Seam versus Spring Web Flow part 2
This is the second of a four part series comparing Seam and Spring Web Flow (SWF),and looks at the Spring implementation of the sample application that we discussed in part 1. In a day or so I will have the piece that looks at writing the application using Seam. (Updated 1/19/2009 : Changed links to […]
Continue Reading...DZone Seam cheat sheet now available
Dzone have released a new cheat sheet for Seam users written by Jacob Orshalick. It covers a number of Seam areas such as : Component Annotations Conversation Management Seam gen The application framework Seam security It is available for viewing or download after the obligatory sign up (or log in if you are already a […]
Continue Reading...Seam versus Spring Web Flow part 1
This is the first of a four part series comparing Seam and Spring Web Flow (SWF) from different aspects, primarily with respect to building web based CRUD applications. It includes writing a simple but fairly complete application using both frameworks and then comparing the differences between the Seam and the SWF implementation. This first part […]
Continue Reading...In defence of hidden fields with Seam
In this post about pagination with Seam entity queries, I outline a method to encapsulate the pagination mechanism in a facelet that internally uses hidden fields to hold the state. Alexander R?hl pointed out that Dan Allen in his book Seam In Action recommends avoiding hidden fields in favor of page parameters lest they become […]
Continue Reading...Busy Times
Things have been very busy recently as Fall/Autumn usually is. October is the month of Birthdays, Halloween, visiting relatives and plenty of leaf clearing. November was the same except it had Thanksgiving and a bad cold and a trip to the Emergency Room thrown in for good measure. Also, I’ve been trying to complete my […]
Continue Reading...Recursive Media
Wonder if they will make a video game out of the new Max Payne movie?
Continue Reading...Java Standards Redux – Spring Licensing Fallout
In this post I talked about how the Java standards are important to ensuring java has a long and fruitful life. This post references Spring as an example but was written before the fallout from the Spring licensing issues. This fallout tends to back up the argument that standards are important, although since there were […]
Continue Reading...Codeless Ajax Ordered and Paginated Tables in Seam
(Update : fixed some of the missing images) One common code pattern that we find ourselves writing time and again is the ability to display tables which are paginated and sortable. Ideally, this is something we should try and be able to re-use throughout our application. Current Situation Let’s start by looking at where we […]
Continue Reading...Neal Gafter joins Microsoft
Neal Gafter has left Google to join Microsoft working on it’s dot net platform with Anders Hejlsberg. Oddly enough Anders was the father of Borland Delphi which I’ve used for over 13 years, who left Borland to go create C# and dot net. Now when I switch to java, one of the most well known […]
Continue Reading...Using Session Scoped Entities Locally in Seam
One of the problems faced by Seam users is the disconnect between the session scoped entity instances and using them in more local scopes. A good example is a session scoped User instance that is loaded when the user logs in and is outjected into the session scope. This user instance is available for the […]
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