Low-tides : JS/CSS Merging and Minification Tool

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Low-tides : JS/CSS Merging and Minification Tool

As recommended by Yahoo on YSlow – tip #1: Make fewer HTTP request and tip #10: Minify javascript- we aim to implement these tips on all our projects with minimal head-ache. While these recommendations are truly useful, implementing them can be quite tedious and challenging. Consider having to maintain multiple min versions of the javascript and…

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OSWorkflow with JPA?

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Has anyone ever tried looking at OSWorkflow recently? It is unfortunate that this OpenSymphony project has been shelved. However, I found value in this lightweight workflow tool — for one, being lightweight makes it simple and easy to work with, plus, integration with Spring and Hibernate is readily available. However, since OSWorkflow stopped development, there read more…

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Another Fun Day at J2EE Training

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We had fun at J2EE training today, JM talked about YUI, prototype, Script.aculo.us and Dojo. These javascript toolkits surely know their way around the javascript quirks that’s been perstering lots of developers with browser incompatibilities. I agree that these toolkits help a lot in making more stable javascript codes. Some pictures taken from the training: read more…

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Simple Spring View Controller

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Here’s a tip in Spring if you want certain URLs to redirect to specific JSP… For example: //www.ideyatech.com/magic/login.jspx -> acegi_login.jsp //www.ideyatech.com/magic/logout.jspx -> acegi_logout.jsp Since Spring does not allow mapping directly to a jsp page. You need to create a controller to return the appropriate view. Alternatively, you can use URLFilenameViewController but then you’ll be limited read more…

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