Author Archives: Stephen Downey
Subversion….CVS 2.0?
I came across this article from back in January by Elliotte Harold regarding Subversion. Subversion is being adopted by more and more developers in recent times as their SCM tool of choice. I am using Subversion with my current Client and have found it great to work with. I have used a few of [...]
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BPEL, Java Developers take note….
I came across this interesting article by Matjaz B. Juric on how to integrate BPEL(Business Process Execution Language) into an SOA environment. Juric discusses the core concepts involved with BPEL and why BPEL is so important. He uses a business travel system as an example. Juric concludes by stating: We have seen that BPEL is [...]
Java and USB devices
Here is an interesting artice from Jeff Friesen discussing how to interact with a USB device using java: Java and USB by Jeff Friesen — Want to use a USB device in Java? Some with native abstractions, like mass-storage drives, work as you'd expect, but many devices like webcams and game controllers are simply invisible [...]
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So, Where have I been?
Well, I have been pretty busy lately hence the lack of blogs. Passion Development is up and running, well the company anyway. I still have a bit of work to do on the web site. So why did I decide to start Passion Development? In the last few years I have seen a lot of changes [...]
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Google Calendar
I have been looking at yet another great tool from Google. In true Web 2.0 style Google calendar allows people to share calendar events with on the web. They provide an API so I am going to try to integrate my public events with my web site. On a different note, I was at another [...]
Web 2.0 – Desktop2.0?
I just received a link in my del.icio.us inbox to this "interesting" presentation. The subject matter is very interesting in itself but the presentation style is not your run of the mill powerpoint. The presentation discusses a very interesting point. All web2.0 developers are looking for the following:Fast RevenuesRich UIHackable API'sCommunities On the other end of [...]
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Reflection Tip – Dynamically calling methods
There are often times when you need to call a method but you do not know the name of the method until runtime. I came across this issue during my Thesis. Our problem was as follows: How do we dynamically map between an object type and a method in the sub class of PublishableServer that [...]
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Web 1.0 V’s 2.0
I came across this interesting comparison of web 1.0 to 2.0 by Matthew Thomas. I think it is a very simple but true example. Web2.0 is about getting the product to Market as soon as possible and constantly improving. As Walter Higgins said, just do it anyway.
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So what are Code Reviews?