Not long ago i came across this cool Java framework for building your own web applications. Actually I think someone posted it at Twitter ( @playframework ). At first i saw the invitational presentation which you can find here or at the framework’s page.
JPA has standardized the interfaces for persistence frameworks. However how much is standardized regarding the runtime behaviour of frameworks. These small code samples show different uses cases to test with your JPA framworks. Additionally hints on the actual framework behaviour, will help to improve usage.
JBoss' Manik Surtani provides an overview of the scope and capabilities of the Infinispan open source data grid platform, along with usage examples and a brief tour of the APIs. An upcoming second part will take a deep-dive into the architecture, more advanced APIs and extending Infinispan.
Are there cases where a scripting language is more advisable than using Java for both speed of development and performance? How can you identify them? What are the performance implications?
I have attended a presentation by Simon Guest from Microsoft on their cloud computing architecture. Although there was no new concept or idea introduced, Simon has provided an excellent summary on the major patterns of doing cloud computing. I have to admit that I am not familiar with Azure and this is my first time hearing a Microsoft cloud computing presentation. I felt Microsoft has explained their Azure platform in a very comprehensible way. I am quite impressed. Simon talked about 5 patterns of Cloud computing. Let me summarize it (and mix-in a lot of my own thoughts) ...
Microsoft .Net Framework 4.0 and Visual Studio 2010 screenshots
This article specifies the steps to create the commonly used charts in a JSF application with the use of Primefaces.
This text compares Java's two stream oriented XML parsers, SAX and StAX, and explains the difference in a "push" model and "pull" model. It also lists other differences in these two API's. If you have ever wondered which of these two API's to use, this text may help you decide.
This is a really cool jQuery selector tester that let's you try selectors and automatically highlights them in the html. Lots of fun to play with and helps with the understanding of how jQuery selectors work! A must try!
How and why a large financial organization is using the NetBeans Platform.