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I am looking into Struts 2 and finding its multi-layered defaults somewhat confusing. Specifically,it took forever to fully understand blank demo application that comes bundled with it. Specifically,I could not understand how the example switches between the languages. From the jsp page,it was clear that it was using the parameter request_locale to . . . →Read More:Struts 2 automagic –language switching UIMA (Unstructured Information Management Architecture) project has recently transitioned from IBM to the Apache incubator. This is only for the open source part,the commercial part is –and will stay –with IBM. I have last written about UIMA a very long time ago (1,2) ,so I decided to give it another . . . →Read More:UIMA –a “very quick”quick start guide I had been asked to put online the slide deck for my presentation at InfoQ. It is now available for download (.5MByte PDF). Contact me if you want original OpenOffice files for your own work (CC licensed). . . . →Read More:Slide deck for the InfoQ Java troubleshooting presentation InfoQ has put online my presentation on maintaining java applications in production environment. Some of the tools mentioned in the presentations changed ownership since,but the basics are still very valid. Most notable changes: Sysinternals (FileMon,ProcessMon,etc) is now owned by Microsoft. I have mixed feelings about that one,but the tools are still . . . →Read More:Updates to my Java troubleshooting presentation on InfoQ I am just so spoiled by the incremental filter in the Eclipse’s preferences dialog! In fact,I was totally taken aback when I tried to turn off so-called smart quotes in the Microsoft Office. I thought the choice was somewhere in the Tools/Options dialog,but actually looking for it manually was a real pain. I . . . →Read More:Spoiled by Eclipse Netscape has decided to remove RSS DTD,but –under brunt of developers’fury and logic –brought it back. But until July 1st only! Given that back in 1999 Netscape,insisted that RSS documents must be validated,this feels more than a little annoying. And given that –as a developer of web content . . . →Read More:Is RSS team pushing people to ATOM? Check who they are training with. Yakov Fain’s notes from an offshoring training presentation are scary,and not in a good way. BlogicBlogger Over and Out …is dropping the feature. I have an iPAQ rx3115 with a built-in WiFi. I had it for a while and it is a nice unit,if one forgives Windows Mobile 2003 (this is possible on a good day). I also have a wireless router,so can download books and generally browse internet from anywhere . . . →Read More:Microsoft’s way of fixing a security issue with a feature A great news all around. I hope Sun will also host a public cross-referencing source code navigator for the code,rather than just a subversion directory. Something like Sorcerer might be a good start. We know the idea is good,because Linux had one for ages. Oh,and a new line in a resume to . . . →Read More:Java has gone open source with GPL2 O’Reilly labs have created a quick,but addictive code quiz that tests programmer’s knowledge based on him being able to look at code example and figure out which book it might have come from. I run through it in one breath and did not do too badly (280 points). I mostly had troubles with VB/ASP . . . →Read More:Example based code quiz from O’Reilly Labs | ||||
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