<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Latest entries from straxus.javadevelopersjournal.com</title><link>http://straxus.javadevelopersjournal.com/</link><description></description><copyright>Copyright 2008 straxus.javadevelopersjournal.com</copyright><generator></generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:46:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><image><title>Latest entries from straxus.javadevelopersjournal.com</title><url>http://res.sys-con.com/portlet/163/featured-blog-graphic-145.gif</url><link>http://straxus.javadevelopersjournal.com/</link></image><ttl>360</ttl><docs>http://backend.userland.com/rss</docs><item><title>Sun Tech Days visits Toronto</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://straxus.javadevelopersjournal.com/sun_tech_days_visits_toronto.htm</guid><link>http://straxus.javadevelopersjournal.com/sun_tech_days_visits_toronto.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 11 Dec 2005 21:18:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://straxus.javadevelopersjournal.com/console/comments/popup/?f=sun%5Ftech%5Fdays%5Fvisits%5Ftoronto</comments><dc:creator>Straxus</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[This past week (Dec. 6th and 7th) I had the opportunity to attend the Sun Tech Days conference in Toronto. I'll be writing up summaries of several of the presentations I went to over the next little while, but I want to start off with a few high-leve]]></description></item><item><title>Black Hat 2005, Michael Lynn, World Domination, and Miscalculations</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://straxus.javadevelopersjournal.com/black_hat_2005_michael_lynn_world_domination_and_miscalculat.htm</guid><link>http://straxus.javadevelopersjournal.com/black_hat_2005_michael_lynn_world_domination_and_miscalculat.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2005 15:27:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://straxus.javadevelopersjournal.com/console/comments/popup/?f=black%5Fhat%5F2005%5Fmichael%5Flynn%5Fworld%5Fdomination%5Fand%5Fmiscalculat</comments><dc:creator>Straxus</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[WARNING: Personal opinions ahead. I state no opinion but my own, and the thoughts I express are NOT in any way linked to the company I work for - Hell, there hasn't been a single discussion about it in the office here.
First, here's a snippet from t]]></description></item><item><title>Eclipse 3.1 Released</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://straxus.javadevelopersjournal.com/eclipse_31_released.htm</guid><link>http://straxus.javadevelopersjournal.com/eclipse_31_released.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2005 21:29:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://straxus.javadevelopersjournal.com/console/comments/popup/?f=eclipse%5F31%5Freleased</comments><dc:creator>Straxus</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Eclipse 3.1 has been released for download. The download site's a bit slow (you'd think it was getting hammeded by a ton of downloaders or something), but it will be worth it to get a version of Eclipse that supports J2SE 1.5/5.0.Get it while it's ho]]></description></item><item><title>Free Ubuntu Linux CDs available</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://straxus.javadevelopersjournal.com/free_ubuntu_linux_cds_available.htm</guid><link>http://straxus.javadevelopersjournal.com/free_ubuntu_linux_cds_available.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2005 16:14:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://straxus.javadevelopersjournal.com/console/comments/popup/?f=free%5Fubuntu%5Flinux%5Fcds%5Favailable</comments><dc:creator>Straxus</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[It feels like 1999 again. Ubuntu Linux is offering free pressed CDs of Ubuntu Linux, shipped anywhere, and they will eat the shipping costs. For those that are not familiar with Ubuntu, it is a desktop-oriented linux distribution that has become very]]></description></item><item><title>Creating a Mozilla/Firefox Drag and Drop file upload Script (Part 2)</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://straxus.javadevelopersjournal.com/creating_a_mozillafirefox_drag_and_drop_file_upload_script_p_1.htm</guid><link>http://straxus.javadevelopersjournal.com/creating_a_mozillafirefox_drag_and_drop_file_upload_script_p_1.