http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/ technology http://swik.net/technology Mon, 04 Sep 2006 14:33:10 -0700 Mon, 04 Sep 2006 14:33:10 -0700 http://swik.net/Hibernate/del.icio.us+tag%2Fhibernate/Hibernate/cc7da Sat, 30 Aug 2008 01:55:38 -0700 http://swik.net/technology/dzone.com%3A+tech+links/Third+Annual+State+of+Agile+Survey+Data+Available/cc7bw <a href="http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/third_annual_state_of_agile_survey_data_available.html"><img src="http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/108366.jpg" style="width:120;height:90;margin:6;float:left;vertical-align:top;border:1px solid #ccc;"/></a> This survey doesn’t try to measure agile adoption, but it gives interesting information on how agile is adopted, how agile projects succeed and how tools and practices are used.<img src="http://feeds.dzone.com/~r/dzone/frontpage/~4/378733895" height="1" width="1"/> Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:58:02 -0700 http://swik.net/technology/dzone.com%3A+tech+links/10+Online+Magazines+for+Developers+and+Designers/cc7bv <a href="http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/10_online_magazines_for_developers_and_designers.html"><img src="http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/108526.jpg" style="width:120;height:90;margin:6;float:left;vertical-align:top;border:1px solid #ccc;"/></a> 10 great online magazines for both developers and designers. These sites offer a ton of great information and resources to help a newbie and pro alike.<img src="http://feeds.dzone.com/~r/dzone/frontpage/~4/378733894" height="1" width="1"/> Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:58:02 -0700 http://swik.net/technology/dzone.com%3A+tech+links/Unit+testing+is+doomed+when+it%E2%80%99s+an+elephant/cc7bu <a href="http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/unit_testing_is_doomed_when_its_an_elephant.html"><img src="http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/108571.jpg" style="width:120;height:90;margin:6;float:left;vertical-align:top;border:1px solid #ccc;"/></a> Ever since Agitar lamentably shut its doors earlier this summer, there have been quite a few postings stating, predicting, or refuting the demise of unit testing. In fact, I was lucky enough to be quoted in one hip article regarding this subject written by my good friend Andrew Binstock. In his article, dubbed “Is unit testing dooomed?” Andrew does not, in fact, reach the conclusion that the practice of unit testing is doomed– he merely suggests that there might be sufficient evidence to conclude the practice might have not caught on like most of us think has.<img src="http://feeds.dzone.com/~r/dzone/frontpage/~4/378741009" height="1" width="1"/> Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:58:02 -0700 http://swik.net/User:q35q123ww/q35q123ww/Learning+ICT/cc66v <p>Learning and Educational Technology blog, covering <span class="caps">ICT</span> in secondary education, network management, hardware and software reviews and educational <span class="caps">ICT</span> research and theory.</p> Fri, 29 Aug 2008 23:54:47 -0700 http://swik.net/technology/dzone.com%3A+tech+links/Why+Can%27t+LINUX+Win+Against+Windows%3F/cc65n <a href="http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/why_cant_linux_win_against_windows.html"><img src="http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/108537.jpg" style="width:120;height:90;margin:6;float:left;vertical-align:top;border:1px solid #ccc;"/></a> an articale disscuss reasons makes linux can not win against windows in the computer world<img src="http://feeds.dzone.com/~r/dzone/frontpage/~4/378693410" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:58:30 -0700 http://swik.net/technology/dzone.com%3A+tech+links/Regular+Expression+in+Python/cc65m <a href="http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/regular_expression_in_python.html"><img src="http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/108318.jpg" style="width:120;height:90;margin:6;float:left;vertical-align:top;border:1px solid #ccc;"/></a> How to learn Regular Expression in Python? You can follow the steps...