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Mohammad Juma01/24/09
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The 'A' Developer

Being an 'A' Developer is not easy: you should work hard, and read, and learn from your mistakes.I tried to summarize my convictions about who 'qualifies' as an 'A' Developer, below:1) 'A' Developer writes her/his code with a lot of enjoyment and...

Wai Ho01/22/09
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What is the Cloud?

I have heard and read many articles about "the Cloud". What is "the Cloud"? It seems like this is a virtual server for application deployment by large/small companies. Therefore, questions I have are:

Matthias Wessendorf01/22/09
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Introduction to Oracle's ADF Faces Rich Client Framework

Web 2.0 and Ajax become more and more important when searching for a JavaServer Faces component suite for the next generation application project.This article gives a quick introduction to Oracle’s ADF Faces Rich Client, the next generation of ADF Faces, by...

Bill Burke01/22/09
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RESTEasy 1.0 GA Released

I am pleased to announce the first GA release of JBoss RESTEasy. All documentation and download links are available at RESTEasy's JBoss.org project page. JBoss RESTEasy is a framework that allows you to write RESTFul Web Services in Java. It is a fully...

Andy Pemberton01/22/09
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In Response to JSR-286: The Edge of Irrelevance

I have to admit, I can totally relate to Eric Spiegelberg’s article, JSR-286: The Edge of Irrelevance.It’s a great article; in case you don’t have time to check it out, Eric’s main thesis is that:

John Ferguson Smart01/22/09
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Capital Investment for Developers - Keep Yourself Marketable!

In Economics theory, you learn about capital investment. This is investing in more modern infrastructure, more productive factories or tools, and so forth, that let people produce more goods (and/or better quality goods) with the same amount of effort....

Jay Mahadeokar01/21/09
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Java Sun SPOTS in the Rain Forests of India

Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and Environment (ATREE)  is built on a strong academic foundation and actively pursues investigations in the natural and social sciences, which form the basis for ongoing projects that are dedicated to outreach and...

James Sugrue01/21/09
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An Overview of Servlet 3.0

JSR 315 (Servlet 3.0) is an update to the existing Servlet 2.5 specification. Servlet 3.0 is focussed on extensibility and web framework pluggability, aligning with the goals of Java EE 6. Ease of Development (EoD) will be supported using newer language...

Thomas Heute01/20/09
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So What Are Enterprise Portals All About?

There are many definitions for “Enterprise Portal”, this article aims at exposing a definition that is commonly shared in the Java EE world. People's understanding of portals usually differs depending on their background. PHP people usually see a portal...

Debasish Ghosh01/20/09
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Generic Repository and DDD - Revisited

Greg Young talks about the generic repository pattern and how to reduce the architectural seam of the contract between the domain layer and the persistence layer. The Repository is the contract of the domain layer with the persistence layer - hence it makes...

adam bien01/19/09
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In The Age Of DRYness: Do We Really Need Naming Conventions For Interfaces?

During past projects / reviews I found the following naming conventions for interfaces and their realizations:

James Sugrue01/19/09
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JavaLobby Web Framework Comparison Guide: A Call To Arms

Over the next few months here at JavaLobby and Web Builder Zone, we plan to provide the most comprehensive guide to the Java Web Frameworks available. The idea for this came about when I, a desktop developer, decided that I wanted to write a web application...

James Sugrue01/19/09
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Eclipse Plug-ins (Your Chance to Win A Copy)

Chapter 1 introduces Eclipse to the readers, including all the new capabilities of Eclipse 3.4.  An overview of Mylyn is provided – while not part of the core, it is a very popular developer tool,...

Mike Bernat01/16/09
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Code Refactoring - Freaking Awesome

We have all gone back and looked at code we wrote in the past and thought "Wow, this is ugly.", or "wtf was I thinking?", or even "I wrote this yesterday, and I have no idea what it does." Refactoring is the process of going back...

Shane Bryzak01/15/09
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ACL Security In Seam, Part 1

Seam has always been about solving the common issues faced by web application developers.  By providing a selection of "Best Practice" solutions to various development challenges in a unified component model, the developer is free to work on the...