Category Archives: Programming

Configuring A J2EE Project To Use Apache IVY And Running It Within Tomcat

Posted on April 18, 2010 by

Adding Ivy to a J2EE project in Eclipse is pretty easy: I am currently running Eclipse Galileo, but I am pretty sure this works with any other version above 3.0. I will also use a Dynamic Web Application for these … Continue reading →

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GWT and Maven, Oh The Agony!!

Posted on February 15, 2010 by

I promised I would put up another post on the new job, but unfortunately I have been so swamped at the new gig that I haven’t had the time to post anything. Here is the run down.  I am working … Continue reading →

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SEVERE: Error deploying configuration descriptor

Posted on December 30, 2009 by

Is it not true that as a Developer, you must have the patients of a saint?   Case in point; I just spent a few hours trying to track down why I was getting the error that is the title … Continue reading →

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Getting StarUML Working on UBuntu 9.10

Posted on December 12, 2009 by

I have recently started using a UML application to design a software system that I am building called StarUML. It’s highly addictive because it gives you many of the basic building blocks for designing a very detailed system, and it … Continue reading →

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Tomcat Hibernate Datasource Configuration For MySQL

Posted on November 29, 2009 by

My last post dealt with Websphere configuration for Hibernate with a Datasource for MySQL.  I also mentioned how I typically use Apache Tomcat to do a lot of my testing before deploying to Websphere.  Smart readers will know that the … Continue reading →

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Websphere Hibernate Datasource Configuration For MySQL

Posted on November 29, 2009 by

Yes this is a bit of a tangent from my usual posts, but I like to geek out as much as the next guy, write some code, and deploy it to various Application servers. I, as I suspect many programmers do, tend … Continue reading →

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Hello World!

Posted on June 16, 2009 by

Hey everyone, this is my first Blog.  I have been a twitter fanatic for about a year now, and a facebook poster for well 2 years.   This is my first attempt to branch beyond that more personal social interaction and … Continue reading →

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