tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22110283668810995922011-11-27T16:27:15.325-08:00Ricardo Mendeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09897394665144031946noreply@blogger.comBlogger361100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2211028366881099592.post-85705233840915496892009-12-15T16:05:00.000-08:002009-12-15T18:16:04.993-08:00

* This post has a version in English and then a version in Portuguese* Este post tem uma versão em Inglês e em seguida uma versão em PortuguêsENGLISH VERSIONWe develop some desktop applications here at RSoftware. When we need to install or update them into some customer's network, we need to do that in each machine of the network, and these are boring and time consuming activities.So, since the

Ricardo Mendeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09897394665144031946noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2211028366881099592.post-51124250351682678992009-07-13T17:38:00.000-07:002009-07-13T18:40:12.073-07:00

* This post has a version in English and then a version in Portuguese* Este post tem uma versão em Inglês e em seguida uma versão em PortuguêsENGLISH VERSIONToday we solved an annoying problem here at RSoftware. About two months ago we delivered a webservices based solution to one of our customers, and we needed to run two instances of Tomcat in a Windows XP machine. Our first approach was to

Ricardo Mendeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09897394665144031946noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2211028366881099592.post-22635316901900583462009-01-14T15:50:00.000-08:002009-01-15T09:43:55.389-08:00

* This post has a version in English and then a version in Portuguese* Este post tem uma versão em Inglês e em seguida uma versão em PortuguêsENGLISH VERSIONI've seen in small and large IT companies the culture of hiring the youngest and cheapest techinical people to the testing teams. The reason, usually, is the same: "we need to control the costs...". Ok, I know every company needs to control

Ricardo Mendeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09897394665144031946noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2211028366881099592.post-45428081750293569092009-01-05T10:57:00.001-08:002009-01-05T11:46:48.985-08:00

* This post has a version in English and then a version in Portuguese* Este post tem uma versão em Inglês e em seguida uma versão em PortuguêsENGLISH VERSIONAs an IT freelancer, I develop ERP applications to small businesses. Since 2004 I use Java to the development, and, when such applications need desktop clients, I use Eclipse's JFace library. I can use resource bundles to my applications'

Ricardo Mendeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09897394665144031946noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2211028366881099592.post-42899921408557902232009-01-05T09:59:00.000-08:002009-01-05T10:54:06.835-08:00

* This post has a version in English and then a version in Portuguese* Este post tem uma versão em Inglês e em seguida uma versão em PortuguêsENGLISH VERSIONFrom January to March of 2009 I'll publish 3 more articles on Java Magazine. They are intended to help begginers with their first "experiences" with Java. The first article, in January (65th edition), covers the more theoretical part:

Ricardo Mendeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09897394665144031946noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2211028366881099592.post-59299697737390799212008-10-07T08:27:00.000-07:002008-10-07T08:36:43.501-07:00

* This post has a version in English and then a version in Portuguese* Este post tem uma versão em Inglês e em seguida uma versão em PortuguêsENGLISH VERSIONToday I updated the post about MVC in desktop development. After coding some use cases, I changed a little the architecture. Now it's simpler than the first one, and working better.VERSÃO EM PORTUGUES (PORTUGUESE VERSION)Atualizei hoje o post

Ricardo Mendeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09897394665144031946noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2211028366881099592.post-90811022717168084162008-09-01T07:01:00.000-07:002008-10-02T11:17:07.132-07:00

* This post has a version in English and then a version in Portuguese* Este post tem uma versão em Inglês e em seguida uma versão em PortuguêsENGLISH VERSIONMonday, 09/01/2008, I go to my internet bank and... see this calendar:Wich day of the month will be 09/13?VERSÃO EM PORTUGUÊS (PORTUGUESE VERSION)Segundona, 01/09/08, eu abro o site do banco e me deparo com esse calendário:13/09 cairá em qual

Ricardo Mendeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09897394665144031946noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2211028366881099592.post-47032044313470390672008-08-27T16:38:00.001-07:002008-10-14T10:21:26.749-07:00

* This post has a version in English and then a version in Portuguese* Este post tem uma versão em Inglês e em seguida uma versão em PortuguêsENGLISH VERSIONI've worked with desktop application development during the last 6 years. I began with Borland Delphi, but, since 2005 I'm working with Java. To work with GUI development in Java is completely different from Delphi, and one of the major

Ricardo Mendeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09897394665144031946noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2211028366881099592.post-16324310020260770232008-07-30T08:12:00.000-07:002008-10-02T11:17:19.748-07:00

* This post has a version in English and then a version in Portuguese* Este post tem uma versão em Inglês e em seguida uma versão em PortuguêsENGLISH VERSIONAfter some years using a classical architecture to design and develop desktop, web, and distributed Java systems, I'm changing now. I'll explain why in this post.I began to work with JEE when this technology was borning for commercial use in