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2005 02:14:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://straxus.javadevelopersjournal.com/console/comments/popup/?f=creating%5Fa%5Fmozillafirefox%5Fdrag%5Fand%5Fdrop%5Ffile%5Fupload%5Fscript%5Fp%5F1</comments><dc:creator>Straxus</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[In Part 1, we created a webpage which could upload files with a drag and drop operation in the Mozilla and Firefox browsers. This page works wonderfully when it’s on the local machine, but breaks as soon as it’s put on a web server due to the Moz]]></description></item><item><title>Creating a Mozilla/Firefox Drag and Drop file upload Script (Part 1)</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://straxus.javadevelopersjournal.com/creating_a_mozillafirefox_drag_and_drop_file_upload_script_p.htm</guid><link>http://straxus.javadevelopersjournal.com/creating_a_mozillafirefox_drag_and_drop_file_upload_script_p.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2005 04:08:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://straxus.javadevelopersjournal.com/console/comments/popup/?f=creating%5Fa%5Fmozillafirefox%5Fdrag%5Fand%5Fdrop%5Ffile%5Fupload%5Fscript%5Fp</comments><dc:creator>Straxus</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[There has been a lot of focus lately on web applications which have enhanced rich-client functionality, such as the oft-published AJAX approach adopted by Google Maps and GMail. One of the features which is present for desktop applications but which]]></description></item><item><title>Actionscript classes, private vars, and unexpected static cling</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://straxus.javadevelopersjournal.com/actionscript_classes_private_vars_and_unexpected_static_clin.htm</guid><link>http://straxus.javadevelopersjournal.com/actionscript_classes_private_vars_and_unexpected_static_clin.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2005 01:08:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://straxus.javadevelopersjournal.com/console/comments/popup/?f=actionscript%5Fclasses%5Fprivate%5Fvars%5Fand%5Funexpected%5Fstatic%5Fclin</comments><dc:creator>Straxus</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Note: ActionScript is the Javascript-based language that Macromedia Flash uses. Macromedia Flex is an XML-based rapid application development platform - you create an .mxml page, and when a browser hits that page it is compiled by the server into a F]]></description></item><item><title>Sun article about J2EE and AJAX</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://straxus.javadevelopersjournal.com/sun_whitepaper_about_j2ee_and_ajax.htm</guid><link>http://straxus.javadevelopersjournal.com/sun_whitepaper_about_j2ee_and_ajax.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 12 Jun 2005 17:39:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://straxus.javadevelopersjournal.com/console/comments/popup/?f=sun%5Fwhitepaper%5Fabout%5Fj2ee%5Fand%5Fajax</comments><dc:creator>Straxus</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Well, it seems that the AJAX bandwagon is getting rather overcrowded. Sun ]]></description></item><item><title>Macromedia creating Eclipse-based Flex editor</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://straxus.javadevelopersjournal.com/macromedia_creating_eclipsebased_flex_editor.htm</guid><link>http://straxus.javadevelopersjournal.com/macromedia_creating_eclipsebased_flex_editor.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2005 16:41:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://straxus.javadevelopersjournal.com/console/comments/popup/?f=macromedia%5Fcreating%5Feclipsebased%5Fflex%5Feditor</comments><dc:creator>Straxus</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[It appears that Macromedia has decided to make the next version of their Flex editor an Eclipse plugin. This is great news - it both increases the reach of the Eclipse platform, and allows for things like CVS integration (which Flex Builder 1.5 does]]></description></item><item><title>Summary of SOA/JBI presentation from Code Maneuvers 05, Toronto</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://straxus.javadevelopersjournal.com/summary_of_soajbi_presentation_from_code_maneuvers_05_toronto.htm</guid><link>http://straxus.javadevelopersjournal.com/summary_of_soajbi_presentation_from_code_maneuvers_05_toronto.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2005 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://straxus.javadevelopersjournal.com/console/comments/popup/?f=summary%5Fof%5Fsoajbi%5Fpresentation%5Ffrom%5Fcode%5Fmaneuvers%5F05%5Ftoronto</comments><dc:creator>Straxus</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Another presentation which was given at the Code Maneuvers conference dealt with an oft-published topic right now - SOA (Service Oriented Architecture). It also discussed how JBI (Java Business Integration) helps one to create and implement a service]]></description></item><item><title>Eclipse 3.1 approaching completion</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://straxus.javadevelopersjournal.com/eclipse_31_approaching_completion.htm</guid><link>http://straxus.javadevelopersjournal.com/eclipse_31_approaching_completion.