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December 31, 2009

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Jeviathon: Building a project with Apache Ivy

How to use Apache Ivy to add jar version control and integrate maven repositories with your java build scripts.

(tags: java build ivy maven dependecies versioncontrol tutorial apache ant opensource ci introduction example)
An Army of Solipsists » Blog Archive » Hierarchical Roles in the Grails Spring Security Plugin

A step-by-step tutorial on how to implement hierarchical permissions using the Spring-Security Plugin in Grails.

(tags: spring springsecurity grails security hierarchical roles promotion levels groovy java development plugin example tutorial)
What tools provide burndown charts to Bugzilla or Mylyn? - Stack Overflow

StackOverflow.com question & answer on what products/services are best suited to integrate bugzilla w/ burndown chart reporting.

(tags: bugzilla integration agile scrum burndown projectmanagement backlog tracking tools services list stackoverflow)

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December 30, 2009

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Compact Calendar 2010

An easy to print excel based calendar. Useful for planning dates and taking notes on. I'm already using it.

(tags: calendar planning year excel microsoft free template xlt productivity gtd organization tools design templates)
10 Beautiful Sketches for Website Prototypes – woorkup.com

Some very nice website prototype sketches.

(tags: mockup website prototype prototyping wireframe wireframes webdesign design sketch concept examples list)

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December 22, 2009

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gRaphaël—Charting JavaScript Library

GRapheal is another JavaScript based graphing library

(tags: graphael javascript graph chart library charts graphics visualization graphs data pie line bar)
Hosting Java applications in the web | Veera Sundar | Java, Web, Design and much more

A list of recommended web server hosting providers for Java Applications.

(tags: java hosting host website server web application servlet webhost container amazon google aws gae hostingproviders applications)
GMetrics - GMetrics - Home

GMetrics measures some static statistics of Groovy source code at compile time to help measure the maintainability of code.

(tags: groovy metrics project opensource oss build quality measure staticanalysis tools)
Master Google Android: 40 Tips and Tricks - PC World Business Center

A list of Android phone tips and Tricks. More for users than for developers, so if you own a phone these are good to know. If you're a developer - it's good list of usability features users expect.

(tags: android java tips list optimize howto apps google mobile phone ui ux usability cutandpaste hotkeys usb synch outlook)
Groovy Goodness: Formatted Strings with sprintf - Messages from mrhaki

Use C++ style sprintf statements in Groovy.

(tags: mrhaki string c++ sprintf java groovy tutorial example)
Groovy Goodness: Getting Groovy with DOM - Messages from mrhaki

Mr Haki shows the power of the DOMBuilder xml parser in Groovy

(tags: mrhaki dom xml groovy parse example tutorial testcase)

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December 19, 2009

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Groovy Goodness: Getting the Sum of Items in a Collection - Messages from mrhaki

Mr. Haki shows how easy it is to use the sum method on any Groovy object

(tags: groovy collections sum addition mrhaki object custom tutorial example sourcecode)
The Unofficial Google Text-To-Speech API | ViralPatel.net

A short example showing how to use the Google Translate APIs as a simple Text-To-Speech (TTS) engine.

(tags: google tts texttospeech api text speech translation voice example tutorial simple)
The Copenhagen Wheel : clusterflock

Interesting new product that converts a bike into a electric hybrid with smartphone integration for interesting stats and social interactivity.

(tags: innovation products socialnetworking green environment bike bicycle copenhagenwheel wheel invention energy smartphone)
Feynman at his best | MetaFilter

A MetaFilter post listing some youtube videos of Theoretical Physicist Richard Feynman thinking aloud. "What is fire? How do rubber bands work? Why do mirrors flip left-right but not up-down? All is explained in his lovely meanderingly lucid manner."

(tags: youtube physics video metafilter science education bbc fun interesting feynman watchlater)

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December 17, 2009

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CK's Developer Blog » JBoss Tricks – How to deploy WAR JAR EAR in an external folder (directory)

Deploy web apps and enterprise apps to Jboss in an external directory

(tags: jboss article howto tricks deploy war ear externaldirectory)
How to Create a Web Service Client with Groovy and NetBeans Platform 6.8 | NetBeans Zone

A simple tutorial showing how easy it is to create a Java compatible web service client using Groovy. Example calls a .net generated service.

(tags: webservices soap groovy client generate netbeans sample example tutorial article howto sorucecode)

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December 11, 2009

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28 Rich Data Visualization Tools - InsideRIA

A Great list of data visualization tools & libraries for web applications. List includes options for Javascript, Java, php, .net, air, flex

(tags: data datavisualization visualization charts graphs libraries flex javascript ajax web air adobe jfreechart java list jquery php silverlight .net)
» Pair programming Issues - DevChix - Blog Archive

This short article highlights some of the pains in pair programming along with some benefits.

(tags: pm projectmanagement agile pairprogramming issues benefits pains article readthecomments)

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December 10, 2009

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User:Harthur/BugzillaRPC - MozillaWiki

Add Bugzilla to an Ajax mashup or just use this api to do simple JavaScript calls.

(tags: bugzilla xmlrpc javascript documentation support bug bugtracking integration ajax)

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December 9, 2009

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Design Patterns Quiz

A Quick and easy Design Patterns quiz to test your knowledge of design pattern names and their appropriate uses.

(tags: designpattern quiz test patterns pattern designpatterns programming design creational structural behavioural l&l)

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December 8, 2009

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Change of pace: Arduino - No Fluff Just Stuff

A simple Arduino tutorial with C source code.

