When developing an application in a web server environment, the ease of use and startup time of the application are crucial elements for best performance. Due to this, the Hot Code Replace (HCR) debugging technique was developed to “facilitate experimental development and to foster iterative trial-and-error coding,” effectively improving…

Today, we attended the Sun Tech Days Conference at the Makati Shangrila. Aside from the great food and freebies, I enjoyed the whole experience. There were several things I learned during the second day of the 3-day conference. Some things I’ve learned: (1) Java 6 has some nice features. (2) Grails is cool, but not necessarily great. More on this after the jump.