tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80222852024-09-17T02:52:02.479+02:00Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8022285.post-34639285429850221902008-07-31T10:43:00.003+02:002008-07-31T10:54:22.888+02:00

It has been a while I found the time to blog. Here is a little entry.I've often hear that a Servlet filter was not working while trying to filter some Java resource. Usually this is because the filter is defined like:<filter-mapping> <filter-name>My Broken Filter</filter-name> <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern></filter-mapping>and the filtered content is accessed

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8022285.post-33975098246505810802008-04-21T12:56:00.003+02:002008-04-21T13:14:36.979+02:00

As I'm working on a multiple supported database application, most of the issues i faced are because of Oracle Database...Point 1 - The official jdbc driver sucks.Since i write in Java, i need to go through the JDBC driver to access the Oracle Database server, while it should be transparent and a fairly easy piece of software to maintain, they do an horrible job... Let's consider a moment that

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8022285.post-78565023074407066202008-02-19T20:37:00.004+01:002008-02-19T21:18:52.281+01:00

JBoss World parties usually have nice open bars (This year was a bit different, with a multi-disco place).With an open bar, you come at the bar, you drink, you don't pay and most people thank (or even tip) the barmaid. It works because a company pays for the barmaid salaries and the drinks. It's a financial efforts that lasts for a couple of hours.Open source definition was made on February 9th

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8022285.post-38667061610548263922008-02-18T20:54:00.002+01:002008-02-18T21:11:15.614+01:00

This JBoss World was particularly interesting for our project.We had two major announcements:- JBoss Portlet Bridge: The JSR-301 bridge with Seam and Richfaces supports for portlets, it is *huge*.- JBoss Portlet Container 2.0: The implementation of the public final draft of Portlet 2.0. Julien demoed a mashup-style portal that uses the spec ! It is also *huge*.It's also always very interesting to

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8022285.post-46655710605685294612008-01-17T12:15:00.000+01:002008-01-17T12:38:52.053+01:00

Why did Sun buy MySQL (for that price) ?To push on their hardware (where they make real $$$) and Solaris ?http://sacha.labourey.com/2008/01/17/from-lamp-to-samp/When Sun may want you to move from Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP to Solaris, Apache, MySQL, PHP (on Sun hardware) but really Solaris, Glassfish (the paying version), MySQL, Java (on Sun Hardware)Or we have *J*J (Java on JBoss on any database,

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8022285.post-17361542805943078262007-12-18T16:28:00.000+01:002007-12-19T16:22:33.996+01:00

Ivy has some support for Maven repositories which is a great thing. I can easily use libraries that are stored on http://repository.jboss.org/maven2 for example.But i also need to use snapshot versions of some libraries. Maven2 deal with snapshot version is a different way and add a timestamp to the library names. For example:http://snapshots.jboss.org/maven2/org/jboss/portal/common/

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8022285.post-10605140266144716762007-12-14T15:38:00.000+01:002007-12-14T15:55:57.091+01:00

I'm still stuck in Antwerp waiting to go back home and have some time waiting in the lobby while Julien is sleeping on the floor.This year was really good for me, professionally and personally. We had the chance to meet JBoss Portal users, some claiming how impressed they were about the performance testing they did on our product compare to other similar open source solutions. I was also able to

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8022285.post-14595458842979929522007-11-13T20:52:00.000+01:002007-11-13T21:23:21.236+01:00

So at the end if i had to create a new big project i would probably give a try to Ivy + Ant, since Ivy since to solve the library dependency issues while ant is still my favorite tool since it lets me do what i want without any hurdle.On the other hand, for portletswap sample portlets, i decided to go with Maven. The reason is that Maven seems better understood by 'new' developers. And 'ant'

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8022285.post-54498099808118670532007-11-02T12:25:00.000+01:002007-11-02T12:18:07.232+01:00

Not only you need some documentation to start but also to use as reference as you get more familiarized with the build mechanism.Round three: DocumentationBoth ant and maven, have good starting guides available on the web (here for ant, here and here for maven).When you got started, you need more. That's where it gets nasty... Maybe i'm just dumb but this is mostly what i found for Maven

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8022285.post-39713919358206384892007-10-19T12:16:00.000+02:002007-10-19T15:08:39.385+02:00

