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Welcome to our blog about all kind of topics that are related to software development. We blog about:

SOA, BPM, EDA, ECM and all the other buzz words. Beware some post might not be so common as you think. We are not scared to go against main stream thoughts.

Technologies like java, maven, springframework, OSGi and front end technologies and frameworks like jQuery, DWR, Flex.

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Call for Action for the Java Hackers

I challenge the Java Hackers, read on….

As you probably all know by now, I have joined ISIS Papyrus a while ago and last week i was reading the Papyrus Objects Developer Guide again and suddenly lightning hit me and the question raised can this actually be done in Java and if so, how and how easy?

Be aware, reading further could put you in a depression but on the otherhand the real Hacker will find it a challenge. Are you the Hacker?

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Serving static files in Google app engine development edition

appengine-silver-120x30.gifThere are a lot of questions about serving static files in the development edition of google app engine. There are also a few answers, but none of them gave me a clear solution. Therefore I decided to look for one myself. In the end I have created a sub-optimal solution that works for me. So maybe it can work for you as well.

Read on to find out what I did.

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Why Spring Roo is not my thing

To be honest, I was planning a long article about why I used spring roo for a new project I am working on. It all looks so promising, man I had a very nice app in a few hours. The fact that it is coming from SpringSource always give a good feeling. Therefore I moved on. Than I had a few wishes that made we change the jsp files. I also had problems creating a composite relationship. Finally to become really productive you have to use the Spring Tool Suite. The biggest problem there is that I have to use eclipse. Well, sorry, not going to do that anymore. If you are not interested in stories why something is not good enough to use for certain people, you can stop now. If you are interested in my reasons to stop using it for now, please do read on. I do have to warn you, I have formed this opinion after trying it for two evenings.

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Using google analytics data in your application

google_analytics.png I guess everybody that has to do something with websites knows the possibilities of google analytics. I am also sure that not a lot of people know all possibilities. This is post is about one of those possibilities that you might never heard of. This post is about extracting data from your google analytics account. That way the data can be used in your own application. When you do learn about the possibilities, imagine the power you have with that knowledge. One idea is to create a Hippo CMS plugin. Actually Jeroen Reijn has already started with a project for this at the hippo forge.

Within this post I create a component that makes it easy to read certain data from your account. While creating this component I’ll refer to available information online (mostly from google) and explain what I have done. After reading the post you’ll be able to create your own integration with a breeze.

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