Goodbye to the old...
When I first started using Geronimo (the Apache JEE server), it was on version 'point something'. And, I needed to parse XML messages being sent from a browser to servlets.So, I used JDOM. It was...
View ArticleDays go by...
It doesn't seem like it has been over a month since the last time I posted.But, the fact is that it has been (ack!).So, back to the grindstone.
View ArticleCan we talk...
I get to spend a lot of my time (most of my time actually) working on web apps.Nowadays I use Geronimo for my server, Firefox for my browser, and Dojo for the two to talk to each other.Last time...
View ArticleThat was painful, but worth it...
Last week I found out about a feature that the OpenJPA folks put into their implementation of JPA. But, it is not part of the standard.That feature is custom fetch plans - And, I think I can safely say...
View ArticleDoc, it hurts when I...
Normally, I would say that if something hurts - you should stop doing it.But, I didn't know how badly I was hurting myself when I created multiple versions of all of my JPA entities depending on the...
View ArticleHanding over the keys...
I'm generally not a fan of systems where the computer tries to figure out what you 'really want to do'.But, I have gotten to a point in my life where I might be open to the idea that it is possible for...
View ArticleDrupal simmering...
I had hoped that I would be able to spend a good chunk of time learning how Drupal works and building something useful with it.But, real life got in the way - so that has not happened (yet).And, the...
View ArticleThe first step...
The first step to really getting organized is to figure out everything that you need to do.The second step is to order the list in terms of what should be done first, second, etc.Unfortunately, the...
View ArticleIn case you were wondering...
Well, I managed to put together a todo list.It is several pages long. And, I have almost certainly missed half of the things that I need to do.But, it is a start. I still need to find some single...
View ArticleFocus...
That is something that I have a combination of far too much and far too little of.When I am working on something - I can do so completely ignoring just about everything else (fatigue, hunger,...
View Article'Scuse me while I whip this out...
I think that the biggest problem with learning about a new programming language or tool is:While you are holding your new 'hammer',everything looks like a nail.And you need to learn what the real cases...
View ArticleWouldn't you know...
Well, I'm trying to move forward with using/learning Groovy.But, I need to use it with JPA and EJB3 session beans.In case you were wondering... There aren't any good ('realistic') examples of how to...
View ArticleI wonder if this box is too small...
I am starting to think that I will need to take another look at the database that I am using.Up until now, I have been using MySQL because it is free and many (many, many,...) web sites use it for...
View ArticleSee my pretty hammer...
It happened again.I learned about a feature in OpenJPA that allows you to specify the fetch behavior exactly as you need it - fetch groups.And, they are awesome. My opinion doesn't carry much weight -...
View ArticleExcuses...
It is very easy to have being 'too busy' become the reason for everything that you don't get around to doing.But, I suspect (and very much hope) that getting more organized will help.I recently tried...
View ArticleOSGi (or - late to the party again)...
Just when I thought that I might have been getting in on the beginning of 'the next big thing' - I find out that I am actually ten years (years?) late.Recently the Apache foundation accepted a new...
View ArticleGoin back to Cali...
I am in California.This is the second time that I have been in this state.The first time was over fifteen years ago. And I was here to see how a software company was planning on translating their...
View ArticleCookbooks and Recipes: Men, Women, and Programming...
Disclaimer: I think that everyone who chooses to be a programmer has to be (at least) a little bit crazy - whether male or female. But I think we are missing out by not having more female programmers -...
View ArticleThe little things mean the most...
There is a programming pattern that I had never seen before.That is, there are multiple constructors of a Java class that share a 'base' block of code that needs to be called for each of them.Well, I...
View ArticleDid you miss me...
I had these grand plans for this blog and I think that those big plans kept me from keeping active here.I thought that I needed to have something big and important to say before I said anything.I am...
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