http://dzone.com/links/tag/frameworks.html DZone: fresh links for developers en-us Copyright (c) 2006 DZone, Inc. Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:38:21 GMT The DZone community 2008-08-20T23:38:21Z en-us Copyright (c) 2006 DZone, Inc. http://dzone.com/links/feed/frontpage/frameworks/rss.xml http://www.dzone.com/images/std/dzone.com_258x55.gif http://www.dzone.com/links/ http://dzone.com/links/rss/use_the_java_6_pluggable_annotation_processing_ap.html Java 6 introduced the JSR 269, called the Pluggable Annotation Processing API (PAPA). Using this API, it is possible for application developers to write a customized Annotation Processor which can be plugged-in to the code to operate on the set of annotations that appear in a source file (see, e.g., the JavaBeat article). frameworks java Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:36:41 GMT http://dzone.com/links/104567.html bloid 2008-08-20T22:36:41Z Java 6 introduced the JSR 269, called the Pluggable Annotation Processing API (PAPA). Using this API, it is possible for application developers to write a customized Annotation Processor which can be plugged-in to the code to operate on the set of annotations that appear in a source file (see, e.g., the JavaBeat article).]]> 104567 2008-08-18T11:42:01Z 2008-08-20T22:36:41Z 5 0 45 0 http://dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/104567.jpg bloid http://dzone.com/links/images/avatars/111696.gif http://dzone.com/links/rss/being_sued_by_gaiaware.html NEVER SIGN A NON-COMPETE CONTRACT! .net ajax frameworks opinion Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:11:22 GMT http://dzone.com/links/105401.html polterguy 2008-08-20T22:11:22Z NEVER SIGN A NON-COMPETE CONTRACT!]]> 105401 2008-08-20T16:01:09Z 2008-08-20T22:11:22Z 5 0 145 0 http://dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/105401.jpg polterguy http://dzone.com/links/images/avatars/226998.gif http://dzone.com/links/rss/100_ways_to_improve_usability_in_your_library_bes.html 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. You have to stay on top of online collections, new library programs, websites, and more. Read on to find out how you can make these and other components of your library better, and make life easier for yourself and the people that visit your library. frameworks Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:42:26 GMT http://dzone.com/links/104745.html glenstansberry 2008-08-20T20:42:26Z 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. You have to stay on top of online collections, new library programs, websites, and more. Read on to find out how you can make these and other components of your library better, and make life easier for yourself and the people that visit your library.]]> 104745 2008-08-18T21:04:46Z 2008-08-20T20:42:26Z 6 0 107 0 http://dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/104745.jpg glenstansberry http://dzone.com/links/images/avatars/320612.gif http://dzone.com/links/rss/how_coding_standards_can_impair_application_perfo.html One of the "real world" lessons rarely taught in the university setting is that in the "real world" you're going to have to follow coding standards. Back in the day, when I was allowed to code, I often railed against some of those coding standards on the basis that they impaired application performance. frameworks standards tools Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:51:47 GMT http://dzone.com/links/104999.html lmacvittie 2008-08-20T18:51:47Z One of the "real world" lessons rarely taught in the university setting is that in the "real world" you're going to have to follow coding standards. Back in the day, when I was allowed to code, I often railed against some of those coding standards on the basis that they impaired application performance.]]> 104999 2008-08-19T12:32:57Z 2008-08-20T18:51:47Z 4 0 164 0 http://dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/104999.jpg lmacvittie http://dzone.com/links/images/avatars/307701.gif http://dzone.com/links/rss/jsp_weaver_11_released.html After a long wait we have released the 1.1 version of JSP Weaver. The new version includes all the accumulated fixes and also adds couple of new features. announcement frameworks java Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:33:00 GMT http://dzone.com/links/104980.html bloid 2008-08-20T18:33:00Z After a long wait we have released the 1.1 version of JSP Weaver. The new version includes all the accumulated fixes and also adds couple of new features.]]> 104980 2008-08-19T11:50:19Z 2008-08-20T18:33:00Z 5 0 162 0 http://dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/104980.jpg bloid http://dzone.com/links/images/avatars/111696.gif http://dzone.com/links/rss/showcase_visualizing_data_roundup.html Great collection of data visualization systems. flash-flex frameworks gui ria Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:21:01 GMT http://dzone.com/links/105104.html cpinho 2008-08-20T18:21:01Z Great collection of data visualization systems.]]