Jakub Korab

Month: July 2007

  • Blog now syntax highlighting code snippets!

    I tracked down a Javascript component today that allows you to format code snippets in your blog. Syntaxhighlighter by Alex Gorbatchev. Most popular languages supported. Had to do a minor patch to run it off blogger, but it now works like a treat. Check out my last post on EJB.

  • Prototype documentation

    Anybody working with the prototype Javascript library should check out Sergio Pereira’s Developer Notes for prototype.js. This is the documentation the library should have had.

  • Client-side web development evolved

    It’s finally time to say goodbye to my trusty Venkman debugger for Firefox. My old friend has served me well for Javascript development, but I have found a new, better tool: Firebug. Javascript, DOM, XHR debugging, profiling, viewing, command line interface, profiling. Mmm…

  • Getting up to speed on EJB3 and Spring

    Another contract, another technology set. Having successfully avoided working in EJB2 after getting certified in it by Sun (only to work out just how badly it smelt 😉 ), my initial foray into its successor has been much nicer. The job in question specified Spring and EJB3 as technology requirements, so having Sprung in anger, […]

  • Killing the 419 through a high signal-noise ratio

    Most of the spam that hits my mailbox these days is the “Contact us urgently for your $1.5 million” type rubbish. Everything else seems to get caught by my email provider. I guess that the 419 looks like something that may be legitimate, so they let it through. Sending the mails on to email providers […]

  • Upcoming Events at the Dublin JUG

    At Tuesday’s regular monthly JUG meetup, I put forward some ideas of the sort of stuff that I’m going to be pushing in order to make the JUG more valuable to our members. Master classes – a 2-3 hour session for 20 people max that explains how to use one technology properly. Eg. how to […]

  • 7 year old girl implements Pet Store in Java

    Seems today is my day for posting links up. I blame the guys at the JUG. http://craigbbaker.com/2007/07/08/7-year-old-girl-implements-pet-store-in-java/

  • 22 Confessions of a Former Dell Sales Manager

    Great tips on how to get the best deal on a new system from Dell: http://consumerist.com/consumer/insiders/22-confessions-of-a-former-dell-sales-manager-268831.php

  • Web Developer rates up 26% in UK

    Driven by new interest in Web 2.0 technologies, acquisitions by the New Conglomerates (Google, Microsoft et al.) http://www.contractoruk.com/news/003339.html

  • Dublin JUG June Meetup Synopsis

    So you wanted to know what exactly gets covered at the Dublin JUG meetups? Here's a quick, edited stream of collective consciousness from last night: JBoss guys doing talk in London – Mark Proctor, JBoss Rules.Sun Microsystems HQ might be an idea for presentations. Topics that might be covered in a Rules, JBoss, Hibernate, Spring..Net […]