Ricardo Mendeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09897394665144031946noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2211028366881099592.post-3874423612817428472008-07-01T08:35:00.000-07:002008-10-02T11:17:31.034-07:00

* This post has a version in English and then a version in Portuguese* Este post tem uma versão em Inglês e em seguida uma versão em PortuguêsENGLISH VERSIONThis post is about expenses tracking in small companies. Firstly, it's important to let it clear that in many small companies, the company's owner is the focal point of every decision or analysis, being it on operational or administrative

Ricardo Mendeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09897394665144031946noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2211028366881099592.post-62609917083873653052008-06-23T10:33:00.000-07:002008-10-02T11:17:44.783-07:00

* This post has a version in English and then a version in Portuguese* Este post tem uma versão em Inglês e em seguida uma versão em PortuguêsENGLISH VERSIONThe 58th edition of Java Magazine (one of the most popular magazines about Java Technology in Brazil) brings the first technical article I wrote. The article is about three tools that come with Eclipse IDE 3.3 and help developers to improve

Ricardo Mendeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09897394665144031946noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2211028366881099592.post-20628022232071480702008-06-03T06:39:00.000-07:002008-10-02T11:18:06.768-07:00

* This post has a version in English and then a version in Portuguese* Este post tem uma versão em Inglês e em seguida uma versão em PortuguêsENGLISH VERSIONThere's a long time I don't write in my blog. Since the begining of March, personal problems and professional decisions took much of my time, but it's time to write again. I won't talk about personal problems here, but, professionally, I

Ricardo Mendeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09897394665144031946noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2211028366881099592.post-53792607710369745132008-02-25T16:11:00.001-08:002008-10-02T11:18:20.588-07:00

* This post has a version in English and then a version in Portuguese* Este post tem uma versão em Inglês e em seguida uma versão em PortuguêsENGLISH VERSIONKnowing there are many bad and unsafe code written in computer programs, think about the risks you are exposed when you use the internet banking. Banks also contract the "Big IT Companies" to develop their sites. Do you really believe

Ricardo Mendeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09897394665144031946noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2211028366881099592.post-61024958959654618362008-02-25T15:41:00.000-08:002008-10-02T11:18:41.547-07:00

* This post has a version in English and then a version in Portuguese* Este post tem uma versão em Inglês e em seguida uma versão em PortuguêsENGLISH VERSION Almost everyone who works with Java knows many frameworks and technologies: Hibernate, Struts, Spring, AJAX, lots of Apache projects and so on... We, Java professionals, like so much the feeling of freedom the open source community give

Ricardo Mendeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09897394665144031946noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2211028366881099592.post-55802119062097431012008-02-18T18:48:00.000-08:002008-10-02T11:18:55.264-07:00

* This post has a version in English and then a version in Portuguese* Este post tem uma versão em Inglês e em seguida uma versão em PortuguêsENGLISH VERSIONDid you like the new human-machine interaction concept brought by devices like iPhone and Surface? So, you should also take a look at GestureTek's site. They develop interactive and innovative products, based on computer vision technology.

Ricardo Mendeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09897394665144031946noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2211028366881099592.post-22365903101834832852008-02-07T16:14:00.000-08:002008-10-02T11:19:10.069-07:00

* This post has a version in English and then a version in Portuguese* Este post tem uma versão em Inglês e em seguida uma versão em PortuguêsENGLISH VERSIONAre you tired of remembering dozens of logins and passwords to the websites you visit everyday? So am I... but, happily, there is at least one good new! Have you ever heard about OpenID? It eliminates the need for multiple usernames across

Ricardo Mendeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09897394665144031946noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2211028366881099592.post-37537855715231793282008-01-09T15:36:00.000-08:002008-10-02T11:19:26.419-07:00

* This post has a version in English and then a version in Portuguese* Este post tem uma versão em Inglês e em seguida uma versão em PortuguêsENGLISH VERSIONSome hours ago I saw a Clipper system in a (small) company I visited. Few minutes later, I was thinking about legacy systems that are in production 'till today... Some questions came into my mind:1. How many Clipper, Cobol and Natural/Adabas

Ricardo Mendeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09897394665144031946noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2211028366881099592.post-75927170381809267032008-01-09T14:42:00.000-08:002008-10-02T11:19:42.643-07:00

* This post has a version in English and then a version in Portuguese* Este post tem uma versão em Inglês e em seguida uma versão em PortuguêsENGLISH VERSIONIt's common to have problems when converting Double values, from JSP's edit field to Managed Bean's linked property, when using JSF. The problem should be solved in a simple way, using API's implementation tags inside the JSP code, but,

