Recommended Readings Software development Kent Beck: When Worse Is Better: Incrementally Escaping Local Maxima – Kent reintroduces his Sprinting Centipede strategy (“reduce the cost of each change as much as possible so as to enable small changes to be chained together nearly continuously” => “From the outside it is clear that big changes are happening,Continue reading “Most interesting links of December ’12”
Tag Archives: webapp
Creating Custom Login Modules In JBoss AS 7 (and Earlier)
JBoss AS 7 is neat but the documentation is still quite lacking (and error messages not as useful as they could be). This post summarizes how you can create your own JavaEE-compliant login module for authenticating users of your webapp deployed on JBoss AS. A working elementary username-password module provided.
Exposing Functionality Over HTTP with Groovy and Ultra-Lightweight HTTP Servers
I needed a quick and simple way to enable some users to query a table and figured out that the easiest solution was to use an embedded, ligthweight HTTP server so that the users could type a URL in their browser and get the results. The question was, of course, which server is best forContinue reading “Exposing Functionality Over HTTP with Groovy and Ultra-Lightweight HTTP Servers”
Most interesting links of November
Recommended Readings Recommended Reading by Poppendiecks – an excellent selection, starting with Lean from Trenches, Management 3.0, Specification by Example, The Lean Startup etc. Eric Allman says that Programming Isn’t Fun Any More because problem solving has been replaced with learning, configuring, and integrating tons of libraries, frameworks, and tools and many people agree withContinue reading “Most interesting links of November”
Where to Get Sample Java Webapps
I was unsuccessfuly looking for some decent, neither too simple nor to complex Java web application for Iterate hackaton “War of Web Frameworks”. I want to record the demo apps and options I’ve found in the case I’ll need it ever again. Tips are welcome.
The Ultimate Web UI Framework
Recently I have found myself in the need of a framework for creating rich, responsive and highly interactive web-based user interfaces that would ideally be easy to use and fast to learn. I was basically only interested in the view part of the presentation tier, that’s the UI running in user’s browser and interacting withContinue reading “The Ultimate Web UI Framework”
Introducing Facelets
You might have already heard about Facelets (docs), a library for Java Server Faces (JSF), and wondered why it is popular and what it is good for. I’ve wondered too and now I want to share the answers with you. Warning: I’m a novice to Facelets and some things may be not completely exact. FaceletsContinue reading “Introducing Facelets”
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