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Tips for Efficient PaaS Application Design

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 09:00:00 EDT

On yet another application review with a prospective client the issue of potentially troublesome data entity relationships came up. A number of our clients are existing QuickBase users who have made an initial attempt to design their applications and find that some assistance is needed. The first thing we look at to understand their application requirements are the data entity relationships.

What Could You Do with Your Code in 20 Lines or Less?

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 19:30:00 EDT

What could you do with your code in 20 Lines or Less? That's the question I ask (almost) every week for the devcentral community, and every week I go looking to find cool new examples that show just how flexible and powerful iRules can be without getting in over your head. Here are a few more cool iRules from the forums. This week I’ve included one of the simplest, shortest iRules to ever make the 20LoL. It just struck me as something quite useful that I’m willing to bet several people will look at and say “oh, that’s handy” despite the fact that it’s not complex or long. Keep the code coming.

Interviewing Java Developers With Tears in My Eyes

Sat, 18 Jul 2009 14:30:00 EDT

During the last week I had to interview five developers for a position that required the following skills: Flex, Java, Spring, and Hibernate. Most of these guys had demonstrated the 3 out of 10 level of Flex skills even though each of them claimed a practical experience on at least two projects. But this didn’t surprise me – Flex is still pretty new and there is only a small number of developers on the market who can really get Flex things done. What surprised me the most is a low level of Java skills of most of these people. They have 5-8 years of Java EE project behind their belts, but they were not Java developers. They were species that I can call Robot-Configurator. Each of them knew how to configure XML files for Spring, they knew how to hook up Spring and Hibernate and how to map a Java class to a database entity. Some of them even knew how to configure lazy loading in Hibernate even though not all understood why it’s needed.

JSF Mojarra Extension Tags Validation and Focus

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 18:30:00 EDT

Here is something you may or may not know. JSF Mojarra comes with a small extension tag library with three tags: regular expression validator, credit card validator, and focus setting tag. They are available since JSF version 1.2_09, but maybe even earlier (I didn’t check). Page setup Before using any of the tags, add this xml [...]

Embracing Eclipse: An Interview with Kevin Gomes

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 10:00:00 EDT

The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) was founded in 1987 by David Packard. It's located in Moss Landing, California, where its three research ships and two remotely operated vehicles are berthed, giving them immediate access to Monterey Bay. MBARI also operates several autonomous underwater vehicles and maintains moorings offshore, equipped with ocean-monitoring instruments, as well as two moorings in the equatorial Pacific that are part of the NOAA Tropical Atmosphere Ocean (TAO) array.

Zend Studio for Eclipse

Thu, 29 Nov 2007 22:00:00 EST

In my many years of programming, almost 20 years now, I have used countless integrated development environments (IDEs). I have used everything from a simple text editor all the way up to the high-end IDEs that Sybase, IBM, and Oracle use. More recently I have come to embrace the open source movement and development in Web environments. My programming language of choice for these days is PHP, so it stands to reason that I would be looking for an IDE. Like so many other developers I followed the path of looking for the pinnacle of IDEs for PHP. I started with basic text editors, moved into text editors with code colorizations, and then into project-based development environments, and finally to a fully robust IDE. The one that I've been using for a few years now is Zend's Studio Professional.

How Open Is "Open"? – Industry Luminaries Join the Debate

Thu, 01 Mar 2007 05:00:00 EST

In order to describe itself as an 'open source' company, need a company merely be 'a company that will help you make the switch to open source in your company' - or does it have to be one that lets users feely download, compile, and use the software in question? Where is the dividing line? How open is 'open'? At Enterprise Open Source Magazine we contacted a range of FOSS luminaries for their take on the issue.

SYS-CON Webcast: Eclipse IDE for Students, Useful Eclipse Tips & Tricks

Sun, 22 Jan 2006 20:30:00 EST

Programmers usually work in a so-called Integrated Development Environment (IDE). You can write, compile and run programs there. An IDE also has a Help thingy that describes all elements of the language, and makes it easier to find and fix errors in your programs. While some IDE programs are expensive, there is an excellent free IDE called Eclipse.

SYS-CON Media Readers' Choice Awards Polls Will Close on December 31, 2005

Thu, 27 Oct 2005 16:45:00 EDT

This year it looks certain that a new participation record will be set, more than 16,000 votes have already been recorded, as more than 20,000 SYS-CON Media readers are estimated to cast their votes in this year's Readers' Choice Awards.

