Converting legacy code into OSGi bundles
How to convert legacy code into OSGi bundles at runtime
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8 things you can do with a proxy
Knowing what a proxy is is good. Knowing what you can do with one is even better.
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Douglas Crockford on Web Standards and JavaScript
I became a bit of a JavaScript fanboy while writing Simply JavaScript last year, so it was especially thrilling to get to sit down with Douglas... more »
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Asynchronous HTTP Cache Validations
Stale caches causing inconsistent user experience and response times? Yahoo developers proposed an extension (stale-while-revalidate) to address this... more »
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Artinsoft Aggiorno fixes your web pages
On this post Joe Stagner introduces his experiences with Aggiorno, Artinsoft's latest project which automates a lot of time consuming tasks for web... more »
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XHTML Strict validation is a tool, not a way of life
At some point as a front-end developer I think we all have to draw a line for HTML validation. Strict validation is not a holy grail you need or can... more »
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Mixed emotions: SVG versus FXG
Adobe has released a new vector graphics specification for Flex called FXG, but some feel they should have kept with the standard SVG spec and... more »
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No OOXML, Norwegians leave their Standards Body in protest.
13 members of the TC in Norway has left their Standards Body in protest. They say that the Standards Body has lost its credibility in the IT area.... more »
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Ajaxified Body...
I've often wondered if it was possible to use Ajax to reload the main content of a web application without reloading the header, menu and footer.... more »
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An approach to exception handling
In response to another blog post -- an approach to exception handling: when exceptions (checked or unchecked) should be thrown, caught, logged,... more »
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What's the Best Way to Handle Exceptions?
Trying to figure out the best ways to handle exceptions, which mostly seems to be context-sensitive. Checked/Unchecked? Swallow or re-throw? Are there... more »
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Aggiorno 1.2 released! Better Performance, IE8 features and a Stand Alone version.
The guys over at Artinsoft just released a refresh to their aggiorno web assistant tool, from their website "aggiorno represents a new generation of... more »
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Guide to the EJB 3.1 Public Draft
Now that the EJB 3.1 Public Draft is available, here's a list of its main ease-of-use improvements and features, along with their corresponding... more »
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Jean Deruelle: Mobicents Sip Servlets 0.6 achieves JSR-289 compliance
Jean Deruelle, Project Lead of Mobicents blogs that Mobicents is the first Open Source SIP Servlets 1.1 server to pass the TCK. JBoss is now the only... more »
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IBM, Sun, Microsoft sink differences on VMs
Corporate rivals have temporarily sunk their differences to find ways to fine-tune the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) to a variety of popular dynamic... more »
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If you don't know the difference between HTTP and DNS, don't blog about it
Pet peeve time: screaming technical inaccuracies in blog posts do a huge disservice to the root problem being discussed. If you're going to discuss... more »
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HTML 5 WebSocket cracks the HTTP request-response barrier
Jonas Jacobi and John Fallows, the founders of Kaazing talk of the need for two way communication and compare it with established request-response and... more »
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Why the AJAX/DHTML Model is broken
I believe that the AJAX/DHTML model is broken...at least for widespread adoption. Here I explain why lack of standards and huge fragmentation is... more »
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HTML 5: Features you want desperately but still can't use (video)
As the HTML5 effort reaches its first big milestone -- feature completeness -- browsers are starting to implement it. It will be years before you can... more »
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How to make CSS Sprites [easily explained]
A small writeup about how to create CSS sprites for the ones struggling with figuring out why their top and left coordinates are malfunctioning,... more »
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WebKit: Full Pass of Acid3
Today we would like to announce that WebKit is the first browser engine to fully pass Acid3. A while back, we posted that we scored 100/100 and... more »
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Measuring Programmers By Extra Hours
I am writing this article as a sequel to the Measuring Programming Progress By Lines Of Code article. Let me please talk about another common metric -... more »
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C++ Inventor Bjarne Stroustrup answers the Multicore Proust Questionnaire
Bjarne shares his perspective on everything from his favorite toy growing up, to his dream about the future of computing, to his greatest fears about... more »
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API Design Fest '08!
Invitation to Jaroslav Tulach's API Design Fest!
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