Tapestry and JMeter
I was recently tasked with setting up some load tests for our Tapestry (4.1.6) web application. I chose to use Apache JMeter because it is open-source and is flexible enough to do what we needed, and doesn’t cost $12,000/month like some load testing tools.
Life after Java?
What language will replace Java? Ruby, Groovy, Scala?
Telus fail
A few months ago I bought an HTC Desire from Telus. While I loved the phone, it had problems from the beginning. The keyboard would regularly freeze mid-email/sms and the only way to revive the device was to pull out the battery and restart the phone.
Personal projects
I recently started working on a personal project – a web application – and faced a difficult decision. What technology stack do I use?
Android or iPhone
I wanted to learn how to build mobile apps, so last weekend I bought Building iPhone Apps with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript: Making App Store Apps Without Objective-C or Cocoa. I don’t have any problem learning a new language, in fact I really enjoy it, but I was reluctant to to pay serious dollars for [...]