Meet the Sun you don’t know
Charlie opened with defining Enterprise Ruby as something that is sold by salespeople using “Steaks and Strippers” (third time today I’ve heard that phrase from a speaker). He spent a lot of time introducing a ton of great things that Sun is doing to help and support developers and a […]
Seven aspects of a great user experience
The spotlight at this year’s Web Directions South UX conference in Melbourne was on user experience. Andy Budd, a designer and developer at Clearleft in the UK, contributed to the theme of the day with his presentation — “Designing the User Experience Curve”.
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Exceptional Metadata
Exceptions are an important part of any programming language, especially Java. Java has two types of Exceptions. No, not checked and unchecked, but rather useful and useless. The utility of the Exception is up to you, the developer. What am I talking about? Bear with me, read on, and please share your comments at […]
Today’s weirdest rumor: Dell to buy Sun?
That’s right, you heard it here first! Well, OK, I actually heard it first from 24/7 Wall St., which brings up the rumor only to poo-poo it, for all the reasons that you can imagine (reason one: it would be TOTALLY INSANE), but just the fact that the […]
Large JVM Memory and Garbage Collection
Although physical RAM is inexpensive, allocating large amounts of memory to a JVM instance is not generally a good idea, says Azul Systems’ CTO Gil Tene in this interview with Artima. Tene shows how recent research in garbage collection and JVM implementation helps overcome the JVM’s memory barrier, resulting in […]
Setting up virtual host with mod rewrite enabled in Ubuntu Hardy Heron
Virtual host is really what the name says, a virtual environment over the top of your current web server to simulate a separate hosting environment. Using virtual host you can enable site specific features and keep your development environment totally separate from another one. […]
Applying Divine Proportion To Your Web Designs
Effective web design doesn’t have to be pretty and colorful — it has to be clear and intuitive; in fact, we have analyzed the principles of effective design in our previous posts. However, how can you achieve a clear and intuitive design solution? Well, there are a number of […]
Flex RIA Performance Considerations Part 2: Application Startup
As Flex developers we strive to create user experiences that are engaging and efficient. The mandate of this mantra requires us to take startup times into account. When we build our applications, the last thing that we need is for our users to get bored and frustrated before […]
My First Silverlight Game
I know, I know, I’ve been neglecting this blog but I have the perfect excuse: I was very busy creating my very first Silverlight Game. Actually my first game ever. I teamed up with APIjunkie (the guy is a GENIUS) that after this experience I consider my BFFUFN.
I have learned a lot […]
Object Life Cycle Explorer for WebSphere Business Modeler
Process modeling has proven to be an essential tool for the analysis, design, and implementation of applications that automate business process logic. As part of achieving a business goal, a business process typically manipulates several business objects, transforming their states as the process progresses. Understanding the complete state […]