MyEclipse 4.0 Up On Deck: Exclusive Interview With Maher Masri, President, Genuitec

Mon, 08 Aug 2005 03:30:00 EDT

The MyEclipse team has been hard a work on getting the next major upgrade to their flagship out into our hands. We recently had a chance to catch up with Maher Marsi the president of Genuitec to find our more about this latest release.

Versant's ORM Project Gets Eclipse Foundation Approval

Wed, 27 Jul 2005 04:00:00 EDT

The JSR220-ORM Project proposed by Versant in March of this year - to provide a common framework for delivering productivity and consistency in the important area of object-relational mapping - has been approved by the Eclipse Foundation.

What's New in Eclipse?

Tue, 19 Jul 2005 11:45:00 EDT

Since Eclipse's first release in 2001, it has become a popular environment for Java development. In the period between March 10 and May 11, 2005, users downloaded over 17,000 copies of one of the production SDK releases and over 3,500 copies of one of the stable (milestone) SDK builds on average every day. A vibrant eco-system of developers, plug-in providers, authors, and bloggers has grown up around it. Eclipse has also gained the backing of the key Java vendors including BEA, Borland, IBM, SAP, and Sybase. Developers like Eclipse because it provides a great platform for building Java applications, and companies like it because it unifies their software tools under one open source umbrella.

Oracle to Spearhead Eclipse Project to Support EJB 3.0

Fri, 15 Apr 2005 00:00:00 EDT

Oracle is demonstrating its commitment to the entire Java developer community by spearheading a project within the Eclipse open-source community to support the Enterprise Java Beans (EJB) 3.0 specification - one of the cornerstones of J2EE 5.0.

"It's More Than Just an IDE," Says CTO As Borland Becomes Strategic Developer Member of Eclipse

Tue, 01 Mar 2005 00:00:00 EST

'Eclipse and IDEs in general have evolved from simply being a feature container into a new kind of development platform,' said Pat Kerpan, Borland's CTO, as Borland - which has been a member since the inception of Eclipse - yesterday joined the Eclipse Foundation as a Strategic Developer Member.

SYS-CON Media Readers Cast More Than 4,000 Votes In First Week Of Voting

Sat, 12 Feb 2005 00:00:00 EST

This year it looks certain that a new participation record will be set, as more than 4,000 votes have already been recorded in just the first seven days of voting, as more than 50,000 SYS-CON Media readers are estimated to cast their votes in this year's Readers' Choice Awards. Highlights after just one week's voting are as follows.

Eclipse 3.1 M4 - "Cool New Stuff," Says JDJ's Eclipse Editor Bill Dudney

Mon, 07 Feb 2005 00:00:00 EST

The Eclipse team is well on the way to the 3.1 release. The current release is M4 with M5 to follow in less than two weeks (M5 is due Feb 18th). 'I made the plunge to 3.1M4,' reports JDJ's Eclipse editor, Bill Dudney. 'I've been using it for about 4 weeks now and here are my notes on the 'new and noteworthy' stuff in the M4 release.'

Top Geek of eBay Will Deliver The Opening Keynote Of Web Services Edge 2005 East in Boston

Fri, 04 Feb 2005 00:00:00 EST

eBay, The World's Online Marketplace, has more than 114 million registered users, 10,000 developers, and over 700 live, third-party applications.

SYS-CON Media Opens Its Eighth Annual "Readers' Choice Awards" Polls

Tue, 01 Feb 2005 00:00:00 EST

SYS-CON Media, the world's leading i-technology media company, announced that its 2005 Readers' Choice Awards polls opened today, February 1, 2005, and will remain open for six months, until July 31, 2005. More than 50,000 readers are expected to cast their votes to select the best software products and services of the year for Java, Linux, Web Services, XML, Microsoft .NET, ColdFusion and Macromedia MX.

SYS-CON Media to Introduce SYS-CON.TV

Thu, 27 Jan 2005 00:00:00 EST

SYS-CON Media (www.sys-con.com), the world's leading i-technology media company, announced today that SYS-CON.TV (www.sys-con.tv), the first streaming live i-technology television is scheduled to debut on February 15, 2005 to coincide with the first day of the upcoming Web Services Edge 2005 East - International Web Services Conference Expo.

