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Using Dojo and JSON to Build Ajax Applications
The AJAX developer faces a series of challenges in his or her work: not just on the client or server side, but also in combining the two. Zarar Siddiqi suggests one combination that solves a lot of problems: using the Dojo JavaScript library and the JSON library for converting Java objects to and from String representations. Apr. 27, 2006

WebWork Validation
WebWork is a web application framework designed for simplicity and productivity. In this introduction, Zarar Siddiqi introduces the options for validating web forms in WebWork, including using its built-in validators and defining your own. Jan. 19, 2006

Using JMX and J2SE 5.0 to Securely Manage Web Applications
Want to know what's going on with your web application, in a more sophisticated way than just "tail"-ing a log file? By instrumenting your web app to work with JMX, you can use a number of tools to interact with the running application. Zarar Siddiqi shows how this can be accomplished. Nov. 15, 2005

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Are JSPs dead?: Seriously, anybody still use them?
Posted by zarar on April 18, 2007 at 09:10 PST | Permalink | Discuss (31)  

A look back at The ServerSide Java Symposium 2007: An unadulterated look at The ServerSide Java Symposium 2007 held in Las Vegas, NV.
Posted by zarar on March 27, 2007 at 09:42 PST | Permalink | Discuss (0)  

JavaOne vs. TSS Java Symposium: After going to JavaOne last year, I decided against attending it this year in favor of TSS Java Symposium. Maybe it's a horrible decision and I'll regret it later, but I do have my reasons for spending my money elsewhere.
Posted by zarar on March 06, 2007 at 15:53 PST | Permalink | Discuss (8)  

The pain of migrating from Ant to Maven: Plan on migrating from Ant to Maven? You don't know what you're in for.
Posted by zarar on December 13, 2006 at 08:18 PST | Permalink | Discuss (20)  

The shock of seeing your password in clear text: A sick feeling encompasses my soul, a wretched sickness comes over me as I sit there staring at this violation of even the simplest of courtesies. I examine it closely and sure enough, it is there, in clear text mocking me, laughing at me, just as I had typed it - letter for letter, digit for digit.
Posted by zarar on August 22, 2006 at 05:50 PST | Permalink | Discuss (4)  

Passing arbitrary data between JSP pages and SiteMesh decorators: When passing data between your JSP pages and SiteMesh decorators, you are not restricted to just the head, body and title elements. You can pass in any amount of data as long as you know how to use the <content> tag.
Posted by zarar on January 19, 2006 at 10:49 PST | Permalink | Discuss (2)  

Sneaky, sneaky Log4J: There is no API in Java that tells you the current line of code being executed. So how does Log4J do it?
Posted by zarar on November 14, 2005 at 13:23 PST | Permalink | Discuss (14)  

Developer thinks he'll make a better PM: Although I've been a core developer for a significant part of my career, I do often come in contact with the business-types who drone on about requirements while the eager-to-please IT shop keeps saying yes to even the most unfathomable requests.
Posted by zarar on November 08, 2005 at 12:03 PST | Permalink | Discuss (7)