f you’ve worked on more than one Web application with different teams, you’ve probably worked with more than one Web application framework. J2EE always provided Web technologies, but never defined
ike most developers, I have been developing software systems using object-oriented programming (OOP) techniques for many years. So when I read that aspect-oriented programming (AOP) addresses many problems that traditional
n today’s heterogeneous environments, it’s not uncommon to have to switch between environments?say VB.NET and Java?and that usually requires having two robust IDEs (especially considering that VisualStudio.NET is not just
esides its email-processing function, the ubiquitous, open-source Procmail utility can be configured to serve as a local delivery agent for any mail transfer agent (MTA) such as Sendmail and Postfix
he Calling Number Delivery (CND) service, commonly known as caller ID, allows phone users who have caller ID-compatible equipment to receive identification information about incoming calls, including the calling party’s
tarting with SQL Server 2000, Microsoft added the concept of notification services to their flagship database engine. SQL Server Notification Services lets you generate and send notifications whenever some criterion
ne of the most common errors Java programmers make when they first learn multi-threaded programming is to misunderstand locks. They believe that locking an object prevents access to its fields
ntegrating old and new components and services using a service-oriented architecture (SOA) requires an infrastructure that can connect any component or service, regardless of location, messaging protocol, and message format.
he Apache Software Foundation’s proposal of an open source version of Java 2 Standard Edition (J2SE) has the “Father of Java” James Gosling puzzled. “It’s often difficult to get a