months I already dedicated several post about forms design and usability. In this post I want to share some simple tips useful to enrich your forms with various elements such as suggest messages, autosuggest feature instead of > tag, simple check during data input and how to show hidden fields selecting a radio element option.]]> 104915 2008-08-19T08:41:50Z 3 0 6 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/104915.jpg Volume4 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/71517.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/aria_in_gmail_2_enhancing_the_chat_experience.html On July 30, Orca team lead Willie Walker forwarded a message to the Orca mailing list titled Orca & gmail. The message is originally by Srinivas Annam, an accessibility web developer at Google. He describes a couple of enhancements that had been made to the Gmail user interface and were pushed live recently. ria standards usability web design Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:23:17 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/104687.html Volume4 2008-08-18T17:23:17Z On July 30, Orca team lead Willie Walker forwarded a message to the Orca mailing list titled Orca & gmail. The message is originally by Srinivas Annam, an accessibility web developer at Google. He describes a couple of enhancements that had been made to the Gmail user interface and were pushed live recently.]]> 104687 2008-08-18T17:23:17Z 2 0 5 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/104687.jpg Volume4 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/71517.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/linq_folding_left_right_and_the_linq_aggregation.html A few days ago I blogged about Curry for Dummies, outlining one of the typical techniques employed in functional programming. What I didn't say back then is I'm about to reuse the "Curry" function with formal substitution mechanism for this subsequent blog post. .net database frameworks Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:15:02 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/104668.html Volume4 2008-08-18T16:15:02Z A few days ago I blogged about Curry for Dummies, outlining one of the typical techniques employed in functional programming. What I didn't say back then is I'm about to reuse the "Curry" function with formal substitution mechanism for this subsequent blog post.]]> 104668 2008-08-18T16:15:02Z 3 0 5 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/104668.jpg Volume4 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/71517.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/opera_releases_web_specifications_supported_in_op.html Ever wondered what exactly is supported, with regards to the specifications, and what not in Opera 9.5? Well, wonder no more. Opera just released a document in HTML, and a handy downloadable PDF, a detailed blow-by-blow breakdown of exactly what is supported in Opera 9.5 announcement standards web design Fri, 15 Aug 2008 11:44:11 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/103805.html Volume4 2008-08-15T11:44:11Z Ever wondered what exactly is supported, with regards to the specifications, and what not in Opera 9.5? Well, wonder no more. Opera just released a document in HTML, and a handy downloadable PDF, a detailed blow-by-blow breakdown of exactly what is supported in Opera 9.5]]> 103805 2008-08-15T11:44:11Z 4 0 5 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/103805.jpg Volume4 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/71517.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/how_adding_another_table_to_join_can_improve_perf_2.html JOINs are expensive and it most typical the fewer tables (for the same database) you join the better performance you will get. As for any rules there are however exceptions database how-to server Fri, 15 Aug 2008 07:55:24 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/103677.html Volume4 2008-08-15T07:55:24Z JOINs are expensive and it most typical the fewer tables (for the same database) you join the better performance you will get. As for any rules there are however exceptions]]> 103677 2008-08-14T20:52:59Z 2008-08-15T07:55:24Z 12 0 381 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/103677.jpg Volume4 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/71517.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/smartinspect_30_released_new_log_server_smartinsp.html We are excited to announce the immediate availability of our advanced .NET logging, Java logging and Delphi logging tool SmartInspect 3.0. The new release makes SmartInspect even more suitable for debugging and monitoring high-performance production systems, for working with test systems and for end-user scenarios. .net announcement java tools Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:01:50 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/103609.html Volume4 2008-08-15T14:01:50Z We are excited to announce the immediate availability of our advanced .NET logging, Java logging and Delphi logging tool SmartInspect 3.0. The new release makes SmartInspect even more suitable for debugging and monitoring high-performance production systems, for working with test systems and for end-user scenarios.]]> 103609 2008-08-14T14:54:24Z 2008-08-15T14:01:50Z 8 0 56 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/103609.jpg Volume4 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/71517.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/w3c_on_the_relationship_between_usability_and_acc.html The W3C posted an update to the Relationship between Mobile Web Best Practices (MWBP) and Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG), something which I (for some reason) don't remember seeing go by in January when they posted the initial draft. research standards usability web design Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:22:55 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/103603.html Volume4 2008-08-14T15:22:55Z The W3C posted an update to the Relationship between Mobile Web Best Practices (MWBP) and Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG), something which I (for some reason) don't remember seeing go by in January when they posted the initial draft.]]> 103603 2008-08-14T14:33:36Z 2008-08-14T15:22:55Z 9 0 50 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/103603.jpg Volume4 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/71517.