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Javascript Must Die?
This blog post and slide deck have been out for over a year, but just recently got attention on DZone. It contains an argument that JavaScript should be replaced by a modern scripting language which...
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Mixing Metaphors: Ajax + Web 1.0 > Ajax
As we continue development of our internal GWT framework here at GT Nexus, I continue to be amazed at the power that using modules written using the Google Web Toolkit within a JSP provides. Pat...
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Notes from OWASP 2011 Summit Published
While I am a member, I did not attend OWASP‘s conference in Lisbon, Portugal last week. For those of us who did not attend, they have published a summary of the conference, and I found the following...
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Structuring GWT Modules for Large Applications
Over at the Summa Blog, Ben Northrup has written up a great article outlining difficulties we face when deciding how to partition GWT modules for deployment, as well as the pros & cons of each...
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Google IO 2011 Right Around the Corner
This year’s Google IO is on May 10-11, in San Francisco’s Moscone Center. After selling out in less than an hour, Google is planning to support multiple “Google IO Extended” viewing areas around the...
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Google IO 2011: All About Android (and Chrome)
This year’s Google IO conference in San Francisco was pretty amazing: there were some great announcements, like Android@Home, the Ice Cream Sandwich release of Android, Chromebooks, and more. In some...
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Reflecting on GWT’s Growing Pains
In a blog post reflecting on his time at Google, Dhanji R. Prasanna mentioned in passing that some internal Google projects, including the Google Web Toolkit, were maintained by engineers having no...
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Congratulations to ZeroTurnaround for JRebel Award Win
JRebel is a tool which has saved us uncountable* hours of development time by allowing us to skip the step where we restart our Weblogic servers to test a new feature as we develop it. The word about...
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The Art of Being Lazy
One of the things I have found I consistently do on the job, regardless of the nature of the work, is attempt to automate the repetitive manual tasks which are common in many environments. Back in...
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Security Training: You Are Not A Special Snowflake
The trend in software security training is towards common, standardized training for developers, according to the software security firm Cigital. This is contrast to the earlier days of security...
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Pros and Cons of Using the Google Web Toolkit
We have had a good rollout of an internal UI framework built using the Google Web Toolkit, and it is a good fit for us — but is it a good fit for everyone? Ganeshsji Marwaha at the Ganesh blog posted...
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AppSec at RSA Conference USA 2012
Last month I attended my first RSA Conference (USA 2012) as a participant — a real, full-time badge holder with access to all sessions and peer to peer gatherings. I had previously attended RSA with an...
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