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nterprise Application Integration (EAI) is a collection of architectural principles combined to integrate new and existing applications both within the enterprise and in business to business or partner integration scenarios.
any developers have started to warm to the power and simplicity of Ruby. While the language is simple and powerful, one of the hits against it has been the lack
he Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX) technology is notorious for making the user experience in web browsers more efficient, dynamic, and enjoyable and can minimize bandwidth usage. AJAX is based
y previous article discussed the new Application Settings feature in Windows Forms 2.0. The article demonstrated this feature using C#. However, the application settings feature is also available in Visual
his article describes one simple solution for achieving interoperability between Windows Workflow (WF) and ASP.NET. It leverages the power of WF’s powerful visual logic to design page-flow based on user
ften considered the backbone of service-oriented architectures (SOAs), the enterprise service bus (ESB) has emerged as a standard for enterprise-wide integration among disparate information systems. Many enterprise architects leverage the
When creating XML files, sometimes there are fields (elements/attributes) where you need to use special characters like space, &,
This tip shows you how to import an XML schema in your XSL pages, using XSLT 2.0. For example, if your XML schema is named schema.xsd and it is stored
Some of us may like to use the null layout instead of any ready layout manager. However, when it comes to using JscrollPane or other scrollable components, I’ve found that
SP.NET applications usually rely on two of the standard sections in a Web.config file: the section that holds general configuration and application values, and the section specialized for storing connection
T professionals agree that input is a big source of trouble. Input ultimately determines how applications work and wrong or malicious input may cause serious damage. It is extremely important
f you’ve ever worked on more than the most trivial installation program, you realize that developing installers isn’t for the faint of heart. After spending days or weeks learning about
icrosoft has recently announced the release of Windows Mobile 6 to device manufacturers. While it will be sometime before you can get your hands on a Windows Mobile 6 device,
uring the past 20 years I have had the privilege of working with well over 1,000 different software developers. Some of the best developers in the industry mentored me when
y previous article showed you how to improve your applications’ sophistication by using the power of ontologies to tap into conceptual information about a domain. This article discusses how to
s web application security breaches and attempts rise, developers are increasingly being asked to take more responsibility for the security of their applications, and application framework vendors are building more
he RichTextBox component in WPF/.NET 3.0 received a major upgrade compared to the previous version of the RichTextBox control that shipped with.NET 2.0. But with the expanded capability comes the
Query is a declarative language for querying XML that’s similar to SQL for querying relational data. Most Java developers are familiar with JDBC, which provides a standard Java API to
o you ever feel like you’re beating your head against a wall? I know I do; quite often, in fact. It seems like developers spend half their time bending technology
am the host of “.NET Rocks!”, an Internet audio talk show for .NET developers online at www.dotnetrocks.com and msdn.microsoft.com/dotnetrocks. My co-host Richard Campbell and I interview the movers and shakers
icrosoft recently rolled out its next-generation operating system (OS), Windows Vista. One of the core Vista components is a new version of Microsoft’s web server?Internet Information Services version 7.0 (IIS
Suppose you accidentally start building a big project and now you have to wait until the debugger (IDE) shows the stop icon. Use CTRL+Break and cancel the build.
Use this application to determine what image formats you can load and save in J2SE. import javax.imageio.*;class picture{ public picture(){} void RWF() { //read image formats System.out.println(“R-IF:”); String[] readFormats=ImageIO.getReaderFormatNames(); for(int
Typically, as part of the product installation, applications/products are required to create some database tables. It’s a good practice to isolate product installation tables from the application/solution specific tables. One
ave you ever been frustrated by the lack of sophistication in some of today’s search applications? I certainly have been. For example, I was recently evaluating a tool, called Green
ookup and navigation screens initially seem like no-brainers, when compared to other parts of an application?yet by the time a developer has met all the user requirements and requests, he/she
any people believe that according to Moore’s law, you would expect a doubling of processing power about every 18 to 24 months. In truth, that rate is not what Moore’s
hile the industry continues to grapple with the meaning behind Web 2.0 and Web 3.0, or the semantic web, it’s nevertheless seeing more tangible technology advancements in frameworks and tools
an Francisco, Calif.?Sun crossed the open source Java finish line when it announced it was releasing the remaining bits of the Java SE (Standard Edition) Development Kit under version 2
few months ago, I received a message from quite an experienced DBA and database programmer asking me whether I knew a nice trick for manipulating date/time data without using Microsoft