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/rapid_web_application_prototyping_with_maven_and.html Utilizing both Maven and Groovy you can rapidly prototype web apps, and in this blog I'll walk you through exactly how to do that. First we are going to create a simple Maven web app project using the Maven Web App Archetype. If you don't have Maven installed already, go ahead and install it. Now let's create a directory called sandbox groovy how-to java web design Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:24:38 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/103593.html Volume4 2008-08-14T15:24:38Z Utilizing both Maven and Groovy you can rapidly prototype web apps, and in this blog I'll walk you through exactly how to do that. First we are going to create a simple Maven web app project using the Maven Web App Archetype. If you don't have Maven installed already, go ahead and install it. Now let's create a directory called sandbox]]> 103593 2008-08-14T14:16:22Z 2008-08-14T15:24:38Z 13 0 269 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/103593.jpg Volume4 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/71517.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/how_ie8_enables_silverlight_deep_linking_and_brow_2.html One of new features in the next version of Internet Explorer (IE8) was created specifically for AJAX applications and can add significant functionality to Silverlight applications as well. Here is the description of the feature (from Better AJAX Development): .net ajax web 2.0 web design Tue, 12 Aug 2008 10:44:02 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/102822.html Volume4 2008-08-12T10:44:02Z One of new features in the next version of Internet Explorer (IE8) was created specifically for AJAX applications and can add significant functionality to Silverlight applications as well. Here is the description of the feature (from Better AJAX Development):]]> 102822 2008-08-12T10:44:02Z 4 0 6 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/102822.jpg Volume4 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/71517.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/php_code_top_ten_security_vulnerabilities.html Below follows the top ten security vulnerabilities that might be hiding in your PHP code. opinion php security web design Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:46:05 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/102815.html Volume4 2008-08-12T15:46:05Z Below follows the top ten security vulnerabilities that might be hiding in your PHP code.]]> 102815 2008-08-12T10:07:57Z 2008-08-12T15:46:05Z 13 0 418 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/102815.jpg Volume4 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/71517.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/build_your_subsonic_dal_with_nant.html SubSonic is a .NET ORM (object relational mapping) tool with plenty of extras. In the ORM market, it can be compared to other tool such as Linq and NHibernate. I chose SubSonic over NHibernate, because of the ease of configuration or Linq, because I am still programming for .NET 2.0. That being said, there are three different ways to generate your data access layer using SubSonic .net frameworks how-to xml Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:34:23 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/102641.html Volume4 2008-08-12T14:34:23Z SubSonic is a .NET ORM (object relational mapping) tool with plenty of extras. In the ORM market, it can be compared to other tool such as Linq and NHibernate. I chose SubSonic over NHibernate, because of the ease of configuration or Linq, because I am still programming for .NET 2.0. That being said, there are three different ways to generate your data access layer using SubSonic]]> 102641 2008-08-11T16:59:41Z 2008-08-12T14:34:23Z 8 0 45 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/102641.jpg Volume4 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/71517.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/gwt_running_a_completed_project.html Let's put GWTShell and GWTCompiler to use with a calculator example, CalculatorWidget. First, we'll use GWTShell to get the lay of the land and launch the hosted mode browser. This is how you typically run and debug a project while in hosted mode during development. Then we'll move on to compiling things with GWTCompiler, which is what is normally used as part of a build process to turn your Java into JavaScript and create a deployable artifact for web mode. how-to java web 2.0 web design Tue, 12 Aug 2008 12:27:51 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/102628.html Volume4 2008-08-12T12:27:51Z Let's put GWTShell and GWTCompiler to use with a calculator example, CalculatorWidget. First, we'll use GWTShell to get the lay of the land and launch the hosted mode browser. This is how you typically run and debug a project while in hosted mode during development. Then we'll move on to compiling things with GWTCompiler, which is what is normally used as part of a build process to turn your Java into JavaScript and create a deployable artifact for web mode.]]> 102628 2008-08-11T16:16:28Z 2008-08-12T12:27:51Z 8 0 183 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/102628.jpg Volume4 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/71517.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/information_graphics_in_javascript_with_sparkline.html Earlier this week I spent a couple of days playing with the idea of sparklines, and ended up making a JavaScript library for generating sparklines in the canvas element. Because I've been using it a bit recently, I used Processing.js to handle the visualization. how-to javascript web design Tue, 12 Aug 2008 18:22:30 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/102589.html Volume4 2008-08-12T18:22:30Z Earlier this week I spent a couple of days playing with the idea of sparklines, and ended up making a JavaScript library for generating sparklines in the canvas element. Because I've been using it a bit recently, I used Processing.js to handle the visualization.]]> 102589 2008-08-11T14:37:50Z 2008-08-12T18:22:30Z 7 0 259 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/102589.jpg Volume4 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/71517.