Software Development
Create Struts 2 - Hello World Application
Recently I’ve started learning the Struts 2 framework. Though I’ve been using Struts 1.3 for quite some time, understanding Struts 2 was little tricky as the ‘Hello World sample application’ provided by Struts 2 site is little confusing. So, I was searching for a simple ‘Hello world example for Struts 2′ and after going through [...]
Strange conversion with the SQL CASE WHEN statement
My requirement is to prefix a ‘0′ (Zero) to the number, if the number falls below 10, i.e. I should always get two digits as my result when I fetch the data from the database. So, I wrote a SQL query to do the same. Below is the sample query.
SELECT CASE WHEN FLD < 10 [...]
Learning from JSR168 portlet development using JBoss portal platform
Recently I’ve completed my first JBoss portlet development project. I’ve faced many challenges during the development, since this is my first portlet project. But I managed to complete the project successfully. This blog is like a documentation of my experience and learning in JBoss portlet development.
Platform used : JBoss 4.2.2 / JBoss portal 2.6.4
JDK : [...]
Improving the home page with JQuery effects
I have been using very simple home page for myself for quite some time. It did not have any flashy stuffs, just plain HTML. So, wanted to improve it and used JQuery for the same. JQuery is a JavaScript library that helps the developers to easily traverse DOM elements. JQuery also comes with some pre-built, [...]
Thoughts on Java IDEs
Today I happened to see a blog post on BlueJ java IDE. That article reminded me the good old days of mine, when I used that IDE. In my 1 year professional experience and 4 years of academic experience in Java language, I have used several IDE’s for Java development. This blog post will be [...]
Becoming a Java Architect!?
I have been programming in Java for close to 1 year now. All this time I was a developer who does coding and testing. I used to get the design from some of my senior and my job would be converting the design to reality. But, I feel its the time that I should start [...]
ArgoUML - a free Visio counterpart
Recently, I have been asked to evaluate a UML modeling tool, ArgoUML and below are my initial impressions on this tool:
More standards compliant (have to be familiar with all UML terms, in order to efficiently use this application!)
Generation of source code from the model (which is not supported in Visio)
Supports Java, C#, C++ and PHP [...]
RemindMe! - A personal reminder tool
I am currently in the process of developing a small tool which is capable of managing reminders. I named it as RemindMe! (it is my habit to name the tool I am developing, even before start thinking what the tool can do!). The requirement came from my PM, as he needs some kind of automation [...]
Love to be thin
I don’t know why, but i have this tendency to think about thin clients, whenever a new application idea is popping out my mind. It may be because of my interest in web technologies or because of my passion about HTML. But for one reason or other, I love to be thin.