Blog Archive for cayhorstmann during December 2008
There are
several blogs that tell you how to do fancy things with the upcoming JSF 2
(such as these by Ryan Lubke and Jim Driscoll). In this blog,
I look at the other side of the coin—how the simplest things are working
out. After all, if Ruby on Rails has
taught us anything, it is that a technology that makes the simple things simple
has a great shot at getting developer mindshare.
In...
After
many weeks of labor, my software engineering class is ready to deliver our
BlackBerry project to Cinequest, the organizers of the San Jose Film Festival.
Moviegoers will be able to check the schedule on their Blackberry devices, see
when their favorite films are playing, and find out about the latest special
events.
Running a real project in an undergraduate course turned out to be a huge...
This semester, my software engineering class is working on a project to
bring the San Jose Cinequest film festival catalog to the Blackberry. RIM has
generously donated us some devices.
Being a keyboard person and not very touchy-feely, I like the devices much
better than the iPhone. Developing for them is another story. I am not
the
only one
who has gripes about that.
The development...
