Object Oriented Vancouver

Back from the dead

kevinw — Fri, 02 May 2008 11:34:22 +0000

My recent work with Groovy & Grails has reignited my passion to blog…

Watch out for a new Grails version of Polymercode.com - hopefully launched before I land at JavaOne…

AJAX MySQL designer

kevinw — Fri, 14 Oct 2005 21:21:25 +0000

Found this excellent application of AJAX. It’s an AJAX MySQL Designer application. It has intuitive design tools; comprehensive types and allows import/export of your designs for MySQL as well as XML generation and SQL generation.

well done.

Web 2.o Definition and Reference Guide

kevinw — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 19:32:00 +0000

Web2.0 is the common name for the ‘next generation’ of web-based products, services and businesses that leverage the platform independence and ubiquity of the Internet. Some would put more restriction on the definition referring to browser plug-ins like Macromedia Flash or specific web technologies like Ajax, but Web 2.0 is a concept that is independent of the technology it is built upon the same way that e-commerce is not a Java, PHP or Ruby dependant product.

If you’re looking for the leading edge of Internet programming, think about Web 2.0 products and services.

ProgrammableWeb.com has (beta) list of Web2.0 applications you can use right now.

Still interested in Web2.0? You’ll want to check out the 2005 Web 2.0 Conference

Software Development Cheat Sheets

kevinw — Mon, 05 Sep 2005 19:26:33 +0000

Petefreitag.com has a collection of cheat sheets for a variety of technologies. Split into 5 main categories - web, languages, database, version control and other. There are over 30 cheatsheets on languages like Java, JSP, Perl and Ruby. Web technologies like XHTML, CSS and JavaScript each have cheatsheets as well. The other category has cheatsheets for Linix, Vi, Google, mod_rewrite, htaccess, and windows commands among others.

Check them all out at http://www.petefreitag.com/item/455.cfm

link - O’Reilly Radar

How much to charge for software?

kevinw — Mon, 29 Aug 2005 23:03:28 +0000

If your business is based on software development or support, as either a producer a vendor or a 3rd party integrator, you need to know how to price your product.

O’Reilly OnLamp has some pointers for you on how to Calculate the True Price of Software.

Blogs are becoming mainstream - RSS isn’t

kevinw — Fri, 26 Aug 2005 09:48:14 +0000

You know they’re mainstream when Donald Trump has blog a in the top links list at bloglines.com
(#13).

RSS on the other hand - while available with almost all blog software, is not mainstream even within the blogging community. A study by the Neilson Group shows that out of 1000 members of their research panel who are blog readers; 66% of the blog readers have never heard of RSS, and only 11% of the blog readers use it.

link - O’Reilly Radar

YouTube - A Video version of Flickr

kevinw — Sun, 14 Aug 2005 15:58:08 +0000

Like Flickr.com, you can create a free profile and upload media. In this case it’s short video clips instead of images. Like flickr, they use flash to display the media, making it more difficult to copy off of their site. They also include features like links, and RSS feeds.

Simple, straight forward Flash movie player interface is a major plus.

For example,
office sports
extreme 747 landing

Links like this make me wonder how long they can go without a lawsuit…
Family Guy Season 4, episode 8

Details about Macromedia Flash 8 and Studio 8

kevinw — Fri, 12 Aug 2005 12:28:52 +0000

A detailed list of new functionality that will ship with Flash 8 including BitMap API, Filter API, Text Rendering, Post Processing and External API.
link - flashmagazine.com

Update your operating system, Flash 8 is not going to support Windows 95, NT or classic Macintosh.

Tons of Macromedia Flash 8 and Studio 8 articles.
link - casario.blogs.com

Download Free Desktop Flash Video Player

kevinw — Fri, 12 Aug 2005 12:28:11 +0000

Download a free desktop Flash Video Player.
link - flashguru.co.uk

Integrating Flash Clients with Server Side Applications

kevinw — Fri, 12 Aug 2005 12:27:31 +0000

WebOrb - connect your Flash or AJAX clients to your server side applications. Integrates with .Net, Java EJBs and POJOs, ColdFusion, and XML Web Services.
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Flash(R) by Example and Flex(TM) by Example will ship with the SYNC Socket Server Framework. SYNC allows you to create a multi-user server with a custom protocol tuned to your application.