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Very First Steps in Flex

jill — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 22:00:00 -0400

Rich Internet Applications and Flex are taking off. Many developers need to learn Flex fast. This refcard will help readers get started learning Flex. Firstly, a simple “Hello, World” application which will help familiarize readers with the Flex Builder tool and programming model. Secondly, we'll go into depth about how to connect Flex applications to back-end data through RESTful XML and SOAP. And lastly, “Remoting and Messaging with Java” walks through how to easily connect to a Java back-end with the open source BlazeDS product.

Features include Hello, World, Web Services, Remoting and Messaging with Java, Hot Tips and more.

C#

jill — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 22:00:00 -0400

As C# has evolved over the past few years, there’s more and more to remember. You’ll find this reference card useful whatever type of C# project you’re working on, and whichever version of C# you’re using. It covers many topics, from the basics of string escape sequences to the brave new world of query expressions and LINQ in C# 3.

Features include String Literals, Delegates, Declaring Events, Generics, Extension Methods, Query Expressions (C# 3), Hot Tips and more.

Groovy

jill — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 22:00:00 -0400

Programming Groovy is easy to start with. This reference of best practices and idiomatic solutions smoothly guides you to the next step of achieving more expressive solutions that fully leverage the power of the language. Simply looking up proven solutions for everyday tasks goes beyond general IDE support.

Suggested solutions range from working with standard data types like objects, strings, numbers, collections, ranges, and maps, through dealing with regular expressions, operators, closures, and meta-programming facilities up to library support for threading, external processes, I/0, networking, user interfaces, XML, and databases.

NetBeans IDE 6.1 Java Editor

jill — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 22:00:00 -0400

The NetBeans IDE has seen adoption snowballing over the past years. The cherry on the cake has been the introduction of a completely new, rewritten, slick Java editor. You'll find this reference card helpful if you want to get as much out of the Java editor as its authors intended when creating it. It lists all the keyboard shortcuts in carefully thought out categories and it provides the most thorough exposition to date of optimal handling of Java code in the editor, covering viewing, navigation, source handling, and refactoring.

RSS and Atom

jill — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 22:00:00 -0400

RSS and Atom make it easy to read and write the web. Applications can use the Atom Publishing Protocol (RFC-5023) and the MetaWeblog API to publish any type of content to blog, wiki and CMS servers. You’ll find this reference card useful whether you are creating and serving, or subscribing to and parsing feeds.

Features include RSS 2.0 Feed Elements, Atom 1.0 Feed Elements, The Metaweblog API, The Blogger API, The Atom Protocol, Hot Tips and more.

GlassFish Application Server

jill — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 22:00:00 -0400

The use of GlassFish application server is growing, and having a reference card for day-to-day jobs is inevitable. Looking for a sample command to perform a specific job can take time but by using this refcard, you wont need to look for any commands or lose time searching in countless pages of manuals and administration references. This refcard covers administration, security, and performance management topics.

Features include Installing GlassFish, GlassFish Domains Profile, Common Administration Tasks, Create a JMS Resource, Clustering and Load Balancing, Hot Tips and more.

IntelliJ IDEA

jill — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 22:00:00 -0400

Software developers know the importance of using the best tool for the job. Often this means choosing a world-class integrated development environment (IDE), which JetBrains' IntelliJ IDEA certainly is. But the best developers don't just have the right tools, they are experts in those tools. This is a guide to becoming that expert. The basics of navigating and understanding IDEA are covered; but this refcard is really about unlocking all the powerful features of the tool, possibly making you orders of magnitude more productive than you were before.

Silverlight 2

jill — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 22:00:00 -0400

Silverlight is Microsoft’s offering for designing, developing, and delivering rich interactive applications over the internet. These applications can run on all major platforms and in all major browsers. Significantly though, not every web application needs rich, interactive features. Even in these situations, Silverlight can be a valuable ally thanks to the System.Windows.Browser namespace. This namespace will be covered in a whirlwind tour that includes: calling managed code from JavaScript, using managed code to control the HTML DOM, and accessing the user’s browser window.

