A Java geek

May 25, 2008 claroline dokeos elearning lms

Learning Management System and shared hosting

You probably know about CMS (Content Management System). There’s a specialized form of CMS which focuses on learning and is known as (wait for it): Learning Management System (LMS). Well, since I teach in engineer schools, the thought of being able to provide such a service to my students appealed to me. After a short review of avalaible applications (I happen to have a life and cannot develop all nights), the choices narrowed to : Moodle,Dokeos,Claroline. Moodle is elimintated from the

May 23, 2008 display library table tabulated tag taglib

VIT: Very Important Taglib

Every application needs to display tabulated data. Well, web applications are no different. So, as an architect, your job is to provide a mechanism to handle these tables gracefully and equally in your whole application. First thing that comes to mind is the reuse of an existing mechanism to do so. Well, you’re lucky. If you don’t happen to have to use JSF, there’s a neat tag library that handles the job like a pro. For those that don’t remember what a taglib is, please

Apr 7, 2008 certification scjp sun sun certified java programer

I did it

Yes! After many grueling hours (days and weeks!) of work, I finally managed to get the Sun Certified Java Programer for Java 5. I hope it will be the first step toward my goal: the Sun Certified Enterprise Architect. Meanwhile, I ready myself for the Sun Certified Web Component Developer.