One of the things we like about the Oracle Frameworks is open-ness and extensibility of the frameworks.
During our project we encountered the infamous web application problem of having two users edit the same data. The database and framework lead us to a few nice exceptions that resemble ‘RowInconsistentException’ or ‘RowAlreadyLockedException’.
The Oracle ADF Business Components framework [...]

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Who needs an architect? I came across this rather old article while I was searching for certifications that will lift my career, or the careers of my colleagues, into unexpected dimensions. We all know the Sun enterprise architect certification. We all also know the certification is nice as a piece of paper, a line in [...]

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Indeed, IBM has released a free application server. They took Geronimo, branded it as Websphere and hope they can sell support services with it. Seems like a good deal? Might be. In case you’re not in the position to buy a way to expensive product like the real Websphere but you need an app server [...]

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Via Matt Raibles weblog I found Simon Browns blog and this guy gave himself the impossible mission to compare the whole bunch of presentation frameworks that are currently available through the open source community. Colleague Rob de Jong already asked the question which framework to use and which not. Maybe Simon’s journey will useful answering [...]

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Bruce Tate, successful author of several books including the well known Better, Faster, Lighter Java, held a presentation during the Guru4Pro meetings in the Netherlands. The Guru4Pro meetings are organized to facilitate the exchange of idea’s and information between profesionals. This all in an informal atmosphere. Approximately 120 people attented the presentation and evaluation showed [...]

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At the last JavaOne held in Tokyo, Sun announced that it will make Sun Java Studio Creator & Sun Java Studio Enterprise 8 available for free. This opens a whole lot of possibilities for nada.. Use Creator for your JSF needs and the Enterprise version for developing J2EE including UML 2.0 modelling..

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Today a memo from Bill Gates himself spread across the Internet. It talks about competitors that challenge Microsoft in the so called ‘online service’ age. Earlier memo’s from former Groove chief Ray Ozzie, talk about missed opportunities for Microsoft. Companies like Google, Adobe, Yahoo and Skype have met the growing need of speed, simplicity and [...]

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I know it’s a bit off topic, this blogs main focus is Java, but hypes, rumours and a personal demonstration by Bruce Tate made me realize I should ‘do’ something with the scripting language called Ruby. I’m not going to write a lengthy blog about my initial impressions, instead I just provide a link to [...]

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Java Guru4Pro.
Better, Faster, Lighter Java
Op donderdagavond 3 november heeft LogicaCMG Bruce Tate in Delft uitgenodigd om te spreken over een aantal basisprincipes die terugkomen in al onze werkzaamheden. Bruce Tate heeft zo
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