by David Orriss Jr | Nov 23, 2011 | Grails, Groovy Language, J2EE, Java, Rails
Grails is an open-source, rapid web application development framework that provides a super-productive full-stack programming model based on the Groovy scripting language and built on top of Spring, Hibernate, and other standard Java frameworks. At least that’s...
by David Orriss Jr | Nov 29, 2009 | J2EE, Java, Mac OS X, Operating Systems
EDIT: This no longer works as of 10.6.5 without some additional tweaks. I have to update the post accordingly. In an amazing moment of WTF I discovered this morning that after installing Mac OS X 10.6 (aka Snow Leopard) that the only version of Java running on it was...
by David Orriss Jr | Apr 29, 2008 | J2EE, Java, Mac OS X
This Java for Mac OS X 10.5 Update 1 adds Java SE 6 version 1.6.0_05 to your Mac. This update does not replace the existing installation of J2SE 5.0 or change the default version of Java. For more details on this update, please visit this website:...
by David Orriss Jr | Apr 26, 2008 | J2EE, Java, Mac OS X, Operating Systems
Installing WebLogic 10 on a Mac in OS X isn’t supported by BEA. But it’s possible. Here’s how. Download WebLogic Server from the BEA website. In the Select OS drop-down, choose IBM AIX. This will give you the WebLogic generic package. Open the...
by David Orriss Jr | Jan 4, 2008 | J2EE, Java, Rails, Ruby
Mongrel Developer/Creator, Zed Shaw, cut loose on the Ruby and Rails communities in a recent posting to his website. He gives some interesting insights into who the major players are, and cuts through some of the hype surrounding rails. While caustic in his delivery,...
by David Orriss Jr | Nov 25, 2006 | J2EE
[Originally Posted 20-July-2004] TheServerSide.com has a new free book offering from authors Jayson Falkner and Kevin Jones. This new version of their book covers Servlet Spec 2.4, JSP 2.0 and JSTL 1.0. This book covers a wide range of topics from installing J2SE on...
by David Orriss Jr | Nov 25, 2006 | J2EE
[Originally Posted 18-July-2004] OnJava.com has a great article on Aspect Oriented Programming and the Spring Framework. AOP via Spring is done in a very neat and pragmatic approach. No pre-compilers (like AspectJ) needed. Just simple XML configuration of your Spring...
by David Orriss Jr | Nov 25, 2006 | J2EE
[Originally Posted 26-May-2004] This tutorial is a beginner’s guide to developing enterprise applications using the Java Web Services Developer Pack (Java WSDP). The Java WSDP is an all-in-one download containing key technologies to simplify building of Web...
by David Orriss Jr | Nov 25, 2006 | J2EE
[Originally Posted 13-May-2004] Once again the Open Source movement has a profound impact on the commercial Java market. Apparently the new Enterprise JavaBean spec (EJB 3.0) will be based on the Hibernate ORM system. Hibernate’s biggest reason for existance (in...
by David Orriss Jr | Nov 25, 2006 | J2EE
[Originally posted 12-May-2004] I’ve been using this book for over a year now as a reference on doing J2EE development. Not just coding – but coding *well*. So far, it’s proving to be an excellent resource. First, for you non-Java types – J2EE...
