Archive for May, 2005

Java web service resources

Sunday, May 15th, 2005

I came across this nice collection of web service frameworks, tools, and resources for Java.

Hitchhiker’s Guide Movie: Disappointing

Saturday, May 7th, 2005

Today I saw the “Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” movie. It was always clear to me that it would be difficult to turn this story into a motion picture, something that Douglas Adams unsuccessfully attempted several times before his untimely death in 2001. I didn’t expect all books to be reflected in the movie, and [...]

Ruby on Rails

Tuesday, May 3rd, 2005

My hosting service, DreamHost, finally upgraded their Ruby installation from 1.6.x to 1.8.2. This should allow me to play with all the recent Ruby software, including the Ruby on Rails web framework, which I’ve heard great things about.

I’ve always wanted to learn Ruby, and Ruby on Rails may be a good opportunity to finally do [...]

Eclipse WTP Milestone M4

Sunday, May 1st, 2005

The Eclipse Web Tools Platform Project has released WTP Milestone M4 yesterday. It was built against the Eclipse SDK 3.1M6 release, which was released about a month ago.

A few months ago, I tested WTP M3 in conjunction with Eclipse SDK 3.1M5, but it wasn’t quite there yet… Two weeks or so ago I installed [...]