Finally, I won a book from JavaRanch! Praise God! The book is entitled: Collective Intelligence in Action Unlike other books in Collective Intelligence, the methods and examples presented in CIA are based in Java. I’ve already joined many other book promos in the Ranch (Head First PMP, Rock Star Programmers, JQuery In Action), but this [...]
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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This post is out of date.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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Tags: Adobe Flex·Flex·Java·JSF
Flex, BlazeDS and JPA
April 18th, 2008 · 17 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 [...]
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.
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
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 [...]
EJB Injection in JSF Managed Beans
April 1st, 2008 · 5 Comments · Java, Programming
While trying to create a simple prototype for an application which uses JSF, EJB 3 and JPA, I decided to implement the suggestions from the article: Using an EJB Session Bean as a Model Facade. I was particularly interested in injecting my EJBs to my JSF Managed Beans (the article mentioned that it should be [...]