<img src="http://feeds.dzone.com/~r/dzone/frontpage/~4/378702379" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:58:29 -0700 http://swik.net/opensource/del.icio.us+tag%2Fopensource/Quel+Solaar/cc64y Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:57:14 -0700 http://swik.net/opensource/del.icio.us+tag%2Fopensource/Home+%7C+Development+Seed/cc607 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:57:16 -0700 http://swik.net/iphone/deli.cio.us%2Ftags%2Fiphone/How+to+Change+the+World%3A+The+Art+of+iPhone+Battery+Life/cc6ze Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:01:15 -0700 http://swik.net/W3C/Del.icio.us+W3C+Tags/Browser+Display+Statistics/cc6uu Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:57:02 -0700 http://swik.net/technology/dzone.com%3A+tech+links/A+complete+guide+for+JavaScript+Progammers/cc6it <a href="http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/a_complete_guide_for_javascript_progammers.html"><img src="http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/108520.jpg" style="width:120;height:90;margin:6;float:left;vertical-align:top;border:1px solid #ccc;"/></a> JavaScript is a scripting language produced by Netscape for use within HTML Web pages. JavaScript is loosely based on Java and it is built into all the major modern browsers. This tutorial gives a complete understanding on JavaScript.<img src="http://feeds.dzone.com/~r/dzone/frontpage/~4/378474892" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:58:57 -0700 http://swik.net/opensource/del.icio.us+tag%2Fopensource/Moodle+-+A+Free%2C+Open+Source+Course+Management+System+for+Online+Learning/cc6hx Fri, 29 Aug 2008 16:57:12 -0700 http://swik.net/technology/dzone.com%3A+tech+links/VirtualBox%3A+Installing+OpenBSD+and+how+it+compares+to+VMware/cc6c6 <a href="http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/virtualbox_installing_openbsd_and_how_it_compares.html"><img src="http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/108198.jpg" style="width:120;height:90;margin:6;float:left;vertical-align:top;border:1px solid #ccc;"/></a> When it comes to desktop virtualization, the choices are usually VMware Workstation on Windows, or VMware Fusion / Parallels on the Mac (and a myriad of options on *nix, like VMware, qemu, bochs, etc).<img src="http://feeds.dzone.com/~r/dzone/frontpage/~4/378468208" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:58:33 -0700 http://swik.net/technology/dzone.com%3A+tech+links/Important+PHP+5.3+Changes+for+those+of+you+Running+Microsoft+Windows/cc6c5 <a href="http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/important_php_53_changes_for_those_of_you_running.html"><img src="http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/107703.jpg" style="width:120;height:90;margin:6;float:left;vertical-align:top;border:1px solid #ccc;"/></a> PHP 5.3.0 is only in its first alpha release. But, if you run PHP in Microsoft Windows, you should talk a look at…<img src="http://feeds.dzone.com/~r/dzone/frontpage/~4/378468207" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:58:33 -0700 http://swik.net/XML/del.icio.us%2Ftag%2Fxml/Ajaxian/cc573 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:00:02 -0700 http://swik.net/technology/dzone.com%3A+tech+links/Juggernaut/cc569 <a href="http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/juggernaut.html"><img src="http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/107838.jpg" style="width:120;height:90;margin:6;float:left;vertical-align:top;border:1px solid #ccc;"/></a> The Juggernaut plugin for Ruby on Rails aims to revolutionize your Rails app by letting the server initiate a connection and push data to the client. In other words your app can have a real time connection to the server with the advantage of instant updates. Although the obvious use of this is for chat, the most exciting prospect is collaborative cms and wikis.<img src="http://feeds.dzone.com/~r/dzone/frontpage/~4/378398789" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:59:34 -0700 http://swik.net/technology/dzone.com%3A+tech+links/Get+A+List+Of+Installed+Applications+Using+LINQ+And+C%23/cc568 <a href="http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/get_a_list_of_installed_applications_using_linq_a.html"><img src="http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/108463.jpg" style="width:120;height:90;margin:6;float:left;vertical-align:top;border:1px solid #ccc;"/></a> To get a list of installed applications we need to look into registry. Microsoft.Win32 namespace contains objects which can be used to work with Windows Registry. In this post I will show you some code where I use the power of LINQ to retrieve and display a list of all applications installed on a machine.