5 Reasons Why We Are Implementing Scrum
We’re implementing Scrum as a process framework for the development of our projects. We’re iteratively implementing it, sprint for sprint. Therefore,... more »
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pChart | a PHP Charting library
pChart is a PHP class oriented framework designed to create aliased charts. Most of todays chart libraries have a cost, our project is intended to be... more »
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How to build a AS3 Videoplayer
Nice 2 part flash tutorial creating a as3 videoplayer
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Simple 4.0 - Java HTTP Engine
The Simple HTTP engine and framework has released version 4.0. Simple is an asynchronous HTTP engine capable of scaling to large loads with a limited... more »
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What do you think about using a presentation model for presenting your domain model?
I’m writing a small app for a demonstration purpose. What I have is a domain model where I have a Customer, I also have CustomerRepository.
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Announcing SmartGWT
Yes, it’s true! A project has been underway for some time to create a GWT (Google Web Toolkit) wrapper for SmartClient. The project, dubbed... more »
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Cilk Wins Most Influential Programming Language Design and Implementation Award
The PLDI paper "Implementation of the Cilk-5 Multithreaded Language" introduced an efficient form of thread-local deques to control scheduling of... more »
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A very late “Nimbus is Done” blog!
Wow its been crazy, we have finally finished Nimbus for 6u10 and release candidate is out there Java 6u10 RC Download, have done Java One and I am now... more »
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Grails Jbpm Plugin
Most business applications would benefit from using a workflow framework to handle the interaction between different people and services. Jbpm plugin... more »
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An introduction to Ruby 1.9 Fibers
An introduction to Ruby1.9 Fibers, how they work and how values can be passed from/to them
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101 Reasons Why PostgreSQL is a better fit for Rails than MySQL
Explaining why PostgreSQL is a better fit for Rails than MySQL
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Refactoring the Front Controller of the Zend Framework
One of the most fundamental decision in object design is deciding where to put responsibilities. No one, and I mean no one, gets it right the first... more »
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Being a Better Programmer #3: Ahab and the White Whale Snippet
As developers, we solve problems for a living. We spend our hours at work fixing things, testing things, troubleshooting things. It gives one a great... more »
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Use the Java 6 Pluggable Annotation Processing API to facilitate validation processing
Java 6 introduced the JSR 269, called the Pluggable Annotation Processing API (PAPA). Using this API, it is possible for application developers to... more »
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A Guide to Debugging in Python
So here is my own personal gentle introduction to using pdb. It assumes that you are not using any IDE -- that you're coding Python with a text editor... more »
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Being sued by Gaiaware
NEVER SIGN A NON-COMPETE CONTRACT!
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How to unit-test code that interacts with a database
Baron Schwartz, author of High Performance MySQL, got some interesting comments on his previous article about unit testing Maatkit, including echoes... more »
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ECMA achieves Harmony on the Web
The ECMAScript group, responsible for standardizing JavaScript, has had pretty intense discussions over the years about the future of the language.... more »
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First law for an unruly software programmer
a thought on basics of software programming
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JDBC Connection Pooling for Rails on Glassfish
In Light Engineering (LED), we’re known to be multilingual – depending on the project, we’ve been known to speak Perl, Python, Java, C++, Javascript... more »
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100 Ways to Improve Usability in Your Library
With the popularity of Library 2.0, libraries are getting more complicated these days, and it’s becoming harder to make sure that everyone is happy.... more »
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Practical Usability Testing
Usability testing should be an iterative practice, completed several times during the design and development life-cycle. The end result is an improved... more »
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DWR 3.0 conversion features
A little explanation of some of the upcoming DWR features regarding conversion from Java to Javascript and back.
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@SuppressWarnings values
A short explanation of the different SuppressWarnings annotation values.
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Return to civilization...re-launch of Terracotta.org
It's been a bit since I posted...we've been really busy cranking away on a new site at Terracotta, and it's finally out.
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