Code:QMats Henricson's weblogHumour: The weight of software- April 27, 2006 I heard this story of this guy writing software for fighter planes in the 50s. In the same project they had this other guy responsible for keeping the overall weight of the fighter down. He once asked the software guy how much the software weighed. The software guy responded that the software didn't weigh anything. A few days later that other guy came back in triumph, holding up a stack of punch-cards, saying "See, I was right - software does have a weight". The software guy was silent for a...http://www.jroller.com/matsh/entry/humour_the_weight_of_software New version of State Of The Art In Server Side Java document- April 26, 2006 Just finished a new version of my State of the Art in Server Side Java document. I removed some irrelevant stuff, and added some pages about JAXB 2.0. I also updated all examples to follow the latest versions of the JSRs. In the next version I will remove everything about Hibernate, and instead concentrate on EJB Entity Beans 3.0. After I published the original document in July last year it has been downloaded almost 29,000 times. My 15 minutes of fame is over now, I guess. Here's the...http://www.jroller.com/matsh/entry/new_version_of_state_of The AjaxJava education problem- April 24, 2006 I've been asked to create a one to two day Ajax course for Java developers. The problem is that I don't really know what is the best way to do this. I've created a 3 hour introduction where I show in detail how a simple application can be done quickly with DWR. It also shows a bunch of simple and advanced examples from all across the net, to whet peoples appetite for what can be done. But what is the next step Here's the options I've been pondering: Should I continue using DWR Or should I...http://www.jroller.com/matsh/entry/the_ajax_java_education_problem |