by David Orriss Jr | Apr 26, 2008 | J2EE, Java, Mac OS X, Operating Systems
Installing WebLogic 10 on a Mac in OS X isn’t supported by BEA. But it’s possible. Here’s how. Download WebLogic Server from the BEA website. In the Select OS drop-down, choose IBM AIX. This will give you the WebLogic generic package. Open the...
by David Orriss Jr | Jan 4, 2008 | J2EE, Java, Rails, Ruby
Mongrel Developer/Creator, Zed Shaw, cut loose on the Ruby and Rails communities in a recent posting to his website. He gives some interesting insights into who the major players are, and cuts through some of the hype surrounding rails. While caustic in his delivery,...
by David Orriss Jr | Nov 26, 2006 | Java
Within Swing you’re supposed to be able to specify the minimum size for a frame with a simple call. For instance, assume that I made a frame that extends JFrame. Consider adding the following line to the constructor: setMinimumSize(new Dimension(600,400)); This...
by David Orriss Jr | Nov 26, 2006 | Java
[Originally Posted 18-Nov-2005] Here’s a pretty cool trick for Java GUI-app developers. From the O’Reilly Book “Swing Hacks”, Joshua Marinacci and Chris Adamson show how to make transparent windows…...
by David Orriss Jr | Nov 25, 2006 | Java
[Originally Posted 25-July-2004] Most Java programmers know that as of Java 2 release 1.4 a new keyword “assert” has been added. But far less programmers know what it’s good for. Developer Exchange has a great article explaining assertions and how to...
by David Orriss Jr | Nov 25, 2006 | J2EE
[Originally Posted 20-July-2004] TheServerSide.com has a new free book offering from authors Jayson Falkner and Kevin Jones. This new version of their book covers Servlet Spec 2.4, JSP 2.0 and JSTL 1.0. This book covers a wide range of topics from installing J2SE on...
by David Orriss Jr | Nov 25, 2006 | J2EE
[Originally Posted 18-July-2004] OnJava.com has a great article on Aspect Oriented Programming and the Spring Framework. AOP via Spring is done in a very neat and pragmatic approach. No pre-compilers (like AspectJ) needed. Just simple XML configuration of your Spring...
by David Orriss Jr | Nov 25, 2006 | Java
[Originaly Posted 22-June-2004] I knew that Java was gaining ground on C++ in a lot of areas with respect to performance, but this is quite impressive… http://kano.net/javabench/index Note that while the client JavaVM still has pretty bad performance (it’s...
by David Orriss Jr | Nov 25, 2006 | J2EE
[Originally Posted 26-May-2004] This tutorial is a beginner’s guide to developing enterprise applications using the Java Web Services Developer Pack (Java WSDP). The Java WSDP is an all-in-one download containing key technologies to simplify building of Web...
by David Orriss Jr | Nov 25, 2006 | J2EE
[Originally Posted 13-May-2004] Once again the Open Source movement has a profound impact on the commercial Java market. Apparently the new Enterprise JavaBean spec (EJB 3.0) will be based on the Hibernate ORM system. Hibernate’s biggest reason for existance (in...