<img src="http://feeds.dzone.com/~r/dzone/frontpage/~4/378408118" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:59:34 -0700 http://swik.net/technology/dzone.com%3A+tech+links/250%2B+.NET+Interview+FAQ%27s+for+Developers/cc567 <a href="http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/250_net_interview_faqs_for_developers.html"><img src="http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/108370.jpg" style="width:120;height:90;margin:6;float:left;vertical-align:top;border:1px solid #ccc;"/></a> A comprehensive list of ASP.NET AJAX, ASP.NET and .NET Framework questions for beginners and experienced people. Also a good read for people who want to refresh their memory with .NET concepts or take interviews on a regular basis.<img src="http://feeds.dzone.com/~r/dzone/frontpage/~4/378408109" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:59:34 -0700 http://swik.net/technology/dzone.com%3A+tech+links/Functional+programming+and+F%23%3A+Introduction/cc566 <a href="http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/functional_programming_and_f_introduction.html"><img src="http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/108307.jpg" style="width:120;height:90;margin:6;float:left;vertical-align:top;border:1px solid #ccc;"/></a> Computer programmers sometimes mistake brevity for elegance, especially when discussing the relative merits of programming languages. Haskel partisans, for example, love to show how one can implement QuickSort in one line of inscrutable gibberish that looks like somebody had an epileptic seizure with the caps lock on.<img src="http://feeds.dzone.com/~r/dzone/frontpage/~4/378426833" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:59:34 -0700 http://swik.net/technology/dzone.com%3A+tech+links/Speed+up+PHP+development+in+Eclipse+PDT+with+Templates+and+Snippets/cc565 <a href="http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/speed_up_php_development_in_eclipse_pdt_with_temp.html"><img src="http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/107876.jpg" style="width:120;height:90;margin:6;float:left;vertical-align:top;border:1px solid #ccc;"/></a> You already know that Eclipse PDT provides autocompletion and hints for PHP's built in functions. In addition, commenting your code with PHPDoc adds autocompletion and hinting for your application's classes, methods, and variables. If you haven't already discovered, Eclipse PDT also provides autocompletion of PHP's control structures, class definitions, and methods through code templates.<img src="http://feeds.dzone.com/~r/dzone/frontpage/~4/378426832" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:59:34 -0700 http://swik.net/opensource/del.icio.us+tag%2Fopensource/Read%2FWriteWeb/cc56b Technology resource with lots of tech news and links and resources Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:58:05 -0700 http://swik.net/Joomla/Del.icio.us+bookmarks+tagged+Joomla/MorfeoShow/cc539 Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:53:39 -0700 http://swik.net/technology/dzone.com%3A+tech+links/Basics+of+Framework+Design+in+PHP+Part+2/cc50k <a href="http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/basics_of_framework_design_in_php_part_2.html"><img src="http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/107361.jpg" style="width:120;height:90;margin:6;float:left;vertical-align:top;border:1px solid #ccc;"/></a> Hey, I saw that the first part of this post (Basics of framework design) got a little bit attention I decided to continue that thought. Before you continue reading make sure you read the first part for easier understanding of this post. In order to use or even build a framework first we need to understand what type of architecture the framework was built upon. We need to understand the design behind it.<img src="http://feeds.dzone.com/~r/dzone/frontpage/~4/378380289" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:58:55 -0700 http://swik.net/technology/dzone.com%3A+tech+links/Mousers+vs.+Keyboardists/cc50j <a href="http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/mousers_vs_keyboardists.html"><img src="http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/107708.jpg" style="width:120;height:90;margin:6;float:left;vertical-align:top;border:1px solid #ccc;"/></a> Since the dawn of the graphical user interface there has been tension between those that favor the mouse and those that favor the keyboard. I am reminded of this as I explored the new experimental Firefox plugin from Mozilla Labs called Ubiquity.