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Developing a NIO-Based Client

This tip shows you how to develop a New I/O-based client. As you probably know, NIO offers many advantages such as speed and the ability to maintain a large number

An Introduction to jQuery, Part 1

k, I admit it. For many, many years I hated JavaScript. I hated writing JavaScript code, and I hated the pain that goes along with dealing with different browsers using

Turn Twitter Into Your Personal Assistant

icroblogging service Twitter has become a disruptive everyday tool. It is increasingly replacing not only instant messaging clients, but also social bookmarking sites, interest tracking applications, support forums, email, and

Use the Factory Pattern to Facilitate Dynamic Typing

ood old object-oriented programming is still alive and kicking. In many C++ frameworks and applications where inheritance and virtual functions thrive you often need to create a derived object whose

Creating and Using Databases in Android

Database support is the lifeline of every application, big or small. Unless your application deals only with simple data, you need a database system to store your structured data. Android

Nested Functions in C++

Although C++ does not allow nested function declaration, you can simulate it using a structure with a static function: void outer(){ static int v1 = 5; int v2 = 5;

Stop Users from Right-Clicking on Your Web Site

To prevent your users from performing any of the other commands available by right-clicking on a web page in Internet Explorer, simply modify the opening &ltbody&gt tag of your HTML:

Extending Spring Integration Through Channel Adapters

n the past few years, some major Java-related developments have occurred in enterprise integration and messaging solutions. Several open source Java Message Service (JMS) solutions such as OpenMQ and ActiveMQ

Developing Orientation-Aware Android Applications

ost modern, self-respecting mobile operating systems in today’s market support different screen orientations based on the position of the device. Android is no exception. While this feature is often taken

Developing a NIO Server

As you probably know, NIO offers many advantages?like speed and a large number of concurrent connections: import java.io.*;import java.net.*;import java.nio.*;import java.util.*;import java.nio.channels.*;import java.nio.charset.*;public class ServerNIO{ public static void main(String[] args){

Simplify Classic ASP Debugging in VS 2005

Like its predessor, VS 2005 does not allow you to debug classic ASP pages by default. Instead, you have to manually attach the ASP worker process (w3wp.exe). Follow these simple

Integrating Bash with PHP

his article discusses how to install and configure three Bash distributions for Windows: the GNU BASH shell for Windows, the Win-Bash Windows port, and the Cygwin tool. It also demonstrates

Comparing Oracle Query Performance for Faster Applications

he performance of queries in applications is critical. You usually can gain manifold performance improvements by just improving query efficiency, and with IT budgets being squeezed, getting the maximum performance

Programming Team Foundation Server with the TFS SDK

hen working with Team Foundation Server (TFS), teams typically work on team projects, which are source-controlled collections of projects that let a manager track and assign individual tasks, called “work

Add an AutoIncrement Column to a DataTable

Adding an AutoIncrement column to a DataTable is quite simple: When you create a DataColumn, set its AutoIncrement property to true. The following code demonstrates: DataColumn posId = table.Columns.Add(“PositionId”, typeof(int));posId.AutoIncrement

Adding Custom Attributes to HTML Elements

A custom attribute is any user-defined attribute, just like other primitive HTML element attributes. You can add custom attributes to any HTML element. For example, suppose you wanted to add

Associate a ServerSocket with a ServerSocketChannel in an NIO App

This tip shows you how to create a ServerSocketChannel, to which you’ll then associate a standard ServerSocket: //create the ServerSocketChanneltry{ serverNIO=ServerSocketChannel.open(); serverNIO.configureBlocking(false); }catch(IOException e) {System.out.println(” Error: ” + e.getMessage());}//indicate the

Reliable Sessions Made Simple with WCF

he ACME Toothpick Company recently implemented two transactional Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) services to integrate their toothpick manufacturing and log inventory applications. A third application, the ACME Manufacturing Manager (AMM),

Invoke RESTful Web Services from JavaFX

avaFX, a new Sun Microsystems product family (including a scripting language, JavaFX Script), is optimized for implementing rich Internet applications for desktop and mobile devices. It comes bundled with the

WPF Wonders: Properties and Events

hen Microsoft’s developers invented WPF, they made some fundamental changes in the way things work. Two of those changes redefine the fundamental nature of properties and events. To replace the

Socialize Your Flash Game with OpenSocial

here are many creative Flash games on the Internet. Most of them are single player games that are deployed on social networking sites such as Facebook or Myspace. This article

How to Use Properties Files in Java

In Java, you can easily create and use a properties file containing name/value pairs. First, make a .properties file?name it Properties.properties. Place key/value pairs such as name = java in