H.264 and AAC support coming to Silverlight

2008-09-10 19:56

So you want H.264 support in Silverlight? So do we. In fact we will be showing a preview of H.264 and AAC support in Silverlight at the International Broadcasting Conference (IBC) this week in Amsterdam. ... [阅读全文]

Ola Bini: Language generation

2008-09-10 19:43

This post is the first in a series of posts about PAIPr. Read here for more info about the concept. Today I would like to start with taking a look at Chapter 2. You can find the code in lib/ch02 in the repository. Chapter 2 introduces Common Lisp through the creation of a series of ways of doing ge... [阅读全文]

Rails Validation Errors Cheatsheet

2008-09-10 19:43

A cheatsheet for handling the errors object that is populated by Rails Active Record validation methods. ... [阅读全文]

Getting rid of strings (3): take your app settings to the next level

2008-09-10 19:38

In the previous parts of this series (part 1, part 2) I talked about the problems with literal strings in source code and presented different strategies to avoid those problems. In this episode I’ll explain how we can abstract from app settings and leverage the power of the Castle DictionaryA... [阅读全文]

Wicket in Action Review

2008-09-10 19:05

Nice review of the WIA book. I could not agree more. ... [阅读全文]

Functional Java

2008-09-10 18:09

Functional Java is an open source library that aims to prepare the Java programming language for the inclusion of closures. It also serves as a platform for learning functional programming concepts by introducing these concepts using a familiar language. The library is intended for use in productio... [阅读全文]

how do you identify a great software developer in an interview?

2008-09-10 16:59

Some true gems of wisdom for hiring hackers (in a good way) that won’t disappoint. ... [阅读全文]

Create a Simple Progress Bar Control In Silverlight 2

2008-09-10 16:45

This article discusses how to create a simple progress bar in Silverlight 2 Beta 2. The code and explanation are kept simple and you can extend the sample to include it in your own application with great ease. In this article, we will demonstrate how to download a .zip file and display the progress... [阅读全文]

The Beauty Of Auto Deployment On Grids

2008-09-10 16:41

The latest shift in the industry is to remove the deployment step altogether. Why spend time on explicit deployment when Java provides all necessary support to do it automatically? ... [阅读全文]

Why your Python main program should be importable

2008-09-10 16:36

When I first started coding in Python, I didn’t know what I was doing. So I structured my Python programs the way I would write Bourne shell scripts or Perl programs, writing functions as necessary and useful but otherwise putting all of the logic and code in the program’s file outside ... [阅读全文]

Using Memcache with MySQL and PHP

2008-09-10 16:20

Memcache is a great caching tool available for nearly every scripting or programming environment. I use it with PHP to speed up some applications I have written by completely avoiding asking the database for information. I wanted a very clean way of implementing this in my various projects, with as... [阅读全文]

Google Pledges 9 Month Anonymity On Data

2008-09-10 16:00

Google has responded to mounting EU pressure on privacy by stating it will ‘anonymize’ users’ IP addresses after nine months. European Union regulators have been pushing Google to cut the time they keep personal data that can identify users to nine months, and it appears to have wo... [阅读全文]

Rowing With Lover? Let The Internet Decide

2008-09-10 15:39

Rowing couples who refuse to back down during arguments are taking advantage of a new website that lets the internet decide who is in the right. ... [阅读全文]

A Third Look at the JMX Web Services Connector

2008-09-10 14:15

In previous blog entries, I used the JMX Web Services Connector (JSR-262) with JConsole as the client and with WinRM as the client and, in both entries, accessed the JMX Web Services Connector sample provided with the ws-jmx-connector download. In this third look at using the JMX Web Services Conne... [阅读全文]

Seam 2 Feature Pack? What’s a Feature Pack?

2008-09-10 14:09

Rich Sharples blogs on the JBoss release artifacts, including Major releases, Minor releases, Cumulative Patches, Technology Previews and more. ... [阅读全文]

JVM: Cluster Deadlocks *ROCK* with Terracotta

2008-09-10 12:11

“…what do you do when you see a deadlock with a regular Java application? Since it’s pretty much hosed, you have to restart it. … Well, not so with an app running on Terracotta. …” ... [阅读全文]

Apache Derby 10.4.2.0 released

2008-09-10 11:00

The Apache Derby project is pleased to announce a new bug-fix release of Derby, 10.4.2.0. ... [阅读全文]

The Sun UK bets on Air and Sex

2008-09-10 10:44

Nice Adobe AIR Desktop RSS reader. The application as simple as it is makes use of Flash, chroma key transparencies, rss web services, and offline storage using sqlite. ... [阅读全文]

Using jQuery to Scroll to the bottom of an Element

2008-09-10 10:36

I have been working on a little AJAX application using jQuery and ColdFusion using JSON to communicate with the page through components. One of the first things I needed to do was to maximize scroll position of a DIV element each time it was updated. Digging around I finally found what I was lookin... [阅读全文]

Power Users Guide to Google Chrome

2008-09-10 10:10

“Now that you’ve been enjoying Google Chrome’s headliner features and speed for almost a week now, it’s time to dig into the less obvious functionality and options you don’t already know about. Become a keyboard shortcut master, take a peek under the hood, and customize... [阅读全文]