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2005 18:48:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://straxus.javadevelopersjournal.com/console/comments/popup/?f=eclipse%5F31%5Fapproaching%5Fcompletion</comments><dc:creator>Straxus</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[It appears that Eclipse 3.1 is just over a month from completion. I'm looking forward to this release, primarily because it will be the first Eclipse release to support J2SE 5.0 (which I just finished writing about - the lack of Eclipse support for J]]></description></item><item><title>Summary of J2SE 5.0 presentation from Code Maneuvers 05, Toronto</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://straxus.javadevelopersjournal.com/summary_of_j2se_50_presentation_from_code_maneuvers_05_toronto.htm</guid><link>http://straxus.javadevelopersjournal.com/summary_of_j2se_50_presentation_from_code_maneuvers_05_toronto.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2005 15:19:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://straxus.javadevelopersjournal.com/console/comments/popup/?f=summary%5Fof%5Fj2se%5F50%5Fpresentation%5Ffrom%5Fcode%5Fmaneuvers%5F05%5Ftoronto</comments><dc:creator>Straxus</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The first substantial presentation which was held at the Code Maneuvers conference was about the newest J2SE release, Tiger (now a heavily overloaded term thanks to Mac OS X 10.4). The three substantial areas that were covered in the presentation wer]]></description></item><item><title>Summary of Keynote from Code Maneuvers 05, Toronto</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://straxus.javadevelopersjournal.com/summary_of_keynote_from_code_maneuvers_05_toronto.htm</guid><link>http://straxus.javadevelopersjournal.com/summary_of_keynote_from_code_maneuvers_05_toronto.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2005 04:24:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://straxus.javadevelopersjournal.com/console/comments/popup/?f=summary%5Fof%5Fkeynote%5Ffrom%5Fcode%5Fmaneuvers%5F05%5Ftoronto</comments><dc:creator>Straxus</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[In the spirit of starting at the beginning, this is a summary of the keynote which was given to kick off the Code Maneuvers 05 conference in Toronto.

The keynote is interesting as it sets the tone for the conference. You can usually figure out wha]]></description></item><item><title>Sun Code Maneuvers 05</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://straxus.javadevelopersjournal.com/sun_code_maneuvers_05.htm</guid><link>http://straxus.javadevelopersjournal.com/sun_code_maneuvers_05.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2005 04:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://straxus.javadevelopersjournal.com/console/comments/popup/?f=sun%5Fcode%5Fmaneuvers%5F05</comments><dc:creator>Straxus</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[This past Wednesday, I attended a conference that Sun held in Toronto called Code Maneuvers 05. It was quite an interesting conference, and I will be posting summaries of some of the seminars that took place over the next few days. Topics covered at]]></description></item><item><title>PowerMac G5 - Now or later?</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://straxus.javadevelopersjournal.com/powermac_g5__now_or_later.htm</guid><link>http://straxus.javadevelopersjournal.com/powermac_g5__now_or_later.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 01 May 2005 17:11:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://straxus.javadevelopersjournal.com/console/comments/popup/?f=powermac%5Fg5%5F%5Fnow%5For%5Flater</comments><dc:creator>Straxus</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[About 8 months ago, I decided to get a PowerMac G5. At the time, the fastest PowerMac G5 was the dual 2.5 GhZ, and MacOS X 10.3 Panther was the latest version of Mac OS X. Since I had a bit of patience and wasn't in the market for a new system immedi]]></description></item><item><title>Sun and Open Source</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://straxus.javadevelopersjournal.com/sun_and_open_source.htm</guid><link>http://straxus.javadevelopersjournal.com/sun_and_open_source.