I would like to share a little application I developed last year for a simple concert that our church sponsored. The requirement was to develop a seat/ticket reservation system which will be accessed from two different locations. The application will be used by administrators only to check the available seats and will not be accessible [...]
Entries from April 17th, 2008
Sponsor a Child
April 16th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Heroes, Philippines
A few months ago, I was reading the blog of Cay Horstmann (author of Core Java, Core JSF and many others) and came across his The OLPC and Java post. I got an OLPC for the holiday season. No, it wasn’t for the Horstmann twins—after all, it is one laptop per child, so the child [...]
Hero Hack Pack
April 15th, 2008 · No Comments · Heroes, Programming, Tools
Order your own Hero Hack Pack and get started with Open Source and Microsoft technology. Each Hero Hack Pack contains free evaluation editions of Windows Server 2008 and Visual Studio 2008, plus resources for getting started with Open Source development. Looking for more? We’ve randomly hidden vouchers for free passes to the 2008 Open Source [...]
Tags: Dotnet·Microsoft·Open Source·Visual Studio 2008·Windows Server 2008
Pro EJB 3 – Java Persistence API for $10
April 12th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Books, Java
Same rules as before, you can get this e-book from Apress’ daily deal site for $10 within the 24-hour period. Pro EJB 3 This is one of the few books recommended for SCBCD 5.0 exam.
Beginning PHP and MySQL 5 for $10
April 12th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Books, PHP
At 12:01 AM PST, a different Apress or friends of ED eBook will be priced at $10 US for a 24-hour period You can view/purchase the discounted e-books from this URL: http://www.apress.com/info/dailydeal. About the same time last year, I needed to create a simple Ticket Reservation System for a small concert in our local church. [...]
Globe 3G – New Mobile Browsing Rates
April 11th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Tools
Great news for Globe subscribers! Globe has announced a new time-based pricing model (5 pesos for every 15 minutes) for mobile browsing. This looks better than Smart’s (10 pesos for every 30 minutes) current offering if you’re the type of person who just use this facility to download your emails (and read them offline) which [...]
SCEA 5 Part I Study Guide Mind Map
April 11th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Books, Java, Programming
As promised, here’s the long overdue Mind Map for SCEA 5 Part I. This file builds on top of the OLD SCEA Part I Study Guide Mind Map. This file contain the references I used for SCEA 5 BETA Part I preparation last year which is just an addition to the resources already mentioned in [...]
Tags: architect·Freemind·Java·Java Certification·Mind Map·scea·SCEA 5
CSS Naked Day
April 10th, 2008 · No Comments · Books, Tools
Did you know that there’s such a thing as “CSS Naked Day“? Yes there is! It’s celebrated on the 9th of April each year. The idea behind this event is to promote Web Standards. Plain and simple. This includes proper use of (x)html, semantic markup, a good hierarchy structure, and of course, a good ‘ol [...]
Java 5 EOL Announcement
April 10th, 2008 · No Comments · Java
How time flies! Just when most people have started using Java 5, you get this announcement from SUN. Java SE 5.0 is in its Java Technology End of Life (EOL) transition period. The EOL transition period began April 8th, 2007 and will complete October 8th, 2009, when Java SE 5.0 will have reached its End [...]
Flex-ing Your Way to RIA Land
April 9th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Books, Flex
I’ve had the privilege to work on some proof of concept pages using Flex since last week. Yes, I’ve heard the buzz around RIA and Flex before but I didn’t have the time to play around with the application until now. I originally thought that it was somehow expensive to develop applications using Flex, but [...]
Tags: Adobe·Adobe Flex·Flash·Flex·Java