... Just spent part of the evening experimenting with Wicket, the IntelliJ quick start[1] package was handy, unzip the tarball and you've got an IDEA project ...
I am pleased to announce that our next Wellington Java User Group meeting will be held on: Wednesday, 9th November, 2005 5:00pm for 5:15pm – 6:30pm Please...
Right - since Martin's had like 3 meetings and we've had none - I thought I'd mention that the guys on the Agile Auckland list have also kicked their heels in...
Java developers in Auckland can go the the JAIN/SLEE meeting being organised by NZTE. The one for "software firms involved in Java development ... to explore...
I just stumbled across the following: http://www.webstock.org.nz/index.html I thought you might be interested. The speaker list is quite an interesting mix... ...
That sounds like a good conference - I was thinking of heading to LinuxConf AU down in Dunedin early January, but this seems much more suited... Mmmmm. Pity...
Yeah, I saw that too. Worth it, I think, just to see Joel "On Software" ... -- Nic Wise - Head Rooster - Microsoft MVP (.NET) Fast Chicken Limited. t....
I have tried a few times to click on "Get Started" button but I get a consistent message with "Your request was not completed successfully". I will try later...
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Following on from this I have found the following list of web services: http://www.programmableweb.com/apis Hmm. Would adding a social slang dictionary to my...
You can find a list of SOAP-based web services at http://www.xmethods.net/ There are a couple of other listings around, too. For those not familiar with the...
... The term AI (Artificial Artificial Intelligence) is probably the most confusing and hype term in computing technology. It is true, that machine can be...
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Here's an article from the local paper with some thoughts. The A9.com and automotive store use is interesting, as are the suggestions of using this for things...
... Somewhat overhyped. If you use the Patterns book as a Recipe book, your project will get Fat and Bloated. On the other hand if your project is Fat and...
... Not quite. Design Patterns are the best resolution to a reasonably common set forces and constraints. eg. The GoF pattern Z arises when Forces F1, F2, F3...
... book, your ... common ... And that's the spot.My message was no so clear, but i was referring of using desing patterns for common, clear cut scenarios. eg....
Ok, so following some comments on here (and some discussions with Kerry and a really bad run-in with oscommerce) I decided to investigate these two. PHP - are...
These are really more best practices than methodologies? (vs processes) Methodologies are really things like RUP (whole SDLC), XP (development), FDD (project...
... That's the word from a knowledgeable friend of mine. It makes windows 98 look secure. Of course, it's open source, and runs (mostly) on linux, so it MUST...
A product can be commercial and be open source - Resin is for example. Open Source != Free. There are lots of products around that follow this pattern. ASP.NET...
... Well, yeah. The gist of the thread was more than to be "true" open source, it must be OSS from the bottom up - so Linux, then an OSS DB (not dual license),...
No - I don't have much to do with MySQL. Again, I suppose I should, they have transactions now I'm told. ... Richard Vowles, Solutions Architect, Borland New...
... I haven't seen that much of MySQL in enterprise use, more at the small company level. But their feature list has been getting better and better, so I...
... And stored procs and triggers and stuff. You know, like everyone else has had for ages ;-) I wonder if it's all still held together with Perl.......
... That really sounds like Free/Open/NetBSD vrs Linux. Technically better / more stable / better licensed, but never got the brainshare. ... Very good point....