EJB 3.X …the Consultants Killer

2008-09-11 23:02

I got some requests to summarize my appreciation for EJBs. I wrote already some posts, so I will keep it briefly; ... [阅读全文]

ZK 3.5 Supports Comet Server Push!

2008-09-11 23:01

New Feature Highlight Comet Server Push is enabled which allows developer to create Web application in a new way. The layout of all ZK components are upgraded to a brand-new style, more responsive, and more interactive. ... [阅读全文]

ANALYZE: MyISAM vs Innodb

2008-09-11 22:49

Following up on my Previous Post I decided to do little test to see how accurate stats we can get for for Index Stats created by ANALYZE TABLE for MyISAM and Innodb. ... [阅读全文]

Java.next #4: Immutability

2008-09-11 22:35

This is Part Four of a series of articles on Java.next. In Part Four, I will begin to explore how the Java.next languages (JRuby, Groovy, Clojure, and Scala) deal with concurrency. Concurrency is a big topic, so I will subdivide it, narrowing my focus in this part to how the Java.next languages sup... [阅读全文]

E-Mail Addiction: Five Signs You Need Help

2008-09-11 22:21

Are you addicted to e-mail? Study finds the odds are good you checked your e-mail within the last 15 minutes. Here are five warning signs. When’s the last time you checked your e-mail? If you’re like most Americans, the answer is likely within the last 15 minutes — even if you̵... [阅读全文]

RESTful Development

2008-09-11 20:19

Web-based systems have to perform increasingly complex functionality, a lot of which is client-side, but a hefty portion of it requires complex server-side development. That complex web development is becoming reliant on implementing RESTful architectural principles, similar to those found in Ruby ... [阅读全文]

Red Hat: Virtualization will be free

2008-09-11 20:18

Setting out the roles of the two hypervisors it is working on, Red Hat has predicted virtualization will be included in all operating systems for free ... [阅读全文]

Apple execs settle shareholder suits for $14 million

2008-09-11 20:10

A federal judge in San Jose has given preliminary approval to a $14 million settlement of shareholder claims over backdating of stock options against current and former Apple executives. ... [阅读全文]

Why Python?

2008-09-11 19:58

For long I have been wondering “Why Python?” - why is python gaining popularity? Why do many prefer python for all sorts of work? Myself being a Java fan (some of my friends say fan-atic) it makes it more interesting to me to understand the reason behind its uprising…… ... [阅读全文]

Want to learn about Seam 2?

2008-09-11 19:57

Pete Muir posts about his Seam 2 webinar, and more. (Attendance will be limited). ... [阅读全文]

To Be RESTful or Not to Be

2008-09-11 19:56

It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers. Indeed, as anyone who has ever pondered REST and the hip implications of implementing RESTful applications knows, the question that often pops up is: Is this URI RESTful? ... [阅读全文]

Brain scanners trying to pinpoint our virtues within

2008-09-11 19:41

Images that purport to show in living color the parts of the brain that generate such virtues as compassion, fairness and wisdom are invading turf that was once reserved for philosophers, theologians and psychologists. ... [阅读全文]

The search for the natural language

2008-09-11 19:27

Jeremy Miller is looking for a DSL that reads like natural language. My immediate response was that it is not practical, because I assumed he wanted very natural language, which is still not possible to do without extremely high budget. Limiting the problem to just reads like a natural language red... [阅读全文]

Catching Up With SpringSource

2008-09-11 19:24

There have been quite a few SpringSource developments over the last few weeks. To get a summary of the recent announcements and to see what we can expect from SpringSource for the next few months including Spring 3.0, I met with Peter-Cooper Ellis, vice president of engineering and product manageme... [阅读全文]

Quality and code coverage

2008-09-11 19:21

It’s an age-old question: should our team’s goal be 100% coverage? A valid question, but one I’ve never much cared about in practice. The idea is that the team, all practicing TDD, should dutifully measure and add unit tests until they reach the assumed pinnacle of unit testing:... [阅读全文]

BitTorrent Tracker Admin Jailed for 18 Months

2008-09-11 19:20

The fallout from the FBI raid on EliteTorrents in 2005 continues. Today, 26 year-old Daniel Dove has been sentenced to 18 months in prison and a $20,000 fine for the work he put in on the private BitTorrent tracker Elitetorrents. ... [阅读全文]

ZK 3.5 Released

2008-09-11 19:17

ZK is Ajax framework. 100% Java, no JavaScript. With event-driven, 170+ components, and markup languages, development as simple as programming desktops and authoring HTML/XUL pages. ZK supports JSF, JSP, J2EE, and scripting in Java, Ruby, Groovy… ... [阅读全文]

Java Reflection Tutorial

2008-09-11 19:15

This tutorial geta into Java reflection in more depth than most of the tutorials I have come across. It explains the basics of Java Reflection including how to work with arrays, annotations, generics and dynamic proxies, and do dynamic class loading and reloading. It also shows you how to do more s... [阅读全文]

Mate - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

2008-09-11 19:15

Lately, the new Mate flex framework by asfusion has caused quite a stir in the flex community, as a contender to the established frameworks of Cairngorm and PureMVC. Most of the comments on Mate that I have seen has been quite positive, which I think is well deserved. Mate offers a new way of doing... [阅读全文]

Agile Project Management Articles

2008-09-11 19:13

A large collection of Agile Project Management Articles (currently over 30). Ranging from the advantages of agile, to a comparison with waterfall, and to some articles about mixing waterfall and agile together. ... [阅读全文]