Creative Incompetence

Tue Jan 23, 2007 12:30 AM EST

At some point of time, every sane employee prefers to implement what is know as "Creative Incompetence". Creative Incompetence means deliberately behaving as if you are incompetent. I think this is the best way to avoid bad management and/or managers.

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J2EE design decisions

Seeded on Mon Jan 30, 2006 8:56 AM EST (javaworld.com)

Interesting article about the design decisions for a J2EE application.

technology, java, j2ee

Plugging memory leaks in Java with soft references

Seeded on Fri Jan 27, 2006 1:00 AM EST (-)

Garbage collection might make Java programs immune to memory leaks, at least for a sufficiently narrow definition of "memory leak," but that doesn't mean we can totally ignore the issue of object lifetime in Java programs.

technology, java, memory-leaks

Web Service endpoints in Mustang

Seeded on Thu Jan 26, 2006 11:26 PM EST (weblogs.java.net)

Creating WebServices endpoints in Mustang (next version of Java) is very easy. This blog entry shows how.

technology, java, web-services, mustang

Building SOA Solutions with SCA - Service Component Architecture

Seeded on Thu Jan 26, 2006 11:20 PM EST (-)

Service Component Architecture (SCA) is not meant to replace or compete with any existing programming models.

technology, java, services, soa, sca

Is Oracle Buying JBoss?

Seeded on Thu Jan 26, 2006 11:16 PM EST (-)

I just hope this doesn't happen. JBoss being the best OpenSource J2EE server which I admire. But recent trends show that Oracle has been warming up to Open Source. Buying out InnoDB and Open Sourcing ADF faces was recently in news. Let us just wait and see.

technology, oracle, java, j2ee, jboss

Amex implements Java ES for critical systems

Seeded on Thu Jan 26, 2006 2:11 PM EST (computerweekly.com)

American Express has chosen Sun's Java Enterprise System to support mission-critical systems in its global IT infrastructure. Amex plans to use Java ES for portal application development as well as identity management services.

technology, amex, sun, java, j2ee, java-es

Oracle will not adopt NetBeans or its Technology

Seeded on Thu Jan 26, 2006 11:28 AM EST (regdeveloper.co.uk)

Recently Scott McNealy of Sun Microsystems and Larry Ellison of Oracle have arranged a town hall meeting to announce a strategic partnership between these two companies. But Thomas Kurain Senior VP of Server Technologies denied that they'll be using NetBeans or its technology.

technology, oracle, sun, java, netbeans

Windows Installer for an SWT Application

Seeded on Wed Jan 18, 2006 5:51 AM EST (devx.com)

Native Windows installers offer unparalleled integration with the operating system, as well as familiar installation for users. Learn how to build a native Windows installer for an SWT application using open source tools.

technology, java, windows, eclipse, swt

Java Pro Live! 2005 - Slide Presentations

Seeded on Wed Jan 18, 2006 5:47 AM EST (ftponline.com)

The Java Pro Live! 2005 presentation slides available online in PDF format.

technology, java, j2ee, java-pro, soa

Six Performance Tuning with JSP and Servlets

Seeded on Sun Jan 15, 2006 9:16 AM EST (javaboutique.internet.com)

- Adopt the Correct Include Mechanism. - Use the Correct Scope in the useBean Action - Use the init() Method of HttpServlet for Data Caching - Disable Auto-reloading of Servlets and JSPs - Disable Auto-reloading of Servlets and JSPs - Maintain the session with minimum use of

technology, java, performance, jsp, servlet

The Java Tutorial is now V 5.0

Seeded on Sun Jan 15, 2006 9:00 AM EST (java.sun.com)

What can I say .. Finally we have the update for the tutorial!

technology, java, tutorial, java5

Ruby on Rails vs. Java

Seeded on Sun Jan 15, 2006 8:59 AM EST (javaboutique.internet.com)

Here is an expert roundtable discussion with :

technology, ruby, java

Oracle's Ellison Commits to Java For At Least Another Decade

Seeded on Thu Jan 12, 2006 12:47 AM EST (-)

Employees of the two companies comprised most of the several-hundred strong that filled the center, and the message to them was:

technology, oracle, sun, java

StAX: DOM Ease with SAX Efficiency

Seeded on Thu Jan 12, 2006 12:45 AM EST (devx.com)

With so many XML technologies, deciding what to use and when to use it can sometimes be bewildering. Many chose to build on top of existing DOM or SAX implementations rather than StAX (the Streaming API for XML). However, with StAX JSR-173 in the pipeline, this may change.

technology, java, xml, dom, sax

In tune with Tapestry, Part 2

Seeded on Tue Jan 10, 2006 7:47 AM EST (-)

Here's the part 2 of the tapestry tutorial from Developer Works.

technology, java, tapestry

Article about the Future of Java

Seeded on Tue Jan 10, 2006 5:31 AM EST (-)

Lightweight Frameworks Like Hibernate, Spring, and HiveMind are the Future of Java. Read on to find out more ...

technology, spring, java, j2ee, jdk, hibernate

Is Java getting better with age?

Seeded on Tue Jan 10, 2006 5:26 AM EST (CNET)

An interview with "Father of Java" James Gosling at CNET News.com

technology, python, java, jdk, scripting-languages, perl, james-gosling

Registration Open for 2006 JavaOne conference

Seeded on Tue Jan 10, 2006 2:09 AM EST (java.sun.com)

Location: Moscone Center, San Franscisco, CA Dates: May 16 - 19, 2006

technology

Java's Not Evolving Fast Enough

Seeded on Tue Jan 10, 2006 1:57 AM EST (-)

Do Strongly Typed APIs Help Ensure Java's Survival or Extinction, Asks Java Developer's Journal's Joe Winchester

technology, java, programming, jdk

Eclipse touts Web, J2EE development in tools release

Seeded on Tue Jan 10, 2006 1:56 AM EST (Yahoo! News)

Building on its momentum, Eclipse in June plans a consolidated release of its technologies, dubbed "Callisto."

technology, java, j2ee, eclipse, tools

GNU Classpath hits 98% of Java1.4

Seeded on Tue Jan 10, 2006 1:31 AM EST (kaffe.org)

Classpath hit 98% of 1.4 today, and I think we'll see another big bump tomorrow since the XMLEncoder patch went in today. I think we're in the 90s against 1.5, though it is hard to say since there hasn't been a branch merge in quite a while.

technology, java, gnu, classpath, jdk

Apache Geronimo 1.0 Released

Seeded on Mon Jan 9, 2006 6:50 AM EST (geronimo.apache.org)

Apache Geronimo application server 1.0 is now released. * J2EE 1.4 Certified. * Integrated with Tomcat or Jetty. * Support for JBI (Java Business Integration). * Full Integration with Eclipse Web Tools Project. * Integrated with Apache Derby and Directory Server.

technology

In tune with Tapestry, Part 1

Seeded on Mon Jan 9, 2006 12:14 AM EST (-)

Tapestry is a web development framework that is used to develop scalable and dynamic websites. In comparison with other frameworks like JSF, Struts and Spring - the author in the article opines that Tapestry is much easier to install, easier to use and even easier to scale up.

technology, java, tapestry

Java Development Gets Web 2.0 Treatment

Seeded on Mon Jan 9, 2006 12:09 AM EST (eweek.com)

Web 2.0 - The latest in the web world :-) The main concept of Web 2.0 has been the asynchronous communication and more responsive UIs. The technology that enables this are collectively called Web 2.0 technologies. Now literally every one is jumping into it.

technology, web-2-0, java, rest, jsp, serlvet

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