David Geary's Weblog<p>I'll scratch a hole in my life<br/>So everyone can see<p>Shale Adds Web Flow- May 21, 2005 In its never-ending quest to make JSF better, Shale has recently added an enticing trio of goodies: validation, Tapestry-like views, and web flow. Let's take a look at web flow... Note: Shale Web Flow is essentially a subset of the functionality implemented by Spring Web Flow that caters to JSF developers. Craig McClanahan is working with the Spring folks to make sure that Spring WF has a good integration story with JSF. Shale WF provides an alternative to Spring WF that's easier for JSF...http://www.jroller.com/dgeary/entry/shale_adds_web_flow1 Blog makeover- May 19, 2005 Inspired by JRoller's most excellent recent makeover, I decided to change my theme. The brushed metal theme was fine at first, but it didn't wear too well, so it's time for a change. I've been swamped with work over the past few weeks, but now things have settled down. My consulting project is nearly through testing and I've got an 8-week hiatus from NFJS, so I'll finally have time to give Tiles and Shale some more attention and dive into Ruby on Rails. Bruce and I have to get busy in a hurry..http://www.jroller.com/dgeary/entry/blog_makeover Twin Cities NFJS- May 2, 2005 For the first time ever, due to another Denver snowstorm, I missed my NFJS flight to Minneapolis. That turned out to be nothing more than a minor nuisance, waiting a couple of hours for the next flight out. Nevertheless, I initially regarded it as a bad omen, but then I thought about NFJS Boston, where three good omens evidently equated to being stranded for 2 days in Chicago. Perhaps omens are overrated. This was my fourth show of the year, and it was by far the best. The crowd was...http://www.jroller.com/dgeary/entry/twin_cities_nfjs |