> 105104 2008-08-19T19:30:32Z 2008-08-20T18:21:01Z 4 0 201 0 http://dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/105104.jpg cpinho http://dzone.com/links/images/avatars/306962.gif http://dzone.com/links/rss/will_you_need_a_javascript_framework_on_your_next.html One of the pitfalls of using a JavaScript framework, especially among beginners, is the ability to quickly lose sight of what is specific to the framework, and what is specific to the core JavaScript language. However, as bandwidth constraints continue to dissolve, and browser compatibility issues erode, it makes sense to consider a framework on each project. Whether or not you actually use a framework after these considerations are made, is totally up to you. frameworks javascript trends Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:20:14 GMT http://dzone.com/links/104606.html AlvinAshcraft 2008-08-20T13:20:14Z One of the pitfalls of using a JavaScript framework, especially among beginners, is the ability to quickly lose sight of what is specific to the framework, and what is specific to the core JavaScript language. However, as bandwidth constraints continue to dissolve, and browser compatibility issues erode, it makes sense to consider a framework on each project. Whether or not you actually use a framework after these considerations are made, is totally up to you.]]> 104606 2008-08-18T13:27:25Z 2008-08-20T13:20:14Z 10 0 246 0 http://dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/104606.jpg alashcraft http://dzone.com/links/images/avatars/285573.gif http://dzone.com/links/rss/subsonic_scaling.html A question came up in the dashCommerce forums about SubSonic's ability to scale. I'd like to address this a bit as the link has been deleted and I don't appear to have the rights to comment on Chris Cyvas's blog. .net frameworks Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:42:50 GMT http://dzone.com/links/104976.html bloid 2008-08-20T12:42:50Z A question came up in the dashCommerce forums about SubSonic's ability to scale. I'd like to address this a bit as the link has been deleted and I don't appear to have the rights to comment on Chris Cyvas's blog.]]> 104976 2008-08-19T11:49:38Z 2008-08-20T12:42:50Z 6 0 67 0 http://dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/104976.jpg bloid http://dzone.com/links/images/avatars/111696.gif http://dzone.com/links/rss/adventures_of_adding_yahooui_yui_to_a_mvc_site.html I decided that I wanted to give the YahooUI (YUI) framework/library a go recently. My first task was to get a few of my data listing pages on Dimecasts.net to use the DataTable Control from YUI. Having never used the library I was not sure what I was in for, but for once (ok, maybe a bit of an exaggeration) I was flooded with TOO much documentation. With a bit help from Chris Sutton I was able to get a pretty nice datatable up an running in a pretty short period of time. .net frameworks javascript Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:22:36 GMT http://dzone.com/links/104878.html bloid 2008-08-20T07:22:36Z I decided that I wanted to give the YahooUI (YUI) framework/library a go recently. My first task was to get a few of my data listing pages on Dimecasts.net to use the DataTable Control from YUI. Having never used the library I was not sure what I was in for, but for once (ok, maybe a bit of an exaggeration) I was flooded with TOO much documentation. With a bit help from Chris Sutton I was able to get a pretty nice datatable up an running in a pretty short period of time.]]> 104878 2008-08-19T06:40:01Z 2008-08-20T07:22:36Z 11 0 235 0 http://dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/104878.jpg bloid http://dzone.com/links/images/avatars/111696.gif http://dzone.com/links/rss/spring_30_and_rest.html I've heard a bit here and a bit there. I'm pretty interested in the RESTful changes that the Spring @MVC framework and even the cessation of Support for Java 1.4. frameworks java web services Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:43:18 GMT http://dzone.com/links/105157.html bloid 2008-08-20T06:43:18Z I've heard a bit here and a bit there. I'm pretty interested in the RESTful changes that the Spring @MVC framework and even the cessation of Support for Java 1.4.]]> 105157 2008-08-19T22:14:36Z 2008-08-20T06:43:18Z 8 0 563 0 http://dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/105157.jpg bloid http://dzone.com/links/images/avatars/111696.gif http://dzone.com/links/rss/dependency_injection_is_broken.html Earlier today I was reading a blog about the worthlessness of constructors. Frankly, I didn't really get the point of the post, but the title was catchy. Jeremy mentioned something about dependency injection (DI), one of my favorite topics, having written at length about how crappy Spring is (it's really not, and I hope the Spring guys didn't take offense to it--like Jeremy, I tend to be hyperbolic in my praise and criticism). frameworks java opinion Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:20:57 GMT http://dzone.com/links/105125.html bloid 2008-08-20T06:20:57Z Earlier today I was reading a blog about the worthlessness of constructors. Frankly, I didn't really get the point of the post, but the title was catchy. Jeremy mentioned something about dependency injection (DI), one of my favorite topics, having written at length about how crappy Spring is (it's really not, and I hope the Spring guys didn't take offense to it--like Jeremy, I tend to be hyperbolic in my praise and criticism).]]