Monthly Archives: August 2006

DWR Call batching

Posted on August 30, 2006 by peter

To reduce load on my current project I had a look into reducing the number of requests fired at the application server. Many pages in the application trigger multiple DWR calls resulting in Tomcat generating heavy load on the servers. … Continue reading →

Posted in ajax, java | 5 Comments

Javascript compression filter

Posted on August 18, 2006 by peter

Yesterday a colleague asked me whether it is possible to automate compression of javascript code in a web application (the current project has a total of about 150kb of javascript for some of the pages). I decided to look into … Continue reading →

Posted in ajax, java | 2 Comments

CX-310-055 (2)

Posted on August 16, 2006 by peter

Today the mailman brought me a big brown envelope containing my official, signed certificate… Although Danielle thinks Sun could have done a better job on the quality (it looks like a simple inktjet printout) I’m still proud of it; and … Continue reading →

Posted in java | 2 Comments

Rails update…

Posted on August 13, 2006 by peter

The small Rails app which I wrote for my wife broke down completely just after the installation of the new version of Rails (the ‘mandatory’ 1.1.5 and 1.1.6) by Dreamhost. Couldn’t get it to work at all, and no sensible … Continue reading →

Posted in rails, ruby, web development | Leave a comment

Major security flaw in Rails?

Posted on August 9, 2006 by peter

Just after writing my previous post I noticed the following post on one of my incoming RSS feeds: Rails 1.1.5: Mandatory security patch (and more) From the article: This is a MANDATORY upgrade for anyone not running on a very … Continue reading →

Posted in rails, ruby | Leave a comment

Spring MVC and JRuby controllers

Posted on August 9, 2006 by peter

While going through some Spring 2.0 documentation on using dynamic languages in combination with Spring I noticed an example of a Spring MVC controller written in Groovy. I fiddled arround with it a bit, the refreshable bean feature makes it … Continue reading →

Posted in java, ruby | 4 Comments

Insects

Posted on August 5, 2006 by peter

I managed to get some insects to smile at my camera just long enough to get their portrets taken:

Posted in pictures | Leave a comment

Sun Certified Programmer for Java 5

Posted on August 3, 2006 by peter

Today I passed the CX310-055 exam, which means as much as: I am a ‘Sun Certified Programmer for the Java 2 SE Platform, Standard Edition 5.0′ I scored a wopping 90% (59% required)! yeah!

Posted in java | 5 Comments

Drip

Posted on August 3, 2006 by peter

While trying to relax for the upcomming exam today I took the camera out in the morning sun to take some close-ups. I think this one worked out particularly well:

Posted in pictures | Leave a comment

EOS350D – New header

Posted on August 1, 2006 by peter

Today the Canon EOS350D we ordered arrived. During the day Danielle mailed me some nice shots she made while experimenting… soon Sjoerd’s weblog will be packed with hi-res 8 megapixel SLR pictures But after dinner I had a go, and … Continue reading →

Posted in fun, pictures | Leave a comment