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Posts from ‘January, 2009’

In response to JSR-286: The Edge of Irrelevance

var dzone_style=”2″;I have to admit, I can totally relate to Eric Spiegelberg’s article, JSR-286: The Edge of Irrelevance.

It’s a great article; in case you don’t have time to check it out, Eric’s main thesis is that:
the portal architecture lacks enough technical advantages and distinguishing features to warrant an increase in acceptance.

Annotation-based Spring Portlet MVC Lifecycle

var dzone_style=”2″;Jared Richardson spoke at a Richmond Java Users Group meeting I attended last week; his topic was about investing in yourself and your career - what he called career 2.0. At one point during the presentation, he noted that “if you can’t draw something, you don’t understand it”, which motivated me to finish a [...]

JBoss.com Forum Feeds with Yahoo Pipes

var dzone_style=”2″;I’ve always been an open source fan and for the past 2 or 3 years I’ve been working with JBoss products - lately JBoss Portal. So, I decided I want to become more active in the JBoss Portal forums on JBoss.com - unfortunately, though, their forums aren’t RSS-enabled and I’m a big RSS user.
So, [...]