> 105125 2008-08-19T21:10:03Z 2008-08-20T06:20:57Z 11 0 494 2 http://dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/105125.jpg bloid http://dzone.com/links/images/avatars/111696.gif http://dzone.com/links/rss/openxava_303_jpa_application_engine.html OpenXava is a JPA Application Engine. You put in your JPA classes and, in exchange, you obtain a full-featured application ready for production, and without code generation. A new version, OpenXava 3.0.3, has been just released. frameworks java news Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:43:45 GMT http://dzone.com/links/104972.html bloid 2008-08-20T05:43:45Z OpenXava is a JPA Application Engine. You put in your JPA classes and, in exchange, you obtain a full-featured application ready for production, and without code generation. A new version, OpenXava 3.0.3, has been just released.]]> 104972 2008-08-19T11:48:55Z 2008-08-20T05:43:45Z 6 0 195 0 http://dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/104972.jpg bloid http://dzone.com/links/images/avatars/111696.gif http://dzone.com/links/rss/stripes_15_final_release.html Stripes Framework, the best Java MVC action based framework, 1.5 version available, thanks and congratulations for all the Stripes community frameworks java news open source Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:15:07 GMT http://dzone.com/links/104701.html jarias 2008-08-19T20:15:07Z Stripes Framework, the best Java MVC action based framework, 1.5 version available, thanks and congratulations for all the Stripes community]]> 104701 2008-08-18T18:26:40Z 2008-08-19T20:15:07Z 15 0 256 0 http://dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/104701.jpg jarias http://dzone.com/links/images/avatars/237765.gif http://dzone.com/links/rss/what_makes_a_good_test_engineer.html This article describes what should do become a good software test engineer. frameworks methodology research standards Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:19:57 GMT http://dzone.com/links/104646.html chamarasilva 2008-08-19T17:19:57Z This article describes what should do become a good software test engineer.]]> 104646 2008-08-18T14:33:51Z 2008-08-19T17:19:57Z 6 0 261 1 http://dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/104646.jpg chamarasilva http://dzone.com/links/images/avatars/326132.gif http://dzone.com/links/rss/how_we_did_it_dzone_available_on_your_iphone.html The iPhone has been all the rage lately, from complaints to praise it has all been heard. Whether you hate it or love it, the fact remains, as a developer you cannot ignore it. And here at DZone we could not ignore the chance to provide even more means by which you can access your development links. In this article I will share with you how we went about recreating DZone for the iPhone. frameworks how-to web 2.0 web design Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:17:33 GMT http://dzone.com/links/105025.html Volume4 2008-08-19T16:17:33Z The iPhone has been all the rage lately, from complaints to praise it has all been heard. Whether you hate it or love it, the fact remains, as a developer you cannot ignore it. And here at DZone we could not ignore the chance to provide even more means by which you can access your development links. In this article I will share with you how we went about recreating DZone for the iPhone.]]> 105025 2008-08-19T14:51:28Z 2008-08-19T16:17:33Z 22 0 320 0 http://dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/105025.jpg Volume4 http://dzone.com/links/images/avatars/71517.gif http://dzone.com/links/rss/grails_custom_datatypes_and_conversion.html For the application I am currently developing I am trying to use OOP best practices. That means I tend to use many value objects for different things, e.g. names (first name, last name, salutation, etc), for addresses (street, city, etc) and for times (hour, minute - Ok, one could argue that a java.util.Date object should do the job, but that is far more than I need). Such objects are good for readable code but creating user interfaces gets cumbersome. The solution: custom PropertyEditors. This post shows you how to create conversion code that works transparently. frameworks groovy Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:44:14 GMT http://dzone.com/links/104774.html bloid 2008-08-19T15:44:14Z For the application I am currently developing I am trying to use OOP best practices. That means I tend to use many value objects for different things, e.g. names (first name, last name, salutation, etc), for addresses (street, city, etc) and for times (hour, minute - Ok, one could argue that a java.util.Date object should do the job, but that is far more than I need). Such objects are good for readable code but creating user interfaces gets cumbersome. The solution: custom PropertyEditors. This post shows you how to create conversion code that works transparently.]]