How can you ensure that during development, all developers works on the latest database schema to reduce code conflicts? And during production roll-out, how can you ensure that applications on different servers are compatible and consistent with their respective database schema?

After experiencing a number of production roll-outs, on both blade and rack mounted servers, I began to think about the advantages of one over the other. In general, blade servers sounded like a better approach, but it appears to be more of a marketing hype than reality.

Considered as an essential resource for JavaScript programmers. O’Reilly’s JavaScript: The Definitive Guide 5th edition is one of the books to look for when it comes to JavaScript.

As good as the introduction sounds, the book is unfriendly to those who are unfamiliar with programming. But, is a good book to those who know programming but is new to JavaScript.

The MySQL 5.0 Certification Study Guide, written by Paul DuBois, Stefan Hinz and Carsten Pedersen, is a must-read for individuals interested in obtaining MySQL certifications. It is designed to get you that title that you want. Currently, MySQL offers 2 certification titles — the MySQL Developer Certification and the MySQL Database Administrator Certification.

With the growing projects, we’ve decided to upgrade our test servers to a production grade server and setup virtual machines within the server. This move really makes sense because instead of allocating a workstation for each project as test machine, we are cutting it down into one server with multiple test VMs.

Ever seen a Java book with graphical images and humorous text on every page? You may think of it as a style of publishing books to attract readers. You may even think that it’s not worth reading. But you’re wrong! Head First Java 2nd Edition is one of the most fun and motivating Java books you’ll ever find. Check out my lil book review…

With the growing demand in integrating content like photos, music, videos & office docs into business & web applications, we need a content management system that is rich in features, flexible & easy to learn. The Java Community Process developed a solution to this trend – the JSR-170 & JSR-283, also known as the Java Content Repository (JCR) API.

If there’s one word to describe how people from this side of the world is currently feeling about the weather — I bet cool, freezing or cold will be such a surprise to hear cause summer in the Philippines has always been crazy HOT! So while the scorching heat is in full effect we took advantage and what else could be much more fun than hitting the blue seas!