Christmas came early this year for Java developers… Java SE 6 has finally been released. Java 6 comes with a ton of Swing bug fixes, improvements, and goodies but what I am looking forward to the most is JSR 199 Java Compiler API, JSR 269 Pluggable Annotation Processing API, JSR 223 Scripting in the Java [...]
Joomla! has content buckets called sections and categories. A section can contain one or more categories. Before any new content or article can be published you need to specify both the section and category for it. Just as an example, if I would maintain a Joomla! powered programming site I would define a section named [...]
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I’ve been using Joomla! for some time now for a few sites that I have set up. Joomla! comes with a great installation wizard that had a series of green, or red, lights that indicate if your server is Joomla! ready. The only real information you need before hand is the database information and the [...]
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I was just in a meeting bored out of my mind… I was just listing the contents of a directory over and over with ls and a few different options until I thought I could use the options to spell words! I didn’t try to come up with an all inclusive list but here are [...]
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My direct manager for the past two years has decided to leave his current position in the firm to look for other opportunities. Our CTO said that he “had served his time with the company.” To which I responded, “You make it sound as if it’s a jail sentence to work here.” Over the last [...]