Latest News from Shay Shmeltzer

Tooling Up for Web 2.0

Tue, 16 Dec 2008 06:00:00 EST

Most of the discussion surrounding Web 2.0 applications revolves around the way it revolutionized end users' interaction with applications and with other users. An area that is sometimes left out of the discussion is the impact Web 2.0 had on the developers who are actually building these applications. Creating Web 2.0 applications involves a variety of technologies and standards from UI technologies such as AJAX and DHTML to back-end technologies such as SOA and other mash-up technologies.

JSF: A Wish List

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 11:00:00 EDT

JavaServer Faces (JSF) has seen increased momentum among enterprise Java developers ever since it was incorporated into Java EE 5.0 and became the standard framework for Java-based Web development. While some are just now taking their first steps with JSF, early adaptors have already discovered both the upside and downside of this framework. Some developers prefer to wait for the next major JSF release to get the problems ironed out, but others have implemented enhancements on top of JSF in various commercial and open source frameworks.

Java Advice for Beginners: How Do I Start Learning JDeveloper and ADF?

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 14:30:00 EST

Where does someone start who wants to learn development with JDeveloper (and ADF)? I am asked so often that I figured I'll write down my canned answer here and in the future I can just point people to this brief basic advice. Start by picking up your favorite 'Java for Dummies in 7 days with no previous knowledge' type of book and learn the basics of the language.