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Debugging RMI Security Permissions for Server-side MySQL Databases
Posted by smontgom on June 3, 2004 at 12:40 PM EDT
I experienced a problem where a client application accessing a server was unable to use the server to subsequently access a MySQL database.
However, unit testing on the server side allowed the MySQL data access.
What was happening to the server when using the remote connection then and why were SQL connection failure errors like the following being thrown?
An Introduction to Ant, CVS, Eclipse, and Tomcat - Online web services lab
Posted by smontgom on May 5, 2004 at 12:44 PM EDT
For those looking for some reference information on Java development, this lab takes a user through elements of setting up Eclipse, checking out a project using CVS, running and deploying a project using Ant, and running a web service over Tomcat/Axis from both Java and Perl clients.
When research meets software development
Posted by smontgom on March 31, 2004 at 8:03 PM EST
The goal of research is to evaluate a new idea and create a body of work that can improve the methods of scientific inquiry, either by simplifying the process or by uncovering new knowledge. When research-driven software exists in the public domain it is serving this very purpose.
Java vs Perl for Bioinformatics - Calling Cab 28
Posted by smontgom on March 2, 2004 at 7:23 PM EST
Teaching programming to biologists is one of the key challenges of bioinformatics educators. A few weekends ago, when several dozen bioinformaticians from across Canada organized to discuss curriculum and educational practice, this was certainly an issue of contention. How do you rapidly give a novice computer user the experience and wherewithal to design and write computer programs?
