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White's Board: January 2010
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Wednesday, January 13, 2010. My blog is moving as of today! Intertech is moving all of its instructor blogs to an internally managed blog site. Therefore, to follow my blog, go to http:/ www.intertech.com/blog/. You'll find my blog along with blogs from my fellow Intertech instructors and consultants. Thanks for your continued support. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). A blog from a Java/Open Source Instructor. Tutorials, tips, tricks, thoughts on software development from the classroom to you. Ruby—A Di...
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White's Board: HandlerInterceptors in Spring Web MVC Framework
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Sunday, October 4, 2009. HandlerInterceptors in Spring Web MVC Framework. Last week, I had a wonderful group of people in my class to learn the Spring Framework. In this group, one of my students – Eric - asked me about Spring Web MVC Interceptors. In particular, Eric had a great question about interceptors versus aspect-oriented programming (AOP) provided in Spring. Were they different? Could "normal" Spring AOP be used in place of interceptors and vice versa? Package com.intertech.controllers;. Public ...
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White's Board: Interest in Noop?
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Monday, October 19, 2009. Have you heard of Noop yet? Noop (see project page here. Is a new programming language developed by Google engineers (although not sponsored directly by Google) that is expected to run on the Java Virtual Machine. Why a new program language? According to the project Web site, the purpose of Noop is "encouraging what we believe to be good coding practices and discouraging the worst offenses.". To find out more about Noop join their mailing list at noop@googlegroups.com. What Java...
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White's Board: August 2009
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Thursday, August 27, 2009. Simplifying the Hibernate Inverse Attribute on Associations. Hibernate is a framework to make storing and retrieving persistent objects and their association to one another simpler. While this is generally true, there are aspects of Hibernate configuration and mapping that can be challenging to learn and understand. Perhaps, one of the toughest to teach people is that of the. SQL needed to save them, people new to Hibernate often struggle with this setting. Param name="sequence...
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White's Board: April 2009
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Tuesday, April 21, 2009. If you're a software developer (Java and .NET in particular) person, my company (Intertech, Inc.) has a free series of Intertech Oxygen Blast Podcasts. These presentations cover .NET, Java, and Open Source technologies. Check 'em out! Look for Podcasts and Youtube presentations on my JavaFX talk soon. Check out my two April articles on DevX. The first on the introduction of JavaFX. Mobile: http:/ www.devx.com/Java/Article/41395. The second is on the new (and consolidated) JavaME.
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White's Board: Hibernate’s Smart Automatic Dirty Check
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Sunday, October 11, 2009. Hibernate’s Smart Automatic Dirty Check. I am one lucky guy. As an instructor, my job begins anew each week. Each week, I face a new group of people trying to learn a technology or skill. People have asked "don't you get bored teaching." How could I? Each week the topic changes and the needs of my students change. And when I am not teaching, I am working to understand new technologies and how/when to put it into courseware. In fact, the answer surprised me when I tested it out.
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White's Board: September 2009
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Wednesday, September 2, 2009. Oracle-Sun Acquisition Near Approval. Oracle's acquisition of Sun was approved by the US Department of Justice August 20 th. And according to Bloomberg. European regulators are expected to approve the deal Sept 3rd. European approval is the last hurdle before the acquisition. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). A blog from a Java/Open Source Instructor. Tutorials, tips, tricks, thoughts on software development from the classroom to you. View my complete profile. Java 7 - thoughts?
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White's Board: Intertech Trained? Get a $10 Starbucks Gift Card
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Tuesday, December 22, 2009. Get a $10 Starbucks Gift Card. Are you a former student of Intertech Training? If so, simply display the Intertech Trained logo on your blog, personal website, or other online forum to receive a $10 Starbucks gift card. With over 10,000 developers trained since 1991, technology professionals recognize the value of Intertech training. The Intertech Trained logo provides the recognition you need to excel in your career and validates of your training and skills. Java 7 - thoughts?