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December 16 2008
The recent re-emphasis by Adobe on the "Flash" brand is scary! The world of web development involves two types of people -- developers and designers. Each of these sets is distinct from the other. Very rarely are there people who... read moreThe Server Side Java Symposium Europe : Day 1
June 18 2008
Its about 6.30PM here in Prague and the day 1 of The Server Side Java Symposium (TSSJS) is wrapping up for the day with an award ceremony (sponsored by GigaSpaces). I am too tired and sleepy to carry on after... read moreJavaFX Showcase: Should you care to see it?
May 07 2008
JavaFX.com is up and running! The problem is that it doesn't work well on most browsers. The small fonts are unreadable when viewed in FireFox or Safari. The site takes a long time to load up. The only thing notable... read moreMay 07 2008
Last year JavaOne got the UN guy and was trying to eradicate poverty; this year they got Neil Young and were showing off the cool stuff. CNET blogger Dan Farber has a good write-up and the video that tells you... read moreJavaOne: More than Java, More than 1 conference
May 06 2008
Although JavaOne 2008 officially starts tomorrow, it commenced today with CommunityOne. Carrying on the trend that started a couple of years back JavaOne is continuing to emerge as an event for things more than just Java. For statistics sake at... read moreAdobe Flex gaining ground in India; Java watch out!
March 14 2008
In the last few years India has emerged from being a small outsourcing destination to a large computing powerhouse (especially as far as programming resources and their critical skill sets go). Its one place that boasts of millions (not just... read moreReally! And we didn't even know!
March 14 2008
If you haven't read anything really silly in a long time, then here it comes! The caption of a picture in the Wired magazine reads -- "Jason Fried (left) and David Heinemeier Hansson of 37signals helped develop much of the... read moreFebruary 29 2008
Flex is gaining adoption among Java programmers and I must confess it’s a fantastic match in my experience. With Java, you get the robust server side that integrates and works with pretty much every useful technology in the enterprise and... read moreFrom Tags to Riches: Going from Web1.0 to Flex
February 11 2008
James Ward and I put together an article on porting over an HTML application to Flex. Its published on InfoQ. We used the Pentaho BI Dashboard as the sample application in our endeavor. After reading the article you will realize... read moreDrop backward compatibility or stop evolving
January 16 2008
Bruce Eckel says Java is at an “Evolutionary Dead End”. His perspective is that retrofitting newer features into Java is making it absurdly complex. He states the choice is between no more evolution or breaking away from the past. In any other scenario he suspects things are only going to… read moreDr. Gosling says the grapes are sour!
January 14 2008
In a recent interview Dr. Gosling said - “If you look at something like Flash, when you get to the much more advanced stuff — with richer interfaces, more complex network protocols, more complex APIs — it really falls short.” Source : Redmond Developer News While, I would agree with Dr. Gosling, that… read moreJanuary 08 2008
If you are interested in learning more about Adobe Flex or understanding how it could be integrated with other technologies, including Java, then please come to Flex Camp Chicago. It a day long event at the Illinois Technology Association in downtown Chicago on January 18, 2008. Hope to see you there! read moreTop 5 expectations of a Java developer in 2008
January 02 2008
Let me start by wishing everyone a happy new year ! I hope 2008 is prosperous and peaceful for all of you. For many of you who still take pride in being a Java developer, I also put down a list of top 5 expectations from the year that has… read moreOctober 04 2007
Apache Struts is the most popular Java web application framework till date. However, newer developments have rendered it both obsolete and inadequate. There are a few options that are trying to replace it but there is no clear winner yet! Who do you think is leading and worthy of the… read moreSeptember 27 2007
Google turns 9 today. The official chronological history is online at the corporate history page. Their most important contribution is the effective search engine they provide. Today, the word searching on the web pretty much implies “googling” ! However, there is another extremely important contribution from their side and that is… read moreRecent Posts | All Posts
