There has always been a need to support UI’s that constantly update themselves as new data becomes available on the server. The implementation for this falls into two general categories: either client side polling or server side push. Continue reading
Adobe Flex – Part 1
Adobe Flex is a framework/sdk provided by Adobe that allows us to build rich internet applications (RIA) using Flash as the underlying technology. Continue reading
Adobe Flex – Part 2
Organize Flex code into separate files, create custom components, create custom class and use validators to validate form elements. Continue reading
Facelets
Facelets is a JSF framework to implement UI templating (like tiles, sitemesh). You can use Tiles to implement the templating portion but Facelets is built for JSF. Continue reading
RESTful Services with Maven, Spring and Jersey
REST (REpresentational State Transfer) is an architecture style that describes how to use HTTP to access web services. JAX-RS (JSR 311) is a Java API to support implementation/access of REST web services using Java. This style was first documented by Ron Fielding. Continue reading
Spring Batch 2.0 – Part III – From Database to Flat File
In Part-II of this series on Spring Batch, I went through an example of reading from a flat file and persisting into the database. In this article I will go through the reverse. Read 200,000 rows from the database and export it into a comma separated flat file. Continue reading
Spring Batch 2.0 – Part II – Flat File To Database
Part I of my Spring Batch blog ran through an example of a basic Spring Batch job. Now lets put together one that reads 200,000 rows from a flat file and inserts them into the database. Continue reading
Spring Batch 2.0 – Part I – Simple Tasklet
There is always a healthy debate when talking Java and batches. When I heard Spring Batch, I had to try it out. Continue reading
Ubuntu + Apache2 + php + Zend
At times I get so tired of Java that I just yearn for a different set of frameworks (or should I say an environment where there is a good , concise language and less frameworks to choose from). Continue reading
Google Web Toolkit (GWT)
Tried out Google Web Toolkit (GWT). Sharing some thoughts and also my eclipse project. Continue reading