HTTPS Tunneling, s a very common usage scenario over the web. Unfortunately, very few Java server supports this today. Tomcat chokes up quickly if you tunnel HTTPS messages (tried both Tomcat 5.x and 6.x). Other Java servers don’t even come close. Jetty is the furthest and closest to supporting it.

Gzip and Deflate are two popular HTTP compression methods. I ran a test in C# to figure out which one is faster and by how much. Read this article to see which won the speed test and how to implement Gzip and Deflate HTTP compression in your website.

I want to see all the different ways you can come up with, for a factorial subroutine, or program. The hope is that anyone can come here and see if they might want to learn a new language.

Developers who are unacquainted with parallel programming generally feel comfortable with traditional programming models, such as object-oriented programming. In this case, a program begins at a defined point, such as the main() function, and works through a series of tasks in succession. If the program relies on user interaction, the main processing instrument is a loop in which user events are handled. From each allowed event -- a button click, for example -- the program performs an established sequence of actions that ultimately ends with a wait for the next user action.

I believe that a deep understanding of Complex Adaptive Systems will shed some light to the real roots of agile development and will answer important questions. With this knowledge in hand it will be easier to see why this works and why that failed. It will be easier to make decisions and create a better software faster.

In this three minute tutorial I'm presenting how to detect and debug Java deadlocks in runtime while having access to the application console.

Patterns books are great because the chapters are usually short and very focused. Here are 8 of my favorites. Which have you read and would you recommend?

There is no such thing as parallelism in Ruby. Instead of thinking in threads, you should think about process parallelism, due to the Global Interpreter Lock - a look at what that means and why.

The software architecture of a program or computing system is the structure or structures of the system, which comprise software components, the externally visible properties of those components, and the relationships between them

I will write a series of posts about what concurrent programming is, what the ideal general purpose concurrent programming language should be like, about certain patterns and approaches that can help realize the promise of the ideal concurrent programming language, the problem in approaching that promised utopia, the current research etc.

As web developers, it only makes sense that we find learning resources on our preferred medium, the Internet. However, there are definite pluses to the Old School method of learning; the print book. They've been through rigorous editing cycles, and you can trust solid publishers like O'Reilly. Also, you can trust the user ratings and comments that are on sites like Amazon. You can make an informed purchase with the help of these comments, and you don't have to worry that these highly-rated titles are going to be accurate or poorly written. Publishing contracts are generally only given to industry and thought leaders who are worth listening to and learning from.

I'm frequently getting asked for Scrum/Agile case studies. People want to know, before we switch has this agile stuff been done successfully elsewhere? To help the next person to ask, I've compiled a short list.

A definitive answer on what is - and is not - cloud computing.

There are half a dozen characteristics that could be expected of a good MVC framework. The approach was to gather a pulse on what frameworks are being discussed, download and view the source, and work with some examples based on those characteristics.

Developers have proposed an out-of-the-world browsing experience for Mozilla Firefox 4. Here is a user who peeks into those features and gives us insight. Take a look.

Suddenly I’m starting to dream of a new syntax, far less verbose than the one of the Java programming language but with the same rigorous Object-Oriented structure, and the ability to run on all runtimes with different semantics…

Blogging is something that has taken the Internet by storm. Everyone's doing it - but do you think blogging is a good way to get more exposure as a freelancer?

A PHP tutorial using GD to create image dates

“Money never made a man happy yet, nor will it. The more a man has, the more he wants. Instead of filling a vacuum, it makes one.” - Benjamin Franklin "Money can't buy you happiness, but it can buy you extra time to be happy." - Scott Pio Today after a successful twelve days of blogging, I made my first dollar.

In this keynote from the JVM Languages Summit 2008, James Gosling discusses how his history with programming languages led to Java's creation, code as algebra, how users use a product in very unusual ways, Java as a compromise between C and scripting languages, ANDF and Virtual Machines, pointer integrity, the Java object model, gotos and multilevel breaks, primitives and optimization tricks.

Choosing web hosting is to most merely a means to an end. A dull process of technical mumbo jumbo - a simple necessity to launch an inspiring new web design or dynamic website. But as we all are dependent on hosting and deal with our own practically every day, it seems only right to explore its inspirational span and creative potentials.

I was originally going to just update my original post with some performance data regarding the dynamic keyword versus MethodInfo.Invoke, but I started looking a bit deeper at the performance implications of the dynamic keyword.

I was watching a television show on PBS (viewer-sponsored educational public broadcasting) about brain health. The speaker was Daniel G. Amen, author of the book Change Your Brain, Change Your Life. This sort of show always grabs my attention, for one obvious reason: I am a programmer, therefore my brain is my most important tool to invest in.

Use The GIMP and Inkscape tp turn a low res poor quality jpeg image into a final art fit to send to print.

fully immersive 3D with stunning visuals (and this is for data navigation?!)