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2005 04:32:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://straxus.javadevelopersjournal.com/console/comments/popup/?f=sun%5Fand%5Fopen%5Fsource</comments><dc:creator>Straxus</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[There's an article here which talks about Sun releasing Java Enterprise System under an open source licence of some kind (most likely CDDL). By my count, this means that Sun has open-sourced an Operating System (Solaris 10), an office suite (OpenOffi]]></description></item><item><title>Aspect-Oriented Framework Comparison</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://straxus.javadevelopersjournal.com/aspectoriented_framework_comparison.htm</guid><link>http://straxus.javadevelopersjournal.com/aspectoriented_framework_comparison.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2005 04:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://straxus.javadevelopersjournal.com/console/comments/popup/?f=aspectoriented%5Fframework%5Fcomparison</comments><dc:creator>Straxus</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[There is an excellent article available on the IBM developerWorks website which compares the four most-used Aspect-oriented programming frameworks. It provides a lot of insight into the different choices that these four projects have taken, and what]]></description></item><item><title>Exception Handling in Java versus C#</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://straxus.javadevelopersjournal.com/exception_handling_in_java_versus_c.htm</guid><link>http://straxus.javadevelopersjournal.com/exception_handling_in_java_versus_c.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 26 Feb 2005 04:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://straxus.javadevelopersjournal.com/console/comments/popup/?f=exception%5Fhandling%5Fin%5Fjava%5Fversus%5Fc</comments><dc:creator>Straxus</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[For the most part, exception handling is very similar in both Java and C#. Both have try/catch/finally structures, and both allow only a certain type of object to be thrown. However, there are a few design choices which were made that can have some c]]></description></item><item><title>Events and Multiple Threads in C#</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://straxus.javadevelopersjournal.com/events_and_multiple_threads_in_c.htm</guid><link>http://straxus.javadevelopersjournal.com/events_and_multiple_threads_in_c.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 26 Feb 2005 04:24:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://straxus.javadevelopersjournal.com/console/comments/popup/?f=events%5Fand%5Fmultiple%5Fthreads%5Fin%5Fc</comments><dc:creator>Straxus</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Background Note: An event is implemented as a chain of delegates which are called when the event is invoked.


The following code is the standard Microsoft-recommended way of firing events in C#:
public event EventHandler StateChanged;private voi]]></description></item><item><title>Sun white paper about migrating from Java 1.3 to 1.5/5.0</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://straxus.javadevelopersjournal.com/sun_white_paper_about_migrating_from_java_13_to_1550.htm</guid><link>http://straxus.javadevelopersjournal.com/sun_white_paper_about_migrating_from_java_13_to_1550.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2005 14:18:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://straxus.javadevelopersjournal.com/console/comments/popup/?f=sun%5Fwhite%5Fpaper%5Fabout%5Fmigrating%5Ffrom%5Fjava%5F13%5Fto%5F1550</comments><dc:creator>Straxus</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Sun has released a white paper which discusses what you need to know when migrating a Java 1.3 application to run on Java 1.5/5.0. It includes not only changes in 1.5/5.0, but also changes in 1.4.x which will affect a Java 1.3 application (e.g. URLCo]]></description></item><item><title>Goodbye, cruel world</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://straxus.javadevelopersjournal.com/goodbye_cruel_world.htm</guid><link>http://straxus.javadevelopersjournal.com/goodbye_cruel_world.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2005 19:17:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://straxus.javadevelopersjournal.com/console/comments/popup/?f=goodbye%5Fcruel%5Fworld</comments><dc:creator>Straxus</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Wait wait wait, I meant hello. This is off to a smashing start...There's not enough of a cacaphony of voices screaming about everything you could possibly want to know about online yet, so I'm adding my voice to the din. Hopefully I score higher on t]]></description></item></channel></rss>