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/standardsbased_corporate_web_development.html My last project for my previous employers has gone live so here’s a long discussion about the totally redesigned website for the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA). This isn’t to congratulate myself for some stunning new CSS techniques (there aren’t any), nor to solicit your admiring gasps at the beauty of the visual design (it’s rather corporate) but because I think it’s an interesting example of how one small web team tried to square the circle and attempt to use Web Standards and accessible methods in a highly conservative corporate environment. opinion standards usability web design Tue, 12 Aug 2008 02:23:05 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/102387.html Volume4 2008-08-12T02:23:05Z My last project for my previous employers has gone live so here’s a long discussion about the totally redesigned website for the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA). This isn’t to congratulate myself for some stunning new CSS techniques (there aren’t any), nor to solicit your admiring gasps at the beauty of the visual design (it’s rather corporate) but because I think it’s an interesting example of how one small web team tried to square the circle and attempt to use Web Standards and accessible methods in a highly conservative corporate environment.]]> 102387 2008-08-10T23:57:03Z 2008-08-12T02:23:05Z 5 0 235 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/102387.jpg Volume4 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/71517.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/party_of_one_surviving_the_solo_open_source_proje.html With more than 100,000 open source projects hosted on SourceForge alone, starting a new one is no small undertaking, and bringing it to the masses is hardly a sure thing. In this article reprinted from Pushing Pixels, Kirill Grouchnikov explores the challenges and pitfalls of being the sole developer on an open source project. Whether you're thinking about starting a solo development project or struggling to maintain one, get tips for structuring your development timeline, managing development priorities, and finding a niche for your project, even in the vast sea of open source software. how-to open source Mon, 11 Aug 2008 09:52:35 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/102385.html Volume4 2008-08-11T09:52:35Z With more than 100,000 open source projects hosted on SourceForge alone, starting a new one is no small undertaking, and bringing it to the masses is hardly a sure thing. In this article reprinted from Pushing Pixels, Kirill Grouchnikov explores the challenges and pitfalls of being the sole developer on an open source project. Whether you're thinking about starting a solo development project or struggling to maintain one, get tips for structuring your development timeline, managing development priorities, and finding a niche for your project, even in the vast sea of open source software.]]> 102385 2008-08-10T23:00:24Z 2008-08-11T09:52:35Z 11 0 256 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/102385.jpg Volume4 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/71517.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/google_io_2008_design_patterns_for_enhanced_acces.html HTML DOM+ JavaScript constitutes the assembly language of Web Applications. Access To Rich Internet Applications — ARIA — adds in a couple of additional op-codes for helping Web applications better communicate with adaptive technologies such as screenreaders. How do we now push the envelope with respect to Web applications and adaptive technologies such as screenreaders and self-voicing browsers in a manner similar to what we as Web developers have collectively achieved for the mainstream user? css-html how-to usability web design Tue, 12 Aug 2008 11:32:40 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/102199.html Volume4 2008-08-12T11:32:40Z HTML DOM+ JavaScript constitutes the assembly language of Web Applications. Access To Rich Internet Applications — ARIA — adds in a couple of additional op-codes for helping Web applications better communicate with adaptive technologies such as screenreaders. How do we now push the envelope with respect to Web applications and adaptive technologies such as screenreaders and self-voicing browsers in a manner similar to what we as Web developers have collectively achieved for the mainstream user?]]> 102199 2008-08-09T21:11:24Z 2008-08-12T11:32:40Z 6 0 223 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/102199.jpg Volume4 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/71517.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/visual_studio_2008_and_net_35_keynote_interview.html TechEd Developers with Soma Somasegar, Corporate Vice President, Developer Division - details the news announced for developers in today’s keynote. Soma encourages developers to get prepared for Visual Studio 2008 and the .NET Framework 3.5. .net announcement microsoft tools Sat, 09 Aug 2008 20:02:32 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/102190.html Volume4 2008-08-09T20:02:32Z TechEd Developers with Soma Somasegar, Corporate Vice President, Developer Division - details the news announced for developers in today’s keynote. Soma encourages developers to get prepared for Visual Studio 2008 and the .NET Framework 3.5.]]> 102190 2008-08-09T20:02:32Z 3 0 8 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/102190.jpg Volume4 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/71517.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/controltab_a_new_feature_for_firefox.html Dão and I have been working on the design of a feature based on Ctrl-Tab, while Dão has been building patches. We’re happy to announce the filmstrip of recently-viewed tabs landed today and will show up in tomorrow’s nightlies as a new Firefox feature: Control-Tab. announcement tools usability Sun, 10 Aug 2008 16:34:09 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/102135.html Volume4 2008-08-10T16:34:09Z Dão and I have been working on the design of a feature based on Ctrl-Tab, while Dão has been building patches. We’re happy to announce the filmstrip of recently-viewed tabs landed today and will show up in tomorrow’s nightlies as a new Firefox feature: Control-Tab.]]> 102135 2008-08-09T11:06:12Z 2008-08-10T16:34:09Z 16 0 580 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/102135.jpg Volume4 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/71517.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/net_internals_guaranteed_finalization_order_is_not.html As part of our ongoing quest to categorize all finalization-related problems, I'd like to present another honorable mention in the series. This time, it's finalization order (or the lack thereof). .net how-to research windows Sat, 09 Aug 2008 10:37:03 GMT http://www.dzone.com/links/102133.html Volume4 2008-08-09T10:37:03Z As part of our ongoing quest to categorize all finalization-related problems, I'd like to present another honorable mention in the series. This time, it's finalization order (or the lack thereof).]]> 102133 2008-08-09T10:37:03Z 4 0 6 0 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/102133.jpg Volume4 http://www.dzone.com/links/images/avatars/71517.gif