Hibernate: Why should I Force Discriminator?
Hibernate is an ambitious project that aims to be a complete solution to the problem of managing persistent data in java. Even with such an arduous task before them, the hibernate team tries very hard...
View ArticleFinal Modifier for method arguments. What do you think?
The IT industry today is sodden with TLAs like SOA, ESB… and FLAs like AJAX, SOAP and JUNK. i was thinking about refreshing myself with some fundamentals again. Blogging about a basic concept may not...
View ArticleHibernate never stops surprising me
I have a simple form in my web application where a user can fill in his personal details and address details. User specific fields include firstName, middleName and lastName while Address specific...
View ArticleTomcat 5.5 and above doesn’t need the JDK
Most of us who install Tomcat on our development machines wouldn’t have noticed that Tomcat versions before 5.5 required the full blown Java Development Kit (JDK) to be installed on the machine. Just...
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Intellij IDEA key map for Eclipse
It is not the least easy to switch to Eclipse after years of addiction to Intellij IDEA. IDEA is the best IDE I have worked with until now and will continue to remain that way until there is another...
View ArticleCeylon – Yet Another JVM Language (YAJL)
It is all too familiar, yet surprising; it is all too common, yet shocking; to see yet another JVM language created to scratch an itch that countless other languages are already trying to solve. Of...
View ArticleGWT – Not enough methods, expecting 3 saw 2
In my current project we use GWT extensively. I also develop prototypes and POCs for clients using GWT when I am in presales mode. During one such prototype, when I was using GWT RPC to perform an AJAX...
View ArticleGWT – Pros and Cons
I love JavaScript. With the advent of jQuery and Mootools, my love for JavaScript has only increased plenty-fold. Given a choice I would use either of the aforementioned frameworks for any web...
View ArticleInstall Blackberry SDK 6.0 to your existing Eclipse Helios
Blackberry provides a “Java plugin for Eclipse” that can be downloaded and used for eclipse-based blackberry development. But beware, what you download is not an eclipse plugin. Instead, it is a full...
View ArticleBlackberry: Code signing for Tablet and Smartphone
As all experienced Blackberry developers will know, to use the restricted BB APIs, you will have to code sign your application. The registration process used to be 20 bucks. Now it is free though....
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