I’ve worked a lot with XML over the years (i.e. for Ant build files), but I’ve never had to parse or generate XML in Java until recently. There are many options for working with XML in Java, so I thought I’d share the approach I picked. I’ll assume you are already familiar with the basics […]
On the surface, a blog appears to be nothing more than a personal website, and those have been around since the web started. So why has blogging exploded in the last six years? I think the reason can be summarized in two words: usability and community.
Blogging software is typically used to create blogs. Once past […]
After writing my article on Perpetual Learning, I came across the same concept in the book Core Performance Essentials by Mark Verstegen and Pete Williams (a fitness and nutrition book). To quote from the book: “It’s like the Japanese concept of Kaizen, which we translate in this country as ‘continuous improvement’. In America, we tend […]
My website has been operating now for three months, and it has been an incredible learning experience. I thought I’d take the opportunity to share my observations and lessons learned - especially since some of them are applicable to operating and maintaining software applications of any type. If you’ve read my articles on learning (starting […]