FBI Says $170 Million IT System Worthless

Mon, 17 Jan 2005 00:00:00 EST

A $170 million system commissioned by the FBI to securely distribute information among agents, is worthless, the agency said, and will not be used.

IBM Patent Bombshell: "The Windows Patent Strategy Is...Over," Says Groklaw

Tue, 11 Jan 2005 00:00:00 EST

Distancing itself ever further from arch-rival Microsoft, whose CEO Bill Gates tried during his keynote at CES 2005 to liken open source software development to a kind of modern-day communism, IBM will today be giving away rights - so it is announcing - to 500 of its software patents.

Malware: 2004 Was the Year of the Virus, Say Experts

Mon, 03 Jan 2005 00:00:00 EST

Four Moscow-based security experts with Kaspersky Labs have reported that the number of new entries to its malware database jumped by more than 30 in 2004 - with the two record holders for damage caused being Mydoom.a (February) and Sasser.a (May).

Tech World Gives Millions To Help South Asia

Thu, 30 Dec 2004 00:00:00 EST

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation - whose watchword is 'We believe that the world's toughest problems can be solved - if we work together' - is giving $3M to help those struck by the natural disaster that's wreaked such havoc in South Asia. Amazon.com has helped channel even more, $3.5M - as the wider Internet community joins the fund-raising effort.

CA Strengthens Its Commitment to Open Source Paradigm, Joins Eclipse

Tue, 21 Dec 2004 00:00:00 EST

CA has joined the Eclipse Foundation and will contribute code to the Eclipse Test and Performance Tools Platform (TPTP) Top-Level Project. 'Joining the Eclipse Foundation underscores CA's commitment to embrace the open source paradigm,' said Yogesh Gupta, senior vice president and chief technology officer at CA.

eBay, Microsoft, and Eclipse Featured at 8th International Web Services Edge 2005 East in Boston

Mon, 20 Dec 2004 00:00:00 EST

SYS-CON Media today announced further details of the upcoming cross-platform technology event, Web Services Edge 2005 East - International Web Services Conference & Expo (www.sys-con.com/edge), to be held in Boston at the Hynes Convention Center, February 15-17, 2005. More than 3,000 i-technology professionals are expected to participate this year including the show expo floor, making it the largest Web Services event of the year. The following is the official announcement of the keynotes, sponsors, conference tracks and sessions, tutorials, and the Web Services case studies to be presented during this year's three-day event.

Ellison Announces "There Will Be Job Losses"

Mon, 13 Dec 2004 00:00:00 EST

In an all-cash deal worth approximately $10.3 billion, Oracle is going to acquire 100% of PeopleSoft's shares, at a newly increased price of $26.50, a $2.50 increase on its 'best and final' offer which expired in November. PeopleSoft's board has approved the deal. 'We believe this revised offer provides good value for PeopleSoft stockholders and represents a substantial increase in value from October,' says the chairman of PeopleSoft's transaction committee, George 'Skip' Battle. Says Oracle's Ellison: 'Today we announced both a great quarter and the agreement to acquire PeopleSoft. This merger gives Oracle even more scale and momentum.'

IBM Announces New Consortium, Modeled After Eclipse

Sun, 05 Dec 2004 00:00:00 EST

IBM announced the creation of a new consortium designed to advance Power-based processors. The organization is to be modeled around the structure IBM created for Eclipse.org.

New Eclipse Plug-in From IBM Visualizes Web Services

Fri, 03 Dec 2004 00:00:00 EST

IBM released a new plug-in for Eclipse that makes developers' jobs easier, by providing visualizations of Web services transactions.

Telelogic Fine-Tunes Its CRM Tools For Eclipse 3.0

Fri, 19 Nov 2004 00:00:00 EST

Telelogic has released an enhanced version of its leading change management tool, SYNERGY/CM for Eclipse 3.0. This is expected to add to the functionality of open source projects, and provide a usable change management (CM) tool for large enterprises.

Canoo Releases New Plug-in for Eclipse 3.0

Tue, 09 Nov 2004 00:00:00 EST

Basel, Switzerland-based Canoo has released a new plug-in for Eclipse 3.0 that simplifies Rich Internet Application (RIA) development with the UltraLightClient (ULC) Java library. The new plug-in, says Canoo, provides a tight ULC integration into the Eclipse IDE, enabling developers to deliver pure Java-based RIAs with unprecedented efficiency.

