Archive for 'Java'

Java 4-Ever

Posted on June 25th, 2010 at 20:22.

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I have just seen the funniest and geekiest online video ever (via a buddy who sent me the link from the original site). Forget about Intel’s last advertising campaigns. Carefully watch the following one. DISCLAIMER: You must have some basic knowledge about Java, .NET, Microsoft, Linux and open-source. Otherwise you might fail to get the [...]

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Oracle TopLink, the ORA-00900 error and stored procedures

Posted on May 31st, 2010 at 12:11.

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I was introduced to Oracle’s TopLink ORM package during my second internship at Oracle. Although the API (because TopLink actually became the reference implementation for the JPA 2.0) seemed a bit overwhelming at first, I’ve managed to get a grasp of it quite fast, allowing me to finish the assigned projects in time. The familiarity [...]

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Where has Java gone from Lucid?

Posted on April 22nd, 2010 at 20:11.

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Apparently the Java packages coming from Sun (or Oracle for the matter) have been moved to the Partner repositories starting with the 10.04 release of Ubuntu, codenamed Lucid Lynx. The affected packages are:

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How to configure Tomcat 6 in Ubuntu for Eclipse

Posted on March 27th, 2010 at 19:11.

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If you are an Ubuntu user and a Java developer there’s a great chance that you’d want at some point to develop web applications using Eclipse and Tomcat. The easiest way to install Tomcat is by using the package manager: sudo apt-get install tomcat6 tomcat6-* Now configuring Eclipse to use the instance of Tomcat you [...]

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Configuring Eclipse for J2EE development

Posted on August 4th, 2009 at 12:01.

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Starting to learn about Servlets and JSP from “Head First Servlets and JSP 2nd edition“, I have reached a level where just editing my files from gedit wouldn’t suffice, as typos began to generate frustrations on my side. Although this is the recommended way by the book authors to build your projects while learning, which [...]

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Epic Java

Posted on July 22nd, 2009 at 15:45.

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This came to me through a colleague at work: Saying that Java is nice because it works on every OS is like saying that anal sex is nice because it works on every gender.

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How to send null values in soapUI requests

Posted on May 16th, 2009 at 0:58.

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soapUI is a pretty useful web service testing tool that can help you generate a multitude of tests like load testing, functional testing, data consistency testing and many more. I have started using it for real two days ago when I needed to test some SOAP web services for work. The main issue that kept [...]

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Java and Chuck Norris

Posted on July 3rd, 2008 at 11:28.

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Chuck Norris serializes objects straight into human skulls. Chuck Norris doesn’t deploy web applications, he roundhouse kicks them into the server. Chuck Norris always uses his own design patterns and his favorite is the Roundhouse Kick. Chuck Norris could use anything in java.util.* to kill you, including the javadocs. Chuck Norris can hit you so [...]

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