or most enterprise architects, the value proposition of service-oriented architecture (SOA) is clear: SOA enables flexibility, agility and re-use benefits that are broadly recognized throughout the software development community. You
indBugs is an open-source static analysis tool designed to find bugs in your Java code. Unlike many other static analysis tools, however, FindBugs concentrates almost exclusively on isolating potentially dangerous
At a lunch conference yesterday, Yahoo! released Fire Eagle out of beta. This API allows you to broadcast your location to whomever you want, automatically or manually via your phone.
previous article on XForms in OpenOffice showed how to create a simple XForm in OpenOffice. My introduction to this particular technology came while working on the Danish UBL project, which
Amidst a flurry of announcements about the foundation at last week’s LinuxWorld, LiMo’s Morgan Gillis held a kind of “state of the foundation” session on Wed., describing the foundation’s seemingly
The following code shows you how to develop a simple Java application that can play MP3 files. This application is based on JMF (Java Media Framework). import javax.media.*;import java.io.*;import java.net.URL;
An easy way to identify the execution path of the current assembly is to retrieve the read-only AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory property. Note that Environment.CurrentDirectory property (read-write) also does the same, as long
In SQL Server Management Studio, you can use the Alt key in your keyboard to select blocks of text to execute. For instance, sometimes I create a SQL script to
In today’s world of fast food, fast cars, and instant gratification, people expect to be in touch at all times. We have become conditioned to staying in touch with businesses,
he traditional ASMX web service request/response communication model is limiting, because it is passive?in other words, web services return results only when called by client code. For example, imagine a
f you develop Web applications that have an international target audience, then you have to take internationalization into account—a process that includes avoiding date/time or currency confusions and delivering all
his series of articles addresses functional programming, the main concepts and differences compared to other paradigms, and how F# helps you get up to speed and produce results. This article
Suppose a user enters some information on the page and tries to close or navigate from the window?without saving the data. You may want to warn the user about possible
n recent years, the move towards web-based applications has accelerated for a variety of reasons, including the need for simple and reliable installations. Despite the many reasons for developing web
The code below demonstrates how to resize a form to the working area on the desktop using GetScreenRect. Private Sub frmFullScreen_Load _ (ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
Here’s a JavaFX example that creates a nice menu bar. All you need is a set of images named: home_1.bmp (unpressed), home_2.bmp (pressed), news_1.bmp, news_2.bmp,contact_1.bmp, contact_2.bmp, photos_1.bmp and photos_2.bmp: import
Q: What is the smallest object size possible in C/C++? A: A first attempt to create a size 0 object may look like this: class Empty {}; However, the value
icrosoft released Visual Studio 2008 and .NET 3.5 in November 2007. I have good news and, depending on your perspective, I have either bad news or good news. If you
uch of agile software development methodology is grounded in the lean manufacturing principles developed and perfected by the Toyota Motor Company, and translated to software production by a number of
ne topic you really need to understand when deploying Windows Mobile applications is security. Often, developers spend a lot of time developing and testing their applications on emulators. However, applications
The semantic web turned me into a flip-flopper. I’ve heard from both the positive and negative camps. The positive camp thinks the semantic web will revolutionize the web. The negative
rying to understand the logic of an unfamiliar Java project can be taxing. Learning the project’s code is even more difficult when there is no knowledge transfer from the developer(s)
Sometimes, you need to call a JavaScript function that’s in a parent window from a child window. For example, suppose you wanted to update a field in the parent window
As you know, you may not use a Transformer object (from the TrAX API) in multiple threads running concurrently. To do this, you need to use Templates. The following three
Suppose your library is in C and and your code is in .NET or VC++ (for a UI-based application). Further, suppose you want to display a message box whenever the
A quick way to determine which tables need indexes is to use the SQL Server Profiler Create Trace Wizard with “Identify Scans of Large Tables.” Doing so shows you the
WL ontologies allow you to describe data and relationships between data items. Common examples of this include complex knowledge domains such as pharmacology, but you can use OWL ontologies with
o you want to be agile, do you? You want to work in small increments and continuously deliver business functionality. You want to embrace change, even if that means taking
harePoint is a powerful platform that gives you a very easy-to-setup place in which to put data. But you know what happens when you have a tool like SharePoint? People
he rationale for using template engines to render views in Java web development is generally two-fold: Templates can be created and maintained by HTML coders. Templates are easy for HTML