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Entries from April 25th, 2008

Get TWO Chances at Getting Sun Certified For the Price of One

April 25th, 2008 · No Comments · Books, Java

This post is out of date.
Please visit http://javacertification.info/ for details regarding other Java/Sun Certification promotions.

Taken directly from Sun’s email:
500,000 Have Done it and You Can Too!
Dear READER:
More than 500,000 IT Professionals are now Sun Certified. Are You Next?
With the purchase of any certification exam voucher through June 30, 2008, you will receive a second [...]

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Adobe AIR for JavaScript Developers Pocket Guide

April 23rd, 2008 · 1 Comment · Books, Flex

This book has been released under Creative Commons License and is available for download…
Yes, for FREE!
Adobe AIR for JavaScript Developers Pocket Guide
You can checkout Mike Chamber’s blog for more details.

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MyFaces 1.2 Error: No Factories configured for this Application

April 23rd, 2008 · 3 Comments · Java

If you’ve received the “No Factories configured for this Application” error with MyFaces 1.2, then you’re not alone.
Detailed message goes like this:
java.lang.IllegalStateException: No Factories configured for this Application. This happens if the faces-initialization does not work at all – make sure that you properly include all configuration settings necessary for a basic faces application and [...]

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May 1 – Labor Day

April 23rd, 2008 · 1 Comment · Philippines

To those of you who are wondering whether next Monday will be declared a non-working day because of the Holiday Economics Act and the upcoming Labor Day, the answer can be found here.
Labor Day will STILL be celebrated on May 1 (Thursday) and will not be moved to the nearest Monday.
They should probably update the [...]

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Has .NET Leapfrogged Java?

April 23rd, 2008 · 1 Comment · Dotnet, Java

Got this message from my Inbox this morning:

Our authors often have great insights. So when one recently told us that .NET technology–in particular C# combined with LINQ–has “leapfrogged Java,” we took note. His evidence?

The new .NET library, LINQ*, provides a direct link between C# code and any data source, without the need for a persistence [...]

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Swim For A Cause

April 22nd, 2008 · 5 Comments · Sunday School

Good day friends!
I’m trying to look for sponsors for an upcoming event this Saturday to help raise funds for our Church auditorium.
You can “pledge” at least 200 pesos for every lap (50 meters) that I will complete.
So for example, Person A pledges 2 laps @ 200 pesos each and Person B pledges 1 lap @ [...]

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JSF vs Flex Components

April 22nd, 2008 · 3 Comments · Flex, Java

When developing JSF applications, I rely heavily on these two sites as reference for the Tag syntax.

http://www.exadel.com/tutorial/jsf/jsftags-guide.html
http://www.horstmann.com/corejsf/jsf-tags.html

With Flex, there’s a similar tool where you can see Flex 3 components in action.

http://examples.adobe.com/flex3/componentexplorer/explorer.html

Try visiting and comparing the mentioned sites and you’ll probably have an idea why I’m really excited about developing applications in Flex.

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Flex, BlazeDS and JPA

April 18th, 2008 · 13 Comments · Flex, Java

After several days of playing with Flex, I’ve managed to create a simple Java-based backend using BlazeDS and the Java Persistence API (JPA).
In this post, we will try to implement what used to be a very popular application (during the early days of the Internet), the “Guest Book“.
What you’ll need:

Flex Builder 3 (you can download [...]

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Win a Free Ebook

April 18th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Books

We (Manning) will hold a random drawing every day from April 17 to April 30. Two winners will be chosen each day. Winners can choose from any ebook available on Manning.com. We will contact you by email if you are one of the lucky winners. No purchase is necessary and you only need to enter [...]

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Flex Memory Usage

April 17th, 2008 · No Comments · Flex

I was trying to modify this stock ticker example to work with Flex 3 when I came upon a surprising conclusion.
“With great power comes great responsibility.”
Spider-Man / Spider-Man 2
Yes, I’m 100% convinced that Flex is the way to go if you want rich interactive user interfaces.
But that does not come without a [...]

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