| Security Through Obsolescence |
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| One interesting way to secure an Internet-connected computer against intruders: Make sure the operating system and software it runs are so old that current hacking tools won't work on it. |
| Five Emerging Java Development Trends |
| Chris Preimesberger | June 5, 2002 |
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| This is a six-part series, discussing important Java trends. This is just a brief introduction listing what the five most important trends are at this point in time. |
| Cocoon 2: Build Database-Driven Sites |
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| The first two tutorials in this series introduced the basic concepts of the Cocoon 2 architecture and XML Server Pages (XSP) as a means for creating and publishing dynamic XML content. This third tutorial goes a natural step further and discusses how to use Cocoon 2 to generate and publish XML and HTML content based on database data. Any Web site that has reached a certain size and complexity will require a database to manage at least part, if not all, of its data. |
| Instant Messaging For e-Business |
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| A review on how XML-based Jabber fits into today's e-business infrastructure, lighting instant messaging in a whole new way. You'll see that you can use Jabber to integrate your existing e-business into a more dynamic and personal environment. Your e-business site will be able to communicate with its users faster and integrate itself into their lives. |
| Sun's Rather Small JSP Survey. |
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| Sun's got a rather small survey about JSP. Go fill it out, it is only 5 questions long. It you'd like to be more verbose you can mail pamela.raine@sun.com. |
| Java Enterprise Breakthroughs, Part 1 |
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| Enterprise Java APIs offer a host of new capabilities. Java Enterprise in a Nutshell co-author Jim Farley offers some of the major advancements in the first of a two-part series. |
| Flawed Understanding of JDO Leads to FUD |
| David Jordan | May 29th 2002 |
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| It turns out there is some debate about JDO. This article looks at JDO and explains why JDO is worthwhile. |
| C# Language Features More Harmful? |
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| A thread talking about C# compared to Java. Lively discussion. |
| Read The F***ing Story, Then RTFM |
| Michelle Delio | June 4th 2002 |
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| Very kewl article on how documentation changes depending where you work. This is kind of funny as I know of one product that was named RTFM (it was a foreign product, written by an American coder). The funniest part is the product is for documentation. |
| JavaScript and DHTML content |
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| Using purely DOM methods as proposed by W3C to simulate .innerHTML is a little tricky, and alludes even a lot of seasoned DHTML programmers. Nevertheless, it's doable. Here is a quick tip on how to do it. |
| Struts Review Chapter 7 : Struts View Components |
| The Serverside | June 7th 2002 |
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| Struts Chapter 7 on 'Struts View Components' has been posted for review on The ServerSide. Chapter 7 introduces the components that make up the view portion of the Struts framework. |
| Bashing The Cat: Tomcat Analysis |
| The Serverside | May 30th 2002 |
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| A discussion on which JSP/Servlet container is the best. |