Ricardo Mendeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09897394665144031946noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2211028366881099592.post-44106771344265572732008-01-03T13:02:00.000-08:002008-10-02T11:20:30.328-07:00

* This post has a version in English and then a version in Portuguese* Este post tem uma versão em Inglês e em seguida uma versão em PortuguêsENGLISH VERSIONThe first post of 2008 is about self motivation. We can change our behavior any time we want, but the beginning of a new year is always a good moment to do that...About 9 years ago, when I was studying to my University Entry Pass Exam, one

Ricardo Mendeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09897394665144031946noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2211028366881099592.post-26783267822237821392007-11-23T14:43:00.000-08:002008-10-02T11:20:47.154-07:00

* This post has a version in English and then a version in Portuguese* Este post tem uma versão em Inglês e em seguida uma versão em PortuguêsENGLISH VERSIONI use JSmooth since version 0.9.7 and wrap SWT and Swing apps. Last week I'd updated to version 0.9.9-7 and generated a new EXE to one of my SWT apps. The wrapped app worked fine when running Windows XP or Windows Server 2003, but failed when

Ricardo Mendeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09897394665144031946noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2211028366881099592.post-87651202405499911582007-10-30T14:52:00.000-07:002008-10-02T11:21:00.699-07:00

* This post has a version in English and then a version in Portuguese* Este post tem uma versão em Inglês e em seguida uma versão em PortuguêsENGLISH VERSIONYesterday I took my "Sun Certified Programmer for the Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition 5.0" test and, fortunately, I succeeded. Since I began to study to the test, there were some personal opinions I would like to register, but I waited '

Ricardo Mendeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09897394665144031946noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2211028366881099592.post-69537116443010416642007-10-20T05:38:00.000-07:002008-10-01T17:55:00.197-07:00

* This post has a version in English and then a version in Portuguese* Este post tem uma versão em Inglês e em seguida uma versão em PortuguêsENGLISH VERSIONAs a free lancer, I develop applications to small businesses, and I use the Firebird database server. I choosed to use it in 2002, when it still was Interbase, and continue for some important reasons: it's free; it's possible to use with both

Ricardo Mendeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09897394665144031946noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2211028366881099592.post-20955259094834649572007-10-15T16:35:00.000-07:002008-10-02T11:21:13.686-07:00

* This post has a version in English and then a version in Portuguese* Este post tem uma versão em Inglês e em seguida uma versão em PortuguêsENGLISH VERSIONToday I read a new, and very interesting, post in my friend Yuri's blog. I also read a post in Thiago's blog, as it was suggested by Yuri in his post. I have been very interested in this kind of discussion, so I'll try to bring a little

Ricardo Mendeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09897394665144031946noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2211028366881099592.post-77495646014363148562007-09-26T12:33:00.000-07:002008-10-02T11:21:27.625-07:00

* This post has a version in English and then a version in Portuguese* Este post tem uma versão em Inglês e em seguida uma versão em PortuguêsENGLISH VERSIONI started to work with JPA using Oracle's Toplink implementation. But, some days ago, a customer requested a change in a system and I decided to use the Hibernate 3 implementation to develop such change. Everything worked fine, as it was with

Ricardo Mendeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09897394665144031946noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2211028366881099592.post-53576590212851262682007-08-17T11:23:00.000-07:002008-10-02T11:21:42.822-07:00

* This post has a version in English and then a version in Portuguese* Este post tem uma versão em Inglês e em seguida uma versão em PortuguêsENGLISH VERSIONI was seaching the internet for information about Braskem, an integrated petrochemical cracker and thermoplastics producer in Brazil, and when Google Search showed the results, there was a "Stock quote for BAK" hyperlink after the first (and

Ricardo Mendeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09897394665144031946noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2211028366881099592.post-65077521655104248632007-08-09T10:11:00.000-07:002008-10-02T11:21:58.152-07:00

* This post has a version in English and then a version in Portuguese* Este post tem uma versão em Inglês e em seguida uma versão em PortuguêsENGLISH VERSIONI've told some friends my ideas to build my own financial portal, wich will use some computer science techniques to improve (or, at least, try to improve) the quality of advices on investments. Ok, while the first version of my portal

Ricardo Mendeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09897394665144031946noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2211028366881099592.post-25544756124978172322007-08-06T10:01:00.000-07:002008-10-02T11:22:12.457-07:00

* This post has a version in English and then a version in Portuguese* Este post tem uma versão em Inglês e em seguida uma versão em PortuguêsENGLISH VERSIONTo accomplish some tasks in a personal project, I needed a Java API to RSS feeds processing. I looked for some resources over the Internet and this post is just to recommend two of them:1. Informa RSS Library for Java: the goal of the Informa

