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Spring-RCP’s mission is to provide an elegant way to build highly-configurable, GUI-standards-following rich-client applications faster by leveraging the Spring Framework, and a rich library of UI factories and support classes. It only has a 0.1.0 release available, but might be worth watching.…

Microsoft has launched a Web site to share the activities of its internal Linux laboratories, an effort to sample feedback from customers who combine Microsoft and open-source software. The Web site is called Port 25 and can be found here.…

In this article, Muhammad Mosa will explore the necessary details for working with resources in ASP.NET applications and for creating international ASP.NET applications based on embedded resources and the integrated localization support.…

Framework contributor Chris Shiflett has teamed up with php|architect magazine, another Zend Framework partner, to publish a great new tutorial on getting started with the MVC architecture of the framework.…

Data that is not validated or poorly validated is the root cause of a number of serious security vulnerabilities affecting applications, such as Cross Site Scripting and SQL Injection. A paper entitled A Modular Approach to Data Validation in Web Applications presents an approach to performing thorough data validation in modern web applications so that the benefits of modular component based design (extensibility, portability and re-use) can be realised. It starts with an explanation of the vulnerabilities introduced through poor validation and then goes on to discuss the merits and drawbacks of a number of common data validation strategies such as:…

Struts is by far the most common web framework, but it is by no means the only option. Java Server Faces has made a splash lately, but there are a number of open source alternatives, including Spring MVC, WebWork, Tapestry, and Cocoon. I’ve found two interesting presentations that survey these available web frameworks, taking a look at what kind of code and content you need to write for each, specific strengths or weaknesses, and how to select the best web framework for your unique application requirements.…

APT-Jelly provides a template-oriented interface to Sun’s Annotation Processing Tool (APT). As an alternative to other source-processing engines (e.g. XDoclet), APT-Jelly fully leverages Java syntax and features including annotations, generics and typesafe enums. Read the full news article here.…

Dion Hinchcliffe has a wonderful blog at http://web2.wsj2.com/ about Web 2.0. There are some of his posts about Web 2.0 software I want to share: The Best Web 2.0 Software of 2005 More Great Web 2.0 Software The Most Promising Web 2.0 Software of 2006 I never even heard of some of these fantastic software before. You can contribute with other Web 2.0 Software below.…

Welcome to samaxes.com! This blog is an informal way for me to collate the random bits and pieces that I find as I browse the net and a way to add my voice to the web. The main focus will be Software development with great emphasis on Java and Web technologies. See you soon. Stay tuned……