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U2 can Rock and Save the World. Yes, you too!
This is cool! Here is the SMS I got from Bono! Looks like GonzoMoFo got one too. Sun is making it happen…also featured here on java.com site. Mary has got her band (er, i mean wristband), why not you too? Sign up here: http://www.onecampaign.org and while you are there, don’t forget to act and get […]
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To Control or To Filter ? Why not both?
Question: Should I use Intercepting Filter or Front Controller? Short answer is: use both. Intercepting Filter and Front Controller are typically used in combination. IMO, the real question is how to separate the concerns of each in my web application. This is a common question I encounter. Sometimes, when I need to implement a request/response […]
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How I Use Patterns…
If you are new to software patterns, you might be wondering how to use them. In any case, I would love to hear back from you on how you find patterns useful (or not) depending on your experience. Anyway, based on my experience, I see 3 broad categories of pattern usage. Building a new system […]
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Patterns: Aha! …or… Duh!
I hear from other developers all the time about how they feel that design patterns are over-hyped and not really useful. For example, recently I was talking to an aquaintance Bob (not his real name), who works for a hugely well-known company. We were talking about some programming stuff, and as it happens, soon wandered […]
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Relationships between Pattern Catalogs
Martin Fowler (one of my favorite authors) has put together this nice survey of various pattern catalogs that have evolved in the recent years. We collaborated with Martin when we were developing the Core J2EE Patterns book and were grateful for his comments and suggestions as he reviewed our work. We continue to work with […]
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Swing GridBag + Netbeans 4 = Love
Over the years, I have worked on and off on rich user interfaces. Recently, I have been pluggin away at a Swing UI for a cool project called SALSA that I will write about some other time. If you have ever used the Swing GridBag layout, I am sure you will identify with this cool […]
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Hello World!
Well, this is my first ever blog entry! I have been watching and waiting and watching blogging@sun for a while… I have see some cool blogs by many of my colleagues at Sun at Sun Bloggers. The blogging revolution at Sun has inspired me to jump in…so here i go… My name is Deepak Alur […]
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Deepak Alur 