<img src="http://feeds.dzone.com/~r/dzone/frontpage/~4/378380287" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:58:55 -0700 http://swik.net/technology/dzone.com%3A+tech+links/Async+I%2FO+to+fix+Ruby%27s+green+threads%3A+Creators+of+NeverBlock++and+Revactor+interviewed/cc50i <a href="http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/async_io_to_fix_rubys_green_threads_creators_of_n.html"><img src="http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/108291.jpg" style="width:120;height:90;margin:6;float:left;vertical-align:top;border:1px solid #ccc;"/></a> Ruby 1.9's Fibers and non-blocking I/O are getting more attention - we talked to Mohammad A. Ali of the NeverBlock (Async PostgreSQL and MySQL drivers using Ruby Fibers) project and Tony Arcieri of the Revactor (Erlang-style Actors) project.<img src="http://feeds.dzone.com/~r/dzone/frontpage/~4/378387942" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:58:55 -0700 http://swik.net/technology/dzone.com%3A+tech+links/jQuery.com+Site+Redesign/cc5ud <a href="http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/jquerycom_site_redesign.html"><img src="http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/108513.jpg" style="width:120;height:90;margin:6;float:left;vertical-align:top;border:1px solid #ccc;"/></a> We’ve just pushed out a brand new site redesign (for jQuery.com and all its sub-sites). This has been a long time coming and it feels great to get it out the door.<img src="http://feeds.dzone.com/~r/dzone/frontpage/~4/378317332" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:59:33 -0700 http://swik.net/technology/dzone.com%3A+tech+links/Project+Darkstar%2C+Unit+Testing+and+Mock+objects/cc5uc <a href="http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/project_darkstar_unit_testing_and_mock_objects.html"><img src="http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/108217.jpg" style="width:120;height:90;margin:6;float:left;vertical-align:top;border:1px solid #ccc;"/></a> However, when I started working with Project Darkstar recently, it seemed impossible to test. Mostly, because it requires you to use their interface, ManagedReference, to contain references between serialized objects (you can decide not to use them, but then performance goes down significantly). The problem is not with the interface but with the way it’s created, which is only by using the DataManager they provide, using the AppContext.getDataManager() method.<img src="http://feeds.dzone.com/~r/dzone/frontpage/~4/378317331" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:59:33 -0700 http://swik.net/technology/dzone.com%3A+tech+links/7+Little+Habits+That+Can+Change+Your+Life%2C+and+How+to+Form+Them/cc5ub <a href="http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/7_little_habits_that_can_change_your_life_and_how.html"><img src="http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/108492.jpg" style="width:120;height:90;margin:6;float:left;vertical-align:top;border:1px solid #ccc;"/></a> If you could just pick one or two (or seven) habits to create in the next few months — habits that will have the most impact on your life — what would they be? I often get asked this question, because people are overwhelmed when it comes to starting positive life changes.<img src="http://feeds.dzone.com/~r/dzone/frontpage/~4/378337071" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:59:33 -0700 http://swik.net/technology/dzone.com%3A+tech+links/OO+Desillusion/cc5ua <a href="http://www.dzone.com/links/rss/oo_desillusion.html"><img src="http://www.dzone.com/links/images/thumbs/120x90/108156.jpg" style="width:120;height:90;margin:6;float:left;vertical-align:top;border:1px solid #ccc;"/></a> I have read many inspiring books about object oriented programming. I find B. Meyer Object Oriented Software Construction one of the best in the lot. B. Meyer tries to explain in a progressive way why OO is better, by introducing it bit by bit. I have read different related design patterns book, the GoF one, Martin Fowler ones. I have been programming Java for about 10 years now. And yet, today, I feel unconvinced.<img src="http://feeds.dzone.com/~r/dzone/frontpage/~4/378346836" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:59:33 -0700