Alright so now i need to programmatically generate files to include in the WEB-INF directory along other static files.Round two: Defining multiple places for aggregationMaven lifecycle is pretty well defined (1). To generate my files, i'm using a Mojo (Maven Pojo) attached to the generate-resources phase. Easy enough, pretty cool.The issue i have now is that i need to generate those files in

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When it comes to Ant vs Maven on a forum it usually ends up as an endless discussion, with arguments getting worse and worse, a bit like Windows vs Linux, LCD vs Plasma or Frite ou Potatoes (as they ask in Swiss Mac Donalds). Basically you have to try both to get your own opinion. Still I will try to forget what i heard and just give my experience, the experience of someone who used ant for years

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8022285.post-23703407734182083422007-10-15T20:24:00.000+02:002007-10-15T20:25:26.425+02:00

It looks like, a lot of people have legacy application using Struts and want to integrate them in a Portal. It is not surprising since Struts (fathered by Craig McClanahan, who is also the father of JSF) born in 2000 was so popular and was solving most of the problems of web development at that time.It also seems that lot of developers think they invested enough time learning Struts that they

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8022285.post-34880964499675234772007-09-28T12:50:00.000+02:002007-09-28T13:15:01.910+02:00

This is a call to all IT operators around the world, there are basics things you can do to help users more satisfied.I need to upload a branch of files (3326 files for 40MB in total) so that they can be available online. The only access i have been given is a FTP account. Doh !It means that if i successfully login, the whole process will take about 1:15 (and that's the estimated remaining time at

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8022285.post-39342440937057491152007-09-27T01:57:00.001+02:002007-09-27T19:52:21.125+02:00

Today's marketing's word winner is... "TurboCharge". I faced several titles using this explicit image to promote a technology today.So if you want to be 'in', don't forget to TurboCharge anything you want.- Sun does it: TurboCharging your WebServices - SOAP/TCP Protocol- IBM does it: Turbocharge Ruby on Rails with ActiveScaffold- Kapow does it: Using Mashups to Turbocharge Your SOA Investment-

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8022285.post-87948592477079410592007-09-23T11:23:00.000+02:002007-09-23T12:53:45.339+02:00

You may have noticed if you use the Google services that they lie to us. Don't get me wrong the services are great and all, but they missed an elementary step.Let's say i want to get the correctly formatted address for the Red Hat office in Switzerland, i would send a request such as: http://maps.google.com/maps/geo?q=neuchatel&output=xml&key=MYKEYThe first line says: <?xml version="

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8022285.post-6783744724119239472007-09-20T12:44:00.000+02:002007-10-30T14:44:05.369+01:00

Contributing to an open-source project is really often misunderstood. Most of the people i deal with have no clue why they should ever contribute and often think it's something for the others.Attitude no 1 - "I love open-source, give me your free stuff"Right, fair enough, when you do open source, you know this will happen, but don't beg for help, the guys who work owe you nothing.Attitude no 2 -

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8022285.post-60011289766564661262007-09-18T22:01:00.000+02:002007-09-18T22:26:44.402+02:00

I subscribed to TSS and InfoQ to read on news touching the world of Java. Surprisingly it seems that InfoQ isn't taking off much, at least the number of comments is very low compare to what's on TSS.TSS sure exists for a much longer time, actually the guy behind infoQ (Floyd Marinescu) was the creator of TSS. But i don't think that's the only reason.I feel like InfoQ takes more time to release

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8022285.post-30718934123313754282007-09-07T17:34:00.000+02:002007-09-07T17:45:46.564+02:00

So Dilbert seems to be proficient in Java. See today's story here. We might start chasing him, i just wonder how much money can a drawing ask.In the race to hire him, Google will probably offer more than anyone else, but would he enjoy his work ? After all, i hope Dilbert will keep entertaining us and stop coding !

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8022285.post-83749185503701205772007-09-02T15:19:00.000+02:002007-09-06T11:59:40.428+02:00

I won't do financial blogs, but this move from SUNW to JAVA trading symbol on the Nasdaq from Sun Microsystems is just too weird.So i read Jonathan's Schwartz blog entry about it and the reason he gives is:But there's no doubt in my mind more people know Java than Sun Microsystems. There's similarly no doubt they know Java more than nearly any other brand on the internet.[...]Ask a teenager if

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