classical geek

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 […]

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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, […]

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 […]

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 […]