The version 2 of Digi is going to be all about simplification and the productivity of code-creation. Personally, I think, we have achieved quite rich feature-support in version 1 and left place for bigger enhancements to be possible. What we have come short (and I am not surprised or disappointed as it\’s just version 1)...

ThoughtWorks has been known for two things: First, that\’s where the modern maestro and guru of Java - Martin Fowler works at. Second, that\’s the creator of the CruiseControl continuous integration suite.\r \r Thoughtworks has delivered the third member of the trinity: Selenium - an automated functionality-testing engine for web-applications.\r \r Having such tool for...

The new buzzword (well, not THAT new but…) on the Net is Ajax. It\’s like a web-developer\’s dream: “richer” client but with the standard technologies. No plugin to install, just POS (Plain Old Stuff) like: standards-based XHTML, CSS; XML, DOM and some XMLHttpRequest with some Javascript. That\’s promising to deliver almost the same kind of...

I assume this thing has been around for a long while and I was living on the moon for the last X months or years, but I suspect I may not be the only one, and anyway, I often use my blog to mark interesting stuff, so if I forget - I can come back...

While, in my never-ending arrogance (heh), I find the current Digi security system quite robust and extensible, as well as, well-integrated with the main JAAS principles, it is not enough.\r \r There are two things that were purposefully disregarded, in the rush of providing the solution to those who needed it, and that should be...

After annoying Doug for several weeks to convince him get a Macintosh, he came up with a great idea for how to allow current Windows users objectively assess if switch to Mac is going to be a pain for them.\r \r \r \r The idea seemed very attractive, so in the best traditions of the...

One of my recent assignments has been to come up with a presentation for our software engineers about the benefits of using unit-testing in their code and demonstrating how it should be done properly. Easier said than done. How can you explain, to inherently, professionally lazy people, in an hour and 20-30 pages of Powerpoint...

I have first tried Eclipse 2 years ago, and totally hated it :) Since JBoss released its integrated JBoss IDE package, based on Eclipse, it has become interesting, again and I installed them on my Mac. It has become especially important as my Mac Mini, as much as I love it, does not have much...

java.net has recently published an article by Gianluca Brigandi about Single Sing-On integration in Apache\’s Pluto Portlet container. He shows how to provide Single Sign-On functionallity in Pluto using JOSSO. You can read the article here\r \r One significant feature that brings JOSSO out, shining with glory, of the several alternatives is that it is...

Hi \ Hey \ So, you have had a Macintosh for some time now. How do you feel about it? \ I think it is very sexy. \ Yeah? \ Absolutely. The one I have is a Mac Mini. It gets so much attention, from everybody who sees it, if it was your wife, you...

Democracy is the worst kind of government. Except for all the others. - Winston Churchill

 DNA for decryption: http://www.baselineresearch.net/PI/

First off, take a look at Groovy, if you have not done so, yet. It is real nice. Then, what I am thinking these days is - should I even mention using it to our development team? I mean, for God\’s sake we already have so many layers, I am sure, half of our programmers...

Got the link from Andrew :\r List at w3c\r \r Pretty useful.

Former Microsoft exec Nat Brown joins open-source company\r \r \ http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/0,2000061733,39166791,00.htm