02.05.06
DNS registrars comparison
You can find a nice comparison of DNS Registrars here. All features that matter are compared, thanks to Daniel M. Hendricks !
Digital Cameras are getting better
This CNET article gives the latest trends about digital cameras innovations.
However, what about :
- Better Quality CCD sensors at high ISO settings ?
- A CCD technology that combines the sharpness of Foveon X3 sensors and color reproduction+ISO sensibility of traditional Bayer filters ?
Another thing that I am wondering about is when will Canon release the successor of its EOS 350D digital camera ?
I am planning to buy the EOS 350D, but would prefer to wait until the successor comes out if it is soon going to..
02.04.06
Java/J2EE/JEE employment tips : how to get hired
Any slightly experienced developer knows that once you have acquired the basic algorithmic, methodologic and design skills, such as the Imperative and Object Oriented paradigms, it is quite easy to learn another language.
If you are quite new to the Java/J2EE world and want to be hired in this area (it looks like most developer jobs resolve around Java/J2EE these days..), make sure that you first learn, or at least know the basics of all the hype skills in this domain. During any interview, you will get asked, at least, the following set of questions :
- What are Design Patterns ?
- Give a few examples of GoF design patterns and J2EE Design Patterns.
- What is eXtreme Programming ?
- What is Test-Driven Development ?
- What is JUnit ?
- What is a Transaction ?
- What is a distributed transaction ?
- How does the 2-phase commit protocol work ?
- What is Inversion Of Control (IoC) ?
- What are the 3 types of Inversion Of Control ?
- What Inversion Of Control Frameworks are available over there ?
- Give a few examples of J2EE Application Servers
- Give a few examples of Jakarta Projects
- What is Tuxedo ?
- What is Apache Ant ? Apache Maven ? How do they compare ?
- What is Aspect Oriented Programming ?
- What is Object/Relational Mapping ?
- What is Hibernate ? JDO ? SDO ? What do you think about these approaches ?
There are some other recurring questions that I don’t remember, but getting more information on the subjects above will, in any case, help during any interview.
SpringFramework.NET still lacking db4o integration
SpringFramework.NET is, to me, one of the best .NET Lightweight Containers available over there. More than just an Inversion Of Control framework, it features an interesting set of features such as AOP (Aspect Oriented Programming).
However, I still haven’t figured out whether Spring.NET has a unified framework for Data Access and Transaction Management as its Java peer. It looks like some of the classes are there, but the reference documentation doesn’t deal with the subject.
Something interesting would be to be able to use declarative AOP-style transaction demarcation with db4o, the only free OO database available for the .Net platform. Has anyone any idea of how to achieve this ?
Linux Desktop is getting better
As can be seen from this post (standblog), Novell is preparing some really cool features for Linux’s next-generation Desktop..
Can’t wait to have everything included by default on my Ubuntu box..
A few videos are available.
Keeping SSH sessions alive
This post from Scott Merril explains how to keep SSH sessions alive.
I have experienced the same problem in the past when I was using a kind of cheap router-modem for my Internet Connection..
So, thanks scott, it’s always useful to know why it happened 