Features include the Silverlight Plug-in, Calling Managed Code from JavaScript, Using Managed Code to Manage the HTML DOM, Accessing the User’s Browser Window, Hot Tips and more.

Flexible Rails: Flex 3 on Rails 2

jill — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 22:00:00 -0400

The Flexible Rails: Flex 3 on Rails 2 refcard provides an overview of Flex and Rails, how they can be used together and then building a simple Flex + Rails application using XML over HTTPService to have the Flex client talk to a RESTful Rails server. Since we’ll use RESTful Rails controllers, the Rails controller methods will also support the traditional HTML views. Features include Overview of Rails 2, Overview of Flex 3, Flex 3 and Rails 2 Together, Building a Flex + Rails Application, Hot Tips and more.

Design Patterns

jill — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 22:00:50 -0400

Design patterns provide a fundamental foundation to building maintainable and scalable software. Understanding how the patterns work, why they provide a benefit, and when to use them helps to ensure that software is built from reusable object oriented components. This Refcard provides a quick reference to the original 23 Gang of Four design patterns, as listed in the book Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software. Each pattern includes class diagrams, explanation, usage information, and a real world example.

jQuery Selectors

jill — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 09:35:35 -0400

jQuery selectors are one of the most important aspects of the jQuery library. These selectors use familiar CSS syntax to allow page authors to quickly and easily identify any set of page elements to operate upon with the jQuery library methods. Understanding jQuery selectors is the key to using the jQuery library most effectively. This reference card puts the power of jQuery selectors at your very fingertips.

Dependency Injection in EJB 3

jill — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 07:09:53 -0400

"Compact and extremely useful reference from one of the world's foremost authorities on EJB 3." --Reza Rahman

With EJB 3, dependency injection has greatly simplified accessing EJB, JPA Entity Manager, resources such as JDBC DataSource and JMS Objects, and services such as Timer, User Transaction, and Web Services. You will find this reference card useful when building enterprise Java applications with EJB 3 and JPA. This reference card lists all metadata annotations, describes them and provides examples. It also provides descriptions for XML elements that you can use for injection.

Windows PowerShell

jill — Wed, 21 May 2008 14:37:17 -0400

"This is a very good concept, and will be useful to people new to PowerShell." --Marco Shaw, MVP - Windows Server – Admin Frameworks

Windows PowerShell is a modern object-based command shell and scripting language designed for Microsoft Windows. Along with the normal shell features for working with files and programs, it also provides for direct access to all of Windows though the Windows Object Models: .NET, COM and WMI.

This refcard covers starting and using Windows PowerShell, including the syntax for all statements, operators and other elements of the language. Also included are examples of how to use .NET, COM, ADSI and WMI objects from PowerShell. Finally, it includes tips and tricks—short examples showing how to perform common tasks from PowerShell.

Spring Configuration

jill — Mon, 05 May 2008 17:10:00 -0400

"From a value and accuracy perspective, this card is spot on." --Ryan Breidenbach

As you develop your Spring-enabled applications, DZone's Spring Configuration Refcard will be a handy resource for Spring context configuration. Topics covered:

XML elements available as of Spring 2.5
Most commonly used elements
Namespaces
Guide to Spring’s rich set of annotations

Getting Started with Eclipse

jill — Mon, 05 May 2008 16:41:00 -0400

As the leading Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for Java, DZone's Getting Started with Eclipse Refcard highlights the Eclipse rich ecosystem of plug-ins and open source framework that supports other languages and projects. The card focuses on the Windows and Mac OS X versions, but Eclipse runs on any modern operating system.

Topics covered in this Refcard include:

Eclipse distributions and configuration options
Views, Editors, and Perspectives in Workbench 101
Top shortcuts and toolbar actions
Best places for finding plug-ins
Eclipse community resources