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May 26, 2006
CodeCharge Studio
AppBuilder_TaskManager_gordy_11025_20050415.swf (application/x-shockwave-flash Object)
Pat asked me my opinion on this. I took a quick look and my only objections were that it's Windoze-only and didn't mention PHP 5.0 support. I'll may look at it more closely later.
Is this a worthwhile application development environment?
Posted by lsloan at 11:27 AM | Comments (0)
May 19, 2006
Six Key Javascript Techniques
Web 2.0 Technologies: Six key JavaScript techniques
"These are six techniques I have found to be invaluable in my JavaScript/AJAX development. If you are using library like Prototype.js, these techniques will help you better understand what's going on behind the scenes. On the other hand, if you don't want to use one of the pre-baked JS libraries (for example because you are building a very lightweight page, and don't want to incur Prototype's 50K download), then these techniques provide a very lightweight toolkit to make your JS coding more efficient."
Posted by lsloan at 01:38 PM | Comments (0)
May 12, 2006
Deciding When To Use Ajax
A new series on IBM's developerWorks web site, Considering Ajax, Part 1: Cut through the hype, discusses when to use Ajax and when not. It also gives advice on when to use existing frameworks or to develop your own.
Posted by lsloan at 10:20 AM | Comments (0)
Eclipse's new Ajax Toolkit
Two tools bring Ajax to Eclipse's Ajax Toolkit Framework looks interesting!
Posted by lsloan at 10:13 AM
May 10, 2006
Compile C into Java Classes
Axiomatic Multi-Platform C (AMPC) is a C compiler suite with an IDE that generates Java bytecode (Java class files) to produce platform independent applications. This is for Write Once Run Anywhere (WORA) with C. AMPC supports a very large subset of ANSI C (1989). It can be used to develop new applications using C as well as port existing applications written in C to run on JVM enabled devices. A JNI (JVM Native Interface) feature is available for calling native C or C functions. Also, numerous Java methods can be called from AMPC. The asm() directive can be used to embed Jasmin assembly code within C source code.
Posted by lsloan at 09:46 AM | Comments (0)
May 08, 2006
Penrose: LDAP & DB Bridge
Penrose
was mentioned on the LDAP@umich.edu mailing list recently. Apparently it is a tool that will synchronize LDAP directories and some common types of databases. At first, I thought this was a SQL front-end to an LDAP directory or vice versa, but I don't think it is. I think that would be more useful than a synchronizer, but I'll keep this in mind, just in case.
Posted by lsloan at 08:36 AM | Comments (0)
May 02, 2006
Installing Tomcat Documents at IBM developerWorks
Lately I've found that IBM's developerWorks web site contains more and more information on the topics I'm interested in. It's probably partly due to my interests shifting recently.
I found two good resources there about installing Tomcat, the Java web application server from the Apache project:
"Installing Tomcat" is a screencast "video" in Flash format that walks the user through the installation.
"Tomcat for beginning Web developers" is a document that describes the installation. Suitable for people who don't want a talking video or who like to print these kinds of things out.
Both of those resources require a free IBM login name for access.
Posted by lsloan at 08:39 AM | Comments (0)
May 01, 2006
Java Web Apps Using Spring MVC
I learned recently that some folks around U-M use an application framework called Spring for Java web applications. I was familiar with Struts, so it will be interesting to see how this compares.
The Spring website has a Spring MVC step-by-step tutorial that looks pretty straightforward.
Posted by lsloan at 01:00 PM | Comments (0)