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Ant Copy Task Gotcha

Friday, January 26th, 2007

Today, I have been mostly cussing at XML deployment files…
Ant’s copy task has proved to be at the root of my problems, and the solution was quite an interesting one.
The app I’m working on runs in several configurations, all of which are deployed to a single JBoss server. To configure the various instances correctly, we […]

How to Frustrate an Eclipse User

Sunday, October 30th, 2005

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If they don’t already know what this particular button does, then it can take them days to get the IDE back to a useable state.

Sit next to them.
Distract them, by telling them that there’s a dinosaur outside te window, hitting them over the head with a frying pan, […]

Good In-Depth Ajax Article

Tuesday, October 11th, 2005

IBM Developerworks have just posted the second instalment of Phil McCarthy’s series on Ajax. The article manages to go beyond the surface stuff to give a good evaluation of the pros and cons of several Ajax-style communication techniques, without focussing on a clear winner. Good to see words like scalability and design getting an airing […]

The Coders’ Pyramid

Wednesday, September 7th, 2005

It’s a truism to say that there’s a food chain in software development, whereby a few highly-skilled developers at the level above create components and frameworks for use by the larger, less-skilled mases in the layer below. A small handful build operating systems, on top of which are built virtual machines and interpreters. On top […]

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