JavaOne Update - Day Three
It is simply amazing how many people and how much energy is at JavaOne. All of the movers and shakers of the industry are here to give out sage words... more »
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Power of Interface in Java
What is the power of "Interface" in Java and support your answer with a practical example which could be understood by most Java programmers?
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ASP.NET AJAX Best Practices
While we develop AJAX applications, we often carelessly ignore giving up bad practices, which cause effects which are not so significantly visible... more »
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What happens when you blindly outsource to India? This!
A look at what can happen when you don't know what you're doing
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Groovy: The Red Pill
Dynamic languages are coming on strong and this year's JavaOne has quite a bit to talk about. Here is a reflection on one of the Groovy talks.
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5 reasons why the Drupal CMS is not ready for the enterprise
Many Open Source content management systems written in PHP want to be recongnized by the business industry as being "enterprise" ready. This is not... more »
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git vs bzr vs hg: Distributed Version Control Systems: A Not-So-Quick Guide Through
Adoption and interest for Distributed Version Control Systems is constantly rising. InfoQ introduces the concept of DVCS and looks at 3 actors in the... more »
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Contrasting Two MVC / LINQ to SQL Applications for the Web
There are two applications on CodePlex that are interesting to compare and contrast. The MVC Storefront and Background Motion. MVC Storefront is Rob... more »
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Getting Real
When I recently did a presentation at pfCongrez , as a thank you I got the book Getting Real by the people of 37Signals. I had until then not heard of... more »
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The Web Developer's SEO Cheat Sheet
SEOmoz has released The Web Developer’s SEO Cheat Sheet which you can found very useful for webmasters.
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Setting up firewall in Ubuntu
Though I am not a server or network administrator I have always been interested in learning how to secure a network. From some initial reading I... more »
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This month in Bookmarks: April 2008
April was a GREAT month for blog readers. Here is my list of the 8 best and most under-rated links from CSS to Bash to Groovy!
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GAME OVER - Java Server Faces
Hey JSF - you are FIRED!
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sIFR - Use custom fonts in your website safely
An incredibly smart script to overlay Flash animations with custom fonts in your website. Completely safe, accessible and standards compliant.
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Java 6 (finally) for Mac... now what?
Available via to Software Update, Java for Mac OS X 10.5 Update 1 adds Java SE 6 version 1.6.0_05 to your Mac. This version of Java is only for Mac OS... more »
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Why Windows Form Designer is Bad
Windows Form Designer in Visual Studio seems great for a newbie programmer. With drag and drop capability and a powerful visual designer, you can... more »
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10 things IT needs to know about Ajax
The introduction of any new Web technology will affect a network's infrastructure in ways that range from inconsequential to earth shattering. Ajax is... more »
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UI Matter: Make the simple things simple and hard things possible
IMHO, this tenet applies perfectly in how UI should be designed. Typically, the most direct way to use a UI control should result in the most awaited... more »
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Building Websites with Joomla! 1.5
This is a review of a very complete about Joomla!. It does not require much programming knowledge until the last chapters, when it starts requiring... more »
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Simulating Crowd Dynamics: Flow Lanes and Character Animation
The latest games consoles can simulate very large crowds if you do it right. This article looks at how to approach the problem, with practical... more »
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Why VisualSVN 1.4 Is So Great
So after the installation of VisualSVN 1.4, I don't think I'll ever look back. Finally a version of Visual Studio source control integration to make... more »
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A Good CouchDB Overview
I already understood that CouchDB was a document oriented database, I really didn't understand the details though. Erlang, JSON? This article and two... more »
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Book Review: Programming Groovy
The book does a great job balancing quick explanations of concepts, code examples, and insights into the implementation of Groovy. Even in chapters on... more »
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Why you should not place your whole site in an UpdatePanel
Perhaps due to its ubiquitous presence in web based email services, implementing asynchronous site navigation is frequently a design requirement when... more »
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The top 10 tools every (Delphi) programmer needs
This week I was at a client site to talk about our ways of developing software. Our client uses Delphi for developing their software too and are... more »
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