Hello Sac JUG! With all the recent affirmative commentary lately about Ruby on Rails and how much people have been liking it, I thought it worthwhile to let...
Hi all, I tried to get Chris to approve this message first, but the messages kept bouncing back. If I have offended anyone, my apologies in advance! I really...
Thanks to everyone for a great meeting last night. Just two minor follow-ups from my 1.4 edition of Kathy and Berts' famous SCJP/SCJD study guide. Although I...
Members, I am interested in learning more about a local IT company called Black Dog Studios. I would very much like to meet with the company and invite them to...
I acquired some used IT hardware - * Cisco 2501 Access Server * SynOptics 28115 Switch If any one is interested in these FREE devices I will bring them to the ...
They say there is no magic bullet in software design but my friend Scott Bain came up with something that I think is pretty close. He recorded a multimedia...
I am giving a webinar entitled "Writing Quality Software" this Thursday, February 21, 2008 from 11:00am to 12:00pm PST (2:00pm to 3:00pm EST). It addresses key...
Here is my review of Murach's Java Servlets and JSP 2nd Edition. I have the Java 6 SE book from Murach's, and it's equally impressive. I love the layout,...
My friend Scott Bain recently completed the process of getting a book published ("Emergent Design"). It was his first time doing this, and he thought it might...
Does anyone have experience with the migrating Java 1.4.2 to Java 5 at an enterprise level? I am currently working in an environment where 10 to 15 developers...
Join Us for the 2008 Greater Oregon Software Symposium returning to Portland on June 27-29th. Great speakers, great sessions, great fun! Don't Miss Out!...
Hey everyone, Just wanted to let you know about a couple of useful, free online resources. One is a podcast, focused on overcoming impediments in TDD adoption,...
Learn Better Ways To Develop Software Faster @ Agile ITX, the Premier Agile Developer/Management Conference! The central theme of the Agile ITX conference...
Thanks so much to Orion for making the trek from the Bay Area to demonstrate Terracotta! Even Tim looked impressed. Sorry I had to miss the gathering at...
The No Fluff Just Stuff Java Symposium Tour is coming to San Diego on August 15-17th for the 2008 Southern California Software Symposium. NFJS has long been...
Does anyone know of a an automated tool that can validate the format of RTF file content. Even more, a tool that can validate an RTF file is valid for the...
The Premier RIA Event of the year, the 2008 Rich Web Experience (www.therichwebexperience.com ) is coming September 8-10th to the San Jose area. The 2008 Rich...
Hello Fellow Sacjuggers, I've been doing my own research into REST and I have a question I thought I'd throw out to the group. A REST architecture provides a...
Dan - I don't know if this helps, but according to "the book" as you put it, you would still use the HTTP methods, you would just pass two arguments instead of...
Thanks Marnie and Tom! Ok, so I think I get it. For REST you want to think about resources (nouns) instead of actions (verbs). And for the more complicated...
I am not going to miss the discussion on ReST tomorrow for the world, but the SS is having some routine maintenance and I am without a ride. The light rail...
After Nick's presentation this week, this article packs a powerful punch - http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=2099042 93 Chris....
TEKsystems in Sacramento, CA has a Permanent FTE Salaried position available for someone with experience writing and using Web Crawling / Web Spidering...
Don't miss out on the Super Early Bird Registration for SpringAmericas 2008 ending Monday, September 29th! Register today!! Event: SpringAmericas 2008...
I have been contacted by someone who wants confirmation that there really will be a SacJUG meeting on Nov. 11, which happens to be Veteran's Day. It seems...
Marnie, We will be having a meeting on November 11th. I haven't decided on the topic yet. I'll post the meeting's topic as soon as possible. Thanks, Chris ...
Previously Chris and I talked about streaming possiblilities. One issue we thought of was bandwidth and costs. Anyways, I ran across these two sites on Leo...