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AJAX World 2008 West Round-Up: Both Comet and JavaScript Loomed Large

Thu, 23 Oct 2008 10:10:00 EDT

AJAXWorld was this week, and it was interesting. I think the down economy is having an affect on everyone, but there were still a lot of interesting things to learn about. 1) Comet - There were a lot of talks about some form of data push from the server to the browser. 2) Don't make me learn JavaScript! There seemed to be a lot of folks advocating the "only know one language" approach to the web. In most cases that language was NOT JavaScript.

The Unreliable Internet

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 04:50:00 EDT

The Internet's a dangerous place for a message. Component failures, network connection issues, and other problems can prevent a message from being delivered. Fortunately, there's WS-ReliableMessaging, which makes sure messages get through. This article explains how to use reliable messaging, why you should use it, and how to use it with WSO2's Web Services Application Server (WSO2 WSAS) 2.1.

Modernizing Axis1 Services Painlessly

Wed, 28 May 2008 15:30:00 EDT

If you've been working with Web Services for a long time, chances are you've worked with Apache Axis and that you have an Axis Web Service somewhere in your code base. You probably also know about the many improvements in Axis2, especially around support for the more modern WS-* standards. So maybe you've been planning on migrating these old Axis services, but it can be hard to justify spending a lot of time on something that's working just fine.

Using Java's Exception System to Sing 99 Bottles of Beer

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 06:30:00 EST

First off, if you like programming, you should check out this hilarious site on the venerable song 99 Bottles of Beer. Ok, now I am assuming that you just spent the last hour or so at that website, but you are back. If you are into Java, one of the most interesting solutions is one that eschews typical control structures (for/while/do loops) and instead uses Java's exception system to sing the song.