Wednesday, April 22, 2015

Getting Started with Jython 2.7 in NetBeans IDE 8.0.2

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The Jython 2.7 release is on the horizon.  In fact, Jython 2.7 release candidates are available from the Jython site at the time of this wr...
Saturday, February 21, 2015

RESTful Charts with JAX-RS and PrimeFaces

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Oftentimes, it is useful to utilize a chart for providing a visual representation of your data. PrimeFaces supplies charting solutions that...
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Wednesday, February 11, 2015

JSF Tip: Utilizing Expression Language to Create Cross Platform File Links

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Does your organization contain a multi-platform environment?  If so, then you may have the requirement to add links to file shares within yo...
Friday, January 23, 2015

Adopt-a-JSR for Java EE - CJUG Meetup Recap

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This fall, the Chicago Java User Group (CJUG) adopted JSR-366 , the Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE 8) Specification.  To that en...
Wednesday, December 10, 2014

Honored to be Part of the NetBeans Dream Team

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I have recently been honored via invitation to join the NetBeans Dream Team .  I've been using NetBeans IDE since its infancy, and I...
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Friday, November 28, 2014

Book Review: RESTful Java Patterns and Best Practices

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I had the privilege to review the book RESTful Java Patterns and Best Practices , authored by Bhakti Mehta for Packt Publishing.  In short,...
Sunday, November 23, 2014

NetBeans Tip: Working with JPQL

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Have you heard of the NetBeans JPQL tool?  This is an often overlooked feature of NetBeans IDE that can save developers a lot of time. If ...
Tuesday, November 04, 2014

Building and Testing JSF.next

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The JSF 2.3 Expert Group is hard at work determining which features will be part of the upcoming release.  The JSF Team been working hard im...
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Friday, October 17, 2014

NetBeans PrimeFaces Lightning Talk

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During JavaOne 2014, I had the pleasure to present a lightning talk covering the excellent PrimeFaces support that is offered by NetBeans 8 ...
Tuesday, October 14, 2014

Reflecting on JavaOne 2014 - Java 8, JavaFX 8, IoT, and Java EE 8

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There were many buzz-words flying around JavaOne 2014: Java 8, JavaFX8, IoT, Java EE 8, NetBeans, Lambdas, Streams, Parallel Processing, J...
Thursday, August 28, 2014

JavaOne 2014 Sessions

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I am delighted to be presenting on Java EE topics this year at JavaOne.  In particular, I will be presenting on Concurrency Utilities for Ja...