RE: Mozilla Firebird Extensions
Kenneth Hunt (via Erik) hooks us up with a link to Mozilla Firebird Extensions. I tried to install one of my favorite Mozilla extensions - Autoform. No dice - Not a valid installer package. Damn.
The Angular Mini-Book is a
guide to getting started with Angular. You'll learn how to develop a bare-bones application, test it, and
deploy it. Then you'll move on to adding Bootstrap, Angular Material, continuous integration, and authentication.
Spring Boot is a popular framework for building REST APIs. You'll learn how to integrate Angular with Spring Boot and use security best practices like HTTPS and a content security policy.
For book updates, follow @angular_book on Twitter.
The JHipster Mini-Book is a
guide to getting started with hip technologies today: Angular, Bootstrap, and Spring
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This book shows you how to build an app with JHipster, and guides you through the plethora of tools, techniques and options you can use. Furthermore, it explains the UI and API building blocks so you understand the underpinnings of your great application.
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10+ YEARS
Over 10 years ago, I wrote my first blog post. Since then, I've authored books, had kids, traveled the world, found Trish and blogged about it all.
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Tired of copying paths?
Are you tired of copying paths for environment variables and such. If so, checkout Ninotech's (free) Path Copy. I've used it for years - a very cool tool IMO.
Cool FTP Tool
If you have a secure server setup like I do, I think you'll find that WinSCP (Windows) will make your life much easier.
Building high-content web applications
I've recently been tasked with rebuilding a JSP-based site using a Struts architecture. One of the issues (that I see) in the current architecture is that there are a number of JSPs with the text for the pages hard-coded in them. After re-writing this app, we plan on deploying it to 25+ customers - and we certainly don't want to have 25 different JSPs (with text) for each customer. I've proposed a database, but that might be a little resource intensive - so I'm wondering how folks have done this in the past (I'm sure it's been done before)?
Options I see are:
- A Database table with the following columns (page_id, title, content, section_id).
- Text files that are imported using <c:import url=""/>
What options have you used (feel free to add more) - if you've used the database approach - how do you define the page table? Maybe we should use the Roller way and use Velocity and OSCache.
[ANNOUNCE] Struts Menu 1.3 Released!
Maybe I need to pay better attention. I didn't realize that Scott released the next version of Struts Menu 1.3. Feel free to check out my demo and then proceed to download it. I used the Tabbed Menu in my last project and the CoolMenu in the project at Comcast - both have been super easy to use and configure.
Display Tag: Static Headers
One of the requests we get over on the display tag project is a way to have static headers. Basically, this means that a user could scroll down through all the records on a page and the header would stay in place. The next generation of the tag library has a <thead> and <tbody> that makes this fairly easy to do. For instance, just by adding style="height: 400px; overflow: auto" to the <tbody> tag - you get the desired effect. Cool stuff - only seems to work in Mozilla though. Any IE/CSS experts out there that can explain why it doesn't work in IE?
See Also: Display Tag: Static Headers - Revisited
Two things I'm looking for...
It's getting late and I'd rather go to bed then venture on another internet search adventure. Here's what I'm looking for:
- A tool or application to convert an Access database to MySQL.
- A tool or application to grab my .Mac Photo Album so I can host it on my own server.
Help me architect Struts Resume
I've come up with a few issues for Struts Resume that I need some feedback on. Let's just get right to them.
* How should I assign skill groups and skills to a resume?
* Resume Templates - should I do something like Roller or simpler?
* Can I produce PDF or RTF from a Velocity template?
I've [elaborated more|StrutsResumeArchitecture] on my wiki. Please post your feedback via comments or on the wiki.
Update: Thanks to Mathius, I was able to implement a simple XHTML and RTF (Word) version of a simple resume today. I don't think Velocity will be the only option, I think I'm going to have to have an XSL Transformation Servlet as well, and the user will be able to choose Velocity templates or XML/XSL/FO. But that will be in a later version of Struts Resume. For 1.0, I'm going to concentrate on getting a resume updateable and presentable - PDF will be a post-1.0 option. The main reason for this is because I think I can release a 1.0 version before my next gig starts. After I start, it might be quite a while until I can get some time to work on it again.
Enthusiasm Fading
My enthusiasm for maintaining this blog is fading. Not because I don't like to blog and discover new things, but because I'm not discovering anything new. The root of my lack-of-discovery phase is because my day job has become incredibly boring. Not because of what I'm doing, but because I'm not doing anything. Sure, there's documentation and JavaDoc cleanup to do - but this stuff numbs the mind. There's no compiling. There's no joy in making something work. I'll be onto a new gig soon since next Friday is my last day. And I'll tell you what - I can't freakin' wait.
The deeper root of the problem is my obsession with productivity. Even though I'm getting paid to "mothball" the project, I feel inadequate for not learning anything new. I need to be productive to enjoy my day at work. Isn't that sad?!
If I'm good, I'll convince myself to be unproductive and to take a week or two off before starting the next cool project. From August 15th - September 1st, that's my goal. Who knows if my future employer/client will go for it, but it sure would be nice.
One year ago
I missed it by a couple of days. As of Friday, I have been blogging for one year. Happy birthday to the blogging version of this site.