Eclipse Looms Larger From Today in IBM's Autonomic Computing Toolkit

Fri, 29 Oct 2004 00:00:00 EDT

Since its original launch in February, multiple companies have used IBM's 'Autonomic Computing Toolkit' to implement autonomic functions into their applications and services, with some currently already on the market. A new version of that toolkit launched today will feature expanded Eclipse tooling and additional platform support.

i-Technology Viewpoint: We Must Get Beyond "Binary Extremes," Says Sun's COO

Mon, 25 Oct 2004 00:00:00 EDT

'There are those that persist in trying to draw the industry as filled with binary extremes,' writes Jonathan Schwartz, currently the industry's highest-profile blogger. But it isn't an either/or choice these days, Schwartz argues, in his latest effusion. It isn't open-source or proprietary. It all depends 'upon the constituency you're serving,' Schwartz says.

Integrating with Eclipse: Exclusive interview with Lee Nackman VP, Desktop Development Tools & CTO, Rational Software

Wed, 20 Oct 2004 00:00:00 EDT

In July IBM announced that the Rational tool set would be fully integrated within the Eclipse tool set and would provide an integrated set of tools to support the full life cycle of software development. Recently I was able to interview Lee Nackman, the CTO of the Rational division of IBM.

Eclipse Growth Called "Tremendous" As Foundation Continues to Expand

Wed, 13 Oct 2004 00:00:00 EDT

The Eclipse Foundation announced very strong gains within the organization. Growth occurred across all sectors, with increases in new Eclipse members, the number of companies using the Eclipse platform, and the number of new projects being developed.

From the SYS-CON Archives: If Sun Gets Bought, Who Gets Java?

Wed, 06 Oct 2004 00:00:00 EDT

If Sun were ever acquired, what would become of Java? As the 16-month Oracle-PeopleSoft takeover saga comes to an apparent climax, and with the echoes of the Kodak vs Sun patent infringement decision still ringing in everyone's ears, that perennial vexed question has naturally bubbled up again.

Full Code for Java Will Not Be Open-Sourced, Says Sun

Mon, 04 Oct 2004 00:00:00 EDT

With the release of Sun's latest version of J2SE not yet a week old, Sun has already outlined elements of Java's next revision, code-named 'Mustang.' Company officials offered some very early schematics, pegging spring 2006 as a potential release date. Sun reaffirmed its belief in fostering compatibility between platforms, as opposed to total transparency of source code, noting that the complete J2SE code would not be making it to the open source community.

Brazil Prepares to Put Open Source Java Into Use

Mon, 04 Oct 2004 00:00:00 EDT

Brazil's largest Java community is supporting the country's government in its efforts to adopt nationally and abroad an open source version of Java. Brazil says the move is needed to prevent vendor lock-in. Sun meanwhile stands committed to ensuring compatibility of products running on Java.

CA Succession Battle: Conspiracy Theories Run Riot

Sat, 02 Oct 2004 00:00:00 EDT

A 'mystery candidate,' Maureen O'Gara reports, described so far only as a 'senior executive at a high-technology company,' has emerged in the hunt for a permanent CEO of beleaguered Computer Associates. Seems the CA board is setting it up to push interim CEO Kenneth Cron, who'd like to continue, out. O'Gara offers her own stab at who the new favorite might be.

CA Swings Ax, Fells 5% of its People

Fri, 01 Oct 2004 00:00:00 EDT

CA is going to fire about 5% of its 15,000 employees in the next month, affecting 800 employees worldwide. 70% of the terminations are to be in North America, with 200 people dropped at the company's Islandia, Long Island headquarters.

Sneak Peek: Tapestry Palette - My First Eclipse Plugin

Wed, 22 Sep 2004 00:00:00 EDT

In the first of a new series of sneak peeks into upcoming Eclipse plugins, Mike Henderson bravely shares with the wider developer community his first cut at a plugin, a Tapestry Palette to browse the components available in a project. 'It's very beta right now,' he says. 'There is only minimal error checking,' Henderson points out. He's hoping for some great feedback right here, so he can then work on the various improvements to the plugin that are posted.