.:: a few thoughts on the subject by rob wright ::.

• SWT, Swing or AWT: Which is right for you?
  By providing a comparison of Eclipse’s SWT with the Java Swing and Abstract Windows Toolkit (AWT) GUI tool kits, this article helps developers of new applications decide which to choose. Read descriptions of each tool kit’s basic features, and the pros an
  (tags: java swt awt)
• Using WebSphere MQ with WebSphere Application Server Community Edition
  (tags: was websphere mq jms)

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• Asynchronous Messaging Made Easy With Spring JMS
  (tags: spring jms java)
• nixCraft: How do I resize windows Partition with Open Source Software
  (tags: howto knoppix sysadmin resize dualboot partition linux)

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• DB2 Universal Database Express Edition V8.2
  IBM introduces DB2 Express-C, a version of DB2 Universal Database Express Edition (DB2 Express) for the community. DB2 Express-C is a no-charge data server for use in application development and deployment. Providing the same core data server features as
  (tags: db2 ibm)

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hear, hear!

On PHP

all the PHP code I’ve seen in that experience has been messy, unmaintainable crap. Spaghetti SQL wrapped in spaghetti PHP wrapped in spaghetti HTML, replicated in slightly-varying form in dozens of places. Everyone agrees on PHP’s upsides: it’s written for the web, it’s easy to deploy and get running, and it’s pretty fast. Those are important advantages. And I’m sure that it’s possible to write clean, comprehensible, maintainable, PHP; only apparently it’s real easy not to.

In 1999, I came to the same conclusion with Microsoft’s Active Server Pages (ASP). How does anyone maintain the mix of ASP, HTML, CSS, etc. in one ASP file; it’s a total mess. The solution then and now is Java.

On the other hand, this week I was explaining J2EE deployment in WebSphere Application Server to my co-workers. Mid-explanation I was hit by the hammer of too much abstraction and flexibility. I haven’t experimented with Rails, but I like many of the principles. In the comments on Tim Bray’s post, someone mentions that “it should be easy to do the right thing.” Hear, hear!

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• AOP@Work: AOP myths and realities
  (tags: aop java TODO)

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I kept getting an exception regarding com.ibm.db2.jcc.SQLJContext and found the following…

WebSphere Application Server - WebSphere 6.0 exception with JDBC datasource (com.ibm.db2.jcc.SQLJContext)

You need to have DB2 8.1.6 or higher or you will get this message. This class will be in the jar file if you have version 8.1.6 or higher.

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• BBC - Religion & Ethics - Religions
  List of the world’s major religions.
  (tags: religion)
• Largest Religions in the World.
  Christianity - 1,900,174,000 (33.6%)
  Total - 5,661,525,000
  (tags: religion)

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• J2EE Without the Application Server
  (tags: j2ee java spring jms todo)
• WebSphere tuning for the impatient: How to get 80% of the performance improvement with 20% of the effort
  (tags: websphere j2ee todo)

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• java.net: Better File Uploads with AJAX and JavaServer Faces
  n this article, we will take fresh approach and implement an AJAX-powered component that will not only upload the file to server, but also monitor the actual progress of a file upload request in “real time.”
  (tags: java AJAX)

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• Partimage homepage
  Partition Image is a Linux/UNIX utility which saves partitions in many formats (see below) to an image file. The image file can be compressed in the GZIP/BZIP2 formats to save disk space, and split into multiple files to be copied on removable floppies (Z
  (tags: linux Partition sysadmin)
• SystemRescueCd homepage
  SystemRescueCd is a linux system on a bootable cdrom for repairing your system and your data after a crash. It also aims to provide an easy way to carry out admin tasks on your computer, such as creating and editing the partitions of the hard disk. It con
  (tags: linux sysadmin Partition)

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