When I bought my Mac a few months ago, there was some doubt about the support of apple for java. Java 6 was out for a while and Leopard was still shipped with java 5. There were a lot of
How WTF’s improve code quality awareness
In my daily work, I am responsible for coaching and training of colleagues and co-workers with less experience. One of the primary issues I have to deal with is code quality. Of course, a developer will never deliberately produce bad
Code projects at google code
I have been using google code for a while now. The gridshore project at google code contains some nice examples. For a while now you can add wiki pages to the project at google code. Therefore I have created a
Creating a Flex 3 DataGrid component with backend filtering
Previously I have written an article about integrating flex with spring. In this article I explained the steps to take when creating a flex 3 application that calls the back end implemented using spring. To enable flex to do this,
A new life has started at ISIS Papyrus Netherlands
Well what shall I say, Jettro is not the only one that has changed. After three great years with Accenture, leading a group of 120 enthousiastic Java, EAI, ECM and SOA specialists I decided to follow my heart and took
Managing “session” data with ThreadLocal
Most commercial Java developers nowadays are working on projects that involve the JEE environment. As such they work on code that runs within the context of the servlet container or the application server. Which provides many services for the application
Service orientation within applications
Many IT projects at large companies aim to make the company “SOA-proof”. What really concerns me is that time after time software architects tend to treat “XML Web Services” as a synonym for “Service”. In this article, I want to
Shooting ducks
If you want to make an omelette… you have to shoot some ducks! A counterpoint to Arjen Poutsma’s WS-DuckTyping Author’s note: this was actually an article written by me for a different publication some time back. However, this is its