Enterprise applications often need to execute some tasks at the startup or shutdown of the Application Server. Many application servers provide proprietary ways of doing this, but there is a standard portable way as well. In this blog, I will discuss how this can be done using the Servlet API. This feature has been available since Servlet 2.3.
First, you need to write a class that implements...
It is amazing how many wasteful activities a Windows machine performs that are not really necessary for most users. In this blog, I share some of my favorite hacks that should boost performance of a typical Windows XP/2000 machine, although your mileage may vary. You are welcome to use them, but please realize that unless you are careful, you can end up with a seriously corrupted Windows...