Ricardo Mendeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09897394665144031946noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2211028366881099592.post-21812001821420514342007-07-10T13:39:00.000-07:002008-10-02T11:22:34.128-07:00

* This post has a version in English and then a version in Portuguese* Este post tem uma versão em Inglês e em seguida uma versão em PortuguêsENGLISH VERSIONI found a valuable resource for Business Analysts: the BABOK™ (Business Analysis Body of Knowledge™). It's a publication of the IIBA (International Institute of Business Analysis - http://www.theiiba.org) and contains information about

Ricardo Mendeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09897394665144031946noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2211028366881099592.post-65348975168282791902007-07-02T07:48:00.000-07:002008-10-02T11:22:46.814-07:00

* This post has a version in English and then a version in Portuguese* Este post tem uma versão em Inglês e em seguida uma versão em PortuguêsENGLISH VERSIONToday I found a new portal that can be an information source to business analysts around the world. The Business Analyst Times has only 3 months of life, but it's growing... Take a look at http://www.batimes.com/.VERSÃO EM PORTUGUÊS (

Ricardo Mendeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09897394665144031946noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2211028366881099592.post-11040489584309047602007-06-20T09:24:00.000-07:002008-10-02T11:22:59.307-07:00

* This post has a version in English and then a version in Portuguese* Este post tem uma versão em Inglês e em seguida uma versão em PortuguêsENGLISH VERSIONLast week I attended to a meeting about BPM. We were presented to some of the new tools from IBM Rational that link the business processes to the analysis use cases and to all following steps of the software development cycle. It was a very

Ricardo Mendeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09897394665144031946noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2211028366881099592.post-31950353435363347072007-06-19T05:30:00.000-07:002008-10-02T11:23:34.820-07:00

* This post has a version in English and then a version in Portuguese* Este post tem uma versão em Inglês e em seguida uma versão em PortuguêsENGLISH VERSIONLast Saturday I was talking to a friend from my post graduation course about the programmers and systems analysts, mainly that autonomous ones, that work for small companies, here in Brazil. In that companies there is a uniform demand for

Ricardo Mendeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09897394665144031946noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2211028366881099592.post-82764594236048253532007-06-19T05:12:00.000-07:002008-10-02T11:23:50.292-07:00

* This post has a version in English and then a version in Portuguese* Este post tem uma versão em Inglês e em seguida uma versão em PortuguêsENGLISH VERSIONYesterday I tried to send a new post to my blog, but when I logged in I received the following message:"WARNINGThis blog has been locked by Blogger's spam-prevention robots. You will not be able to publish your posts, but you will be able to

Ricardo Mendeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09897394665144031946noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2211028366881099592.post-16930084462875378292007-05-22T07:33:00.000-07:002008-10-01T17:57:40.958-07:00

* This post has a version in English and then a version in Portuguese* Este post tem uma versão em Inglês e em seguida uma versão em PortuguêsENGLISH VERSIONAs the coach of a Requirements Analysts team, I was supposed to write some information about the activities that people in this position should perform. I thought about writing some information I have read in Roger Pressman's Software

Ricardo Mendeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09897394665144031946noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2211028366881099592.post-3368054954158714272007-05-15T12:57:00.000-07:002008-10-02T11:24:15.363-07:00

* This post has a version in English and then a version in Portuguese* Este post tem uma versão em Inglês e em seguida uma versão em PortuguêsENGLISH VERSIONLast 05/09/2007 I tried to purchase Skype Out credits using my credit card but, after three tries, two refused and one pending, I gave up. So, the next day I sent an e-mail to the Skype support team and today (05/15/2007) I received a

Ricardo Mendeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09897394665144031946noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2211028366881099592.post-1210319408044608862007-04-26T20:33:00.000-07:002008-10-02T11:24:27.570-07:00

* This post has a version in English and then a version in Portuguese* Este post tem uma versão em Inglês e em seguida uma versão em PortuguêsENGLISH VERSIONAfter 2 or 3 hours fighting against the JSF's h:messages tag, searching in books and the internet, I learned how to display error messages with this tag.1. In JSP page, just put:h:form...h:messages globalOnly="true".../h:form* I didn’t use

Ricardo Mendeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09897394665144031946noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2211028366881099592.post-2975998364190800752007-04-26T20:31:00.000-07:002008-10-02T11:24:43.417-07:00

* This post has a version in English and then a version in Portuguese* Este post tem uma versão em Inglês e em seguida uma versão em PortuguêsENGLISH VERSIONLast week I found a curious problem in an application I’m developing using JSF and Ajax (with the ajax4jsf framework - http://ajax4jsf.dev.java.net/). It was curious, but had a simple solution and so I’m writing it here, to help people who

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