(tags: arduino tutorial nfjs code sourcecode howto led hardware physicalcomputing c c++ diy make)
Ajaxian » Highcharts: Really nice charting API

Ajaxian features a tutorial of a JavaScript based charting library called Highcharts. JQuery & Mootools compatible.

(tags: highcharts javascript api chart jquery charts graphs graph library comparison dojo mootools protovis framework tutorial example sourcecode ajaxian)
Git tips for SVN users | CodeUtopia - The blog of Jani Hartikainen

Some tips on how to migrate from Subversion to Git

(tags: git svn subversion versioncontrol migration tips list tutorial issues programming dvcs vcs)

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December 7, 2009

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Open Flash Chart - Charts - <a href="line-charts-menu.php">Line Charts Menu</a> - Hollow Line

An OpenFlashCharts example showing multiple lines on the same graph.

(tags: openflashcharts multiline example tutorial sourcecode php json howto)

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December 5, 2009

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Highcharts - Interactive JavaScript charts for your webpage

Highcharts is a JQuery compatible javascript library for rendering graphs and charts.

(tags: javascript ajax charts graphs visualization graph chart jquery webdesign datavisualization js mootools canvas)
15 amazing jquery tabs tutorials | ExtraTuts

A list of JQuery tab based interfaces including some with fancy transition effects like animations and fades.

(tags: jquery javascript tabs plugins ajax css tutorials demos layout interface ux ui usability tutorial examples list)
Groovy Goodness: ServerSocket Scripts - Messages from mrhaki

Mr Haki shows us how to build a simple Socket Server in Groovy. Example connects via telnet.

(tags: mrhaki groovy server socket script tutorial example sourcecode telnet networking programming messaging howto)
CK's Developer Blog » Tutorial – How to create a simple Firefox plugin from scratch in 10 minutes

A simple tutorial on how to develop a custom Firefox plugin.

(tags: firefox plugin development tutorial example addons extensions browser introduction beginner)
Groovy Goodness: Using the ServletCategory - Messages from mrhaki

Mr Haki demonstrates the power of ServletCategory in Groovy based web apps

(tags: mrhaki groovy servlet servletcategory interceptor header tutorial example sourcecode webdevelopment grails webdev java)
CodeProject: The Art of Logging. Free source code and programming help

A structured approach to logging and suggestions on how to determine appropriate logging in a given context.

(tags: c# java logging troubleshooting log uat test qa .net development standards bestpractices)
Tools to monitor linux apache server | DebianZone

A list apache web server monitoring tools.
agile42 | Scrum Lego City

Learn and experience Scrum first hand with this fun lego game.

(tags: agile42 scrum agile game projectmanagement introduction fun l&l lego legocity)

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December 4, 2009

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Carrer Blog: To Do List (A4 Paper – Grid Design)

A clever To-Do list - download the template for your own use.

(tags: grid gtd todo productivity lifehack paper a4 tips download template free psd png)
Tracing Intermittent Errors – Guest blog by Lucy Monahan from Novell Performance, Scalability and Architecture – Java and .NET Application Performance Management (dynaTrace Blog)

A blog post reviewing strategies & tools for troubleshooting, diagnosing and fixing intermittent application exceptions

(tags: dynatrace java rest debug programing soa td testing troubleshooting sensors purepath test exceptions programming)
kanban vs. To-do Lists and Scrum

A basic comparison between two popular Agile project management strategies - Kanban vs Scrum

(tags: comparison kanban scrum methodology agile softwaredevelopment management projectmanagement pm flow tools todo)
Free Tools For MySQL Design and Administration | W3Avenue

A list of MySQL administration tools for various platforms.

(tags: mysql dba administration tools list mac multiplatform free webtools database software webdev windows win)
How to Combine REST Services with EJB 3.1 | NetBeans Zone

Tutorial on implementing Rest Web Services with EJB 3.1

(tags: jaxrs java jee rest webservices tutorial ejb dzone j2ee)
Google Public DNS

New Free, Public DNS Service provided by Google.

(tags: google dns freedns internet domain domainname free networking public security web url googlecode)
8 Things Programmers Should Know About UI Design

A list of the basic techniques required to design a good website.

(tags: content typography color colour technicalwriting error errorhandling forms ux ui usability userexperience user design webdesign programming tips layout)
12 Useful Tutorials to Style Web Forms

A collection of tutorials with the common theme of how to design good, nice looking, maintainable forms.

(tags: webdesign css forms javascript design tutorials list tutorial examples html xhtml form error pretty ux ui accessability)
htaccess: Redirect, Rewrite, and Relax | Web Hosting Help Guy

Simple, common web server settings that can help prevent a lot of grief for visitors.

(tags: htaccess apache web webserver server security 404 error custompages errors .htaccess admin administration)
MyEclipse Blog | Pulse Blog | MobiOne Blog | Genuitec Blogs

The latest version of MyEclipse includes a plugin that enables remote debugging of JavaScript running in Internet Explorer.

(tags: myeclipse ie internetexplorer javascript debugging tool ide support debugger eclipse plugin)
Google: Zeitgeist 2009

Google's (fascinating) search trends throughout 2009

(tags: google zeitgeist search trends 2009 reports results data)
The Difference Between Drupal And Joomla | Alfa Media Group | Design Your Own Life

A comparison between to popular Php based Content Management Systems (CMS) - Drupal and Joomla.

(tags: drupal joomla cms development web content php css xhtml seo comparison api sql mysql postgres apache iis ssl ical security)

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Kevin Williams is an Object-Oriented programmer living in Vancouver, BC.
I enjoy developing rich internet applications in Flash and powerful server-side applications in Java and PHP. I believe in using the right tool for the job and not reinventing the wheel. Building software is a business. Like any business, you can't generate revenue without having a product or service people want.
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