Using jQuery With JSF 2.0

June 6, 2012

Today, I had to finally use both technologies in the same project. You need to do a few things for jQuery to work with JSF…

Understanding JSF View Parameters

May 17, 2012

JSF 2.0 adds support for view parameters. This, essentially adds some support for GET request making it possible to bookmark some of the pages. This…

Goodbye Tomcat!

May 17, 2012

Tomcat has been a very popular alternative to other application servers like JBoss, WebLogic and WebSphere. People preferred it for its simplicity. I am writing…

Want a FREE WebSphere Eclipse IDE and development server with that?

December 20, 2011

UPDATE: We’ve posted some Java EE 6 development courses that use WebSphere and Eclipse to highlight this capability.  The best place to find these classes…

What’s Happening With JBoss?

December 2, 2011

UPDATE (Aug 2012) – The officially supported JBoss EAP 6.0 is finally released.  People using the supported EAP version will have much less confusion and…

Who Was First to Java EE 6?

August 12, 2011

I was doing some research on JBoss the other day and found an interesting press release from JBoss.  They claim they were the first to…

Running a Local SMTP Server

June 6, 2011

When developing applications that send out e-mails, it helps to run a local e-mail server. Java Email Server is a simple SMTP server perfect for…

Struts 2 Project Template for RAD 7.5

March 31, 2011

Rational Application Developer (RAD) 7.5 supports only up to Struts 1.3. I do not anticipate IBM to support Struts 2.0 any time soon. Adding Struts…

JBoss Java EE 6 Certification Survey

March 31, 2011

A few months ago JBoss Application Server v6.0, the open-source unsupported version, was released.  At the time in the announcement it was mentioned that the…

Changes in Java Webinar

November 20, 2010

I did a webinar a few weeks ago (just finding some time to blog) that covered many of the changes in Java technology over the…