For a project we were looking for an appropriate technology stack to create a back end application supporting a REST like architecture together with some screens to test and maintain the application. The application uses REST like urls and JSON
Roadtrip from springframework to Hippo 7
At the moment I am doing a proof of concept for a customer together with two developers from the customer and a developer from Hippo. We are using the future product of hippo, Hippo 7. It is a nice technology
My first source contribution to springframework
I have reached a new Milestone. More than three years ago I blogged about a framework called Rome. This is a framework that enables you to create Rss feeds without to much hassle. I found the framework and created a
Commodity and Ethics in IT, why a PoC is better than a RFP Process
Ben his article “Consultancy” != “Cover your ass” is all about ethics and “How to Help your Customer in the Best Possible Way“. Recently, but also quite often in the past, I was involved in RFI & RFP processes and
Open source as in free
Last week I was at the NLJug J-Fall. This is a conference for Java developers organized in the name of the Dutch Java Users Group. One of the keynotes was given by Reginald Hutcherson from Sun. He talked about Sun
ISIS Papyrus presenteert Whitepaper De Digitale Polis
Although initially sceptic I have decided after checking with Jettro to put the press release also on our Gridshore blog. I can not deny that we have around 400 to 500 hits a day, which is more than most sites
Yes We Can….the day after
On November 4, 2008 a great wish came true for most of the United States and the rest of the world: a great alliance of liberals, progressives, new voters, young voters, men, women, blacks, hispanics and people who wanted change
Threadsafe applications? (part I)
When working as a java programmer there are a lot of weird questions people can ask you. The most asked are maybe (no scientific proof): Is java better than C#? Is Qt better for multi platform front ends than java?