> 104774 2008-08-18T22:29:23Z 2008-08-19T15:44:14Z 6 0 96 0 http://dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/104774.jpg bloid http://dzone.com/links/images/avatars/111696.gif http://dzone.com/links/rss/framework_for_java_database_connectivity.html Find out how the Framework for Java Database Connectivity demonstrates the ease with which a Java application may be designed to access a source code repository using a relational query language, such as SQL. The design was made general enough to accommodate easy access to virtually any data source. frameworks java news Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:31:44 GMT http://dzone.com/links/104762.html jmalasko 2008-08-19T13:31:44Z Find out how the Framework for Java Database Connectivity demonstrates the ease with which a Java application may be designed to access a source code repository using a relational query language, such as SQL. The design was made general enough to accommodate easy access to virtually any data source.]]> 104762 2008-08-18T21:45:27Z 2008-08-19T13:31:44Z 4 0 382 2 http://dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/104762.jpg jmalasko http://dzone.com/links/images/avatars/276201.gif http://dzone.com/links/rss/ejb_3_dead_or_alive_very_alive_see_quickvote_resu.html What surprised me: the small percentage of EJB 2.X. In Germany there is still huge amount of EJB 2.0 projects. Most of them will be ported to Java EE 5 next time. The second surprise was the EJB 3 adoption. I'm using EJB 3 in several projects but the amount of 58% (in this context) is huge. I actually thought, the aggregated amount of the alternatives will be greater, than EJB 3 and 2 together, but the opposite is true. frameworks java news server Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:13:40 GMT http://dzone.com/links/104908.html Thierry.Lefort 2008-08-19T12:13:40Z What surprised me: the small percentage of EJB 2.X. In Germany there is still huge amount of EJB 2.0 projects. Most of them will be ported to Java EE 5 next time. The second surprise was the EJB 3 adoption. I'm using EJB 3 in several projects but the amount of 58% (in this context) is huge. I actually thought, the aggregated amount of the alternatives will be greater, than EJB 3 and 2 together, but the opposite is true.]]> 104908 2008-08-19T08:01:00Z 2008-08-19T12:13:40Z 11 0 343 0 http://dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/104908.jpg Thierry.Lefort http://dzone.com/links/images/avatars/252611.gif http://dzone.com/links/rss/practical_concurrency_patterns_immutability_freez.html Another very simple pattern builds on the foundation of the Safe-Unsafe Cache pattern. What is the easiest way to protect data from multi-threaded access and to incur the minimal performance cost while doing so? Making it read-only! .net frameworks trends Tue, 19 Aug 2008 11:30:23 GMT http://dzone.com/links/104623.html AlvinAshcraft 2008-08-19T11:30:23Z Another very simple pattern builds on the foundation of the Safe-Unsafe Cache pattern. What is the easiest way to protect data from multi-threaded access and to incur the minimal performance cost while doing so? Making it read-only!]]> 104623 2008-08-18T13:48:49Z 2008-08-19T11:30:23Z 6 0 162 0 http://dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/104623.jpg alashcraft http://dzone.com/links/images/avatars/285573.gif http://dzone.com/links/rss/microsoft_silverlight_10_reasons_to_love_it_10_re.html A year or so ago I wrote a post called Adobe AIR: 10 reasons to love it, 10 reasons to hate it. Here’s the same kind of list for Microsoft’s Silverlight, based on the forthcoming Silverlight 2.0 rather than the current version. The items are not in any kind of order - they also reflect my interest in application development rather than design. It is not a definitive list, so there are many more points you could make - by all means comment - and it will be interesting to have another look a year from now when the real thing has been out for a while. .net frameworks opinion Tue, 19 Aug 2008 04:01:48 GMT http://dzone.com/links/104726.html bloid 2008-08-19T04:01:48Z A year or so ago I wrote a post called Adobe AIR: 10 reasons to love it, 10 reasons to hate it. Here’s the same kind of list for Microsoft’s Silverlight, based on the forthcoming Silverlight 2.0 rather than the current version. The items are not in any kind of order - they also reflect my interest in application development rather than design. It is not a definitive list, so there are many more points you could make - by all means comment - and it will be interesting to have another look a year from now when the real thing has been out for a while.]]