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Persistence Strategies: DAO (Data Access Objects) and ORM (Object-Relational Mapping) – Part 2

Reading Time: 3 minutesArticle 2: DAO – Data Access Objects Some time has passed since my first posting. My investigation on persistence originally focused on DAOs. I was looking for a relatively simple way to persist data, without a full-blown persistence solution (like Hibernate, OJB, or iBatis). Before I get too far ahead, a definition of DAOs are…
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Persistence Strategies: DAO (Data Access Objects) and ORM (Object-Relational Mapping) – Part 1

Reading Time: 2 minutesArticle 1: Overview I’ve been working on some recent projects, both personal and professional, where the topic of object persistence has come up. As I’ve learned over the last few months, while this is certainaly a common problem and there are no shortage of solutions out there, this can be a challenging area. While researching…
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Adding navigator filters to Eclipse 2.x

Reading Time: 2 minutesFor the last year or so, I’ve been using Eclipse as my IDE. One limitation that I’ve noticed with Eclipse 2.1 is the inability to customize file extention filters. These filters are important because every time you checkout files from the CVS repository a new CVS subdirectory is created. And, each time you recompile, there…
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Thoughts on Google Desktop

Reading Time: < 1 minuteToday I installed Google’s recently released beta Google Desktop. Although I only briefly skimmed a ZDNet review on this, and had some preconceived notions on what this product was like, I decided to download anyways. I have to say that after 15 minutes of using it I was definitely impressed! I’m usually pretty good about…
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Tools/tips for helping with organization

Reading Time: < 1 minuteHere are some tools and suggestions to help organize projects, documentation, etc. I’ve tried a lot of things in the past, but here are some things that I’ve been doing recently: Project Management I’ve been using a program called GoalCentrix for the past 6 months. I’m pretty happy with it, but I still prefer using…
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Quote of the day and words to live by

Reading Time: < 1 minuteI’m in the middle of reading Turning Numbers into Knowledge: Mastering the Art of Problem Solving. At the end of each chapter is a relevant quote, and I found one that is definitely worth sharing. To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the…
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GMailFS for Windows

Reading Time: 2 minutesI was lucky enough to finally get an invite for Google’s GMail last week. Feature-wise, GMail seems to be one step ahead of Hotmail and Yahoo Mail. Basic features like virtual labels, email forwarding, and contact import are nice. But, the obvious plus is the incredible 1GB of storage space! Since GMail started gaining attention…
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JSMF – JavaScript State Management Framework

Reading Time: < 1 minuteOver the years, I’ve used various techniques for maintaining state within my web-based applications. Recently I started experimenting with IFrames and decided to expand on these techniques and create a JavaScript API. Enter JSMF…. JSMF (JavaScript State Management Framework) provides your web-based applications with a comprehensive mechanism to maintain state. This solution is made possible…
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