> 104726 2008-08-18T20:17:21Z 2008-08-19T04:01:48Z 10 0 303 0 http://dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/104726.jpg bloid http://dzone.com/links/images/avatars/111696.gif http://dzone.com/links/rss/writing_portlets_in_wicket_using_the_openportal_p.html There is a nice integration of OpenPortal (the Sun Java System We Made This Name So Long You Can't Say It Portal Server by any other name) with NetBeans, for one-click deployment. But OpenPortal is missing the Apache Portlet Bridges stuff necessary to use the wicket portlet. So I wrote an implementation last night. It's not beautiful, and is currently tied to Wicket, but it will get you going. frameworks java open source web 2.0 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 01:38:43 GMT http://dzone.com/links/104130.html Masoud Kalali 2008-08-19T01:38:43Z There is a nice integration of OpenPortal (the Sun Java System We Made This Name So Long You Can't Say It Portal Server by any other name) with NetBeans, for one-click deployment. But OpenPortal is missing the Apache Portlet Bridges stuff necessary to use the wicket portlet. So I wrote an implementation last night. It's not beautiful, and is currently tied to Wicket, but it will get you going.]]> 104130 2008-08-16T18:06:23Z 2008-08-19T01:38:43Z 7 0 157 0 http://dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/104130.jpg Kalali http://dzone.com/links/images/avatars/89352.gif http://dzone.com/links/rss/ylastic_is_now_live.html An intuitive and powerful user interface for managing S3, EC2, SQS and SimpleDB, along with monitoring, alerts, reporting, and other goodies. If you are developing your applications using AWS, spend your valuable time building the app and not worrying about the minutiae of the AWS environment. frameworks trends web 2.0 web services Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:31:28 GMT http://dzone.com/links/104772.html pchaganti 2008-08-19T00:31:28Z An intuitive and powerful user interface for managing S3, EC2, SQS and SimpleDB, along with monitoring, alerts, reporting, and other goodies. If you are developing your applications using AWS, spend your valuable time building the app and not worrying about the minutiae of the AWS environment.]]> 104772 2008-08-18T22:11:32Z 2008-08-19T00:31:28Z 14 0 271 2 http://dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/104772.jpg pchaganti http://dzone.com/links/images/avatars/219954.gif http://dzone.com/links/rss/running_merb_of_edge.html Recipe for easily running Edge Merb frameworks ruby Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:58:40 GMT http://dzone.com/links/104415.html kschrader 2008-08-18T23:58:40Z Recipe for easily running Edge Merb]]> 104415 2008-08-17T21:55:39Z 2008-08-18T23:58:40Z 8 0 125 0 http://dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/104415.jpg kschrader http://dzone.com/links/images/avatars/228488.gif http://dzone.com/links/rss/boost_version_1360_released.html Boost 1.36 has been released with 4 new libraries (including very useful exception templates) and a host of updates. In particular, boost.asio (the cross platform AsyncIO library) has seen major additions and now supports asynchronous disk operations on Windows. Almost every modern C++ codebase uses Boost somewhere, and many of its features find their way into the official language specifications c-and-cpp frameworks news Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:58:31 GMT http://dzone.com/links/104391.html bloid 2008-08-18T23:58:31Z Boost 1.36 has been released with 4 new libraries (including very useful exception templates) and a host of updates. In particular, boost.asio (the cross platform AsyncIO library) has seen major additions and now supports asynchronous disk operations on Windows. Almost every modern C++ codebase uses Boost somewhere, and many of its features find their way into the official language specifications]]> 104391 2008-08-17T19:54:40Z 2008-08-18T23:58:31Z 7 0 120 0 http://dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/104391.jpg bloid http://dzone.com/links/images/avatars/111696.gif http://dzone.com/links/rss/jsilhouette_update.html A couple of days ago there was an announcement on this blog about jSilhouette's 0.1 release, followed by a comparison between the geom, scene and jfx demos (regular Java, Project SceneGraph and JavaFx Script each). frameworks groovy java Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:50:38 GMT http://dzone.com/links/104563.html bloid 2008-08-18T22:50:38Z A couple of days ago there was an announcement on this blog about jSilhouette's 0.1 release, followed by a comparison between the geom, scene and jfx demos (regular Java, Project SceneGraph and JavaFx Script each).]]> 104563 2008-08-18T11:41:02Z 2008-08-18T22:50:38Z 8 0 118 0 http://dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/104563.jpg bloid http://dzone.com/links/images/avatars/111696.gif