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Getting Started with Drupal

RyanLittle — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 22:00:00 +0000

Drupal is an open source content management system and framework powering many of today’s high-profile sites. This Refcard will provide useful information to help you perform three of the most common roles associated with setting up a new Drupal site: site building, theming, and development.

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JavaServer Faces 2.0

RyanLittle — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 18:00:00 +0000

This JSF 2.0 Refcard is perfect for both new and seasoned JSF developers. JSF 2.0, the long-awaited successor to JSF 1.x, brings exciting new features: less boilerplate code, better error handling, built-in Ajax, and more. This Refcard provides updated summaries of the tags and attributes needed for JSF programming, along with a summary of the JSF expression language and a list of code snippets for common operations.

Getting Started with Spring-DM

RyanLittle — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 10:00:00 +0000

Spring Dynamic Modules (Spring-DM) brings Spring and OSGi together to enable a declarative service model for OSGi that leverages Spring’s power of dependency injection. This Refcard shows you how to use Spring-DM to wire together OSGi services to build highly modular and dynamic applications.

You may also enjoy the other Spring DZone Refcardz in our Collection: Spring Configuration and Spring Annotations.

Getting Started with JavaFX

RyanLittle — Sun, 31 May 2009 10:00:00 +0000

JavaFX makes it easier to build better RIAs with graphics, animation, and media. Built on Java, this platform uses existing Java libraries and is capable of running in your browser, on your desktop, and on your phone. Whether you’re just a beginner or a JavaFX novice, this DZone Refcard is perfect for you.

Apache Maven 2

RyanLittle — Mon, 25 May 2009 02:25:18 +0000

Maven is a comprehensive project information tool whose most common application is building Java code. It is receiving renewed recognition in the emerging development space for its convention over configuration approach to builds. This DZone Refcard gives Java developers a wide range of execution commands, tips for debugging Mavenized builds, and a clear introduction to the "Maven vocabulary".

Agile Adoption: Reducing Cost

RyanLittle — Sun, 17 May 2009 10:00:00 +0000

Adopting Agile methods in your projects is easier than you think. This DZone Refcard teaches you four practical strategies for reducing the cost of software development. Learn how specific Agile methods like evolutionary design, refactoring and automated testing will help you reduce costs and eliminate risks.

You’ll also enjoy Agile Adoption: Decreasing Time to Market, the first Refcard in this Agile Adoption series.

Getting Started with BIRT

RyanLittle — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 01:59:39 +0000

Eclipse Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools (BIRT) is an open source, Eclipse-based reporting system that integrates with your Java/J2EE application to produce compelling reports. BIRT is the only top-level Eclipse project focused on business intelligence.This Refcard provides an overview of the BIRT components focusing on a few key capabilities of the BIRT Designer, BIRT Runtime APIs, and BIRT Web Viewer. This Refcard should be interesting to report designers as well as developers or architects involved in integrating BIRT reports into applications.

Flex & Spring Integration

RyanLittle — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 02:02:26 +0000

In 2009, an increasing number of organizations will look to replace the user interface of existing Spring applications using Flex. This Refcard shows you how to integrate Flex and Spring to create a powerful platform for building robust RIAs. It starts off by showing you how to set up a server-side Java project with BlazeDS and the Spring Framework. After configuring your project with a basic Spring bean for use in BlazeDS, you’ll write your Flex application to use the Spring/BlazeDS service.

Enterprise Integration Patterns with Apache Camel

RyanLittle — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 01:54:22 +0000

Apache Camel is a powerful open source integration platform based on Enterprise Integration Patterns with Bean Integration. This Refcard provides you with eleven of the most essential patterns that anyone working with integration must know. This Refcard is targeted for software developers and enterprise architects, but anyone in the integration space can benefit as well.

Core ASP.NET

RyanLittle — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 06:25:30 +0000

This Refcard summarizes the most commonly used core functions and controls in ASP.NET. Author Holger Schwichtenberg shows you how to set up your ASP.NET development environment, explains the Webform model, and showcases common WebControls for Lists and Validation. He also explores ASP.NET state management features, configuration file management and shows the typical content of an .aspx page.

Agile Adoption: Decreasing Time to Market

RyanLittle — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 09:00:00 +0000

This Refcard focuses on choosing the right agile practices for your team or organization when getting to market faster is of prime importance. Learn about the practices that are the building blocks of these methods such as iterations, continuous integration, refactoring, automated developer tests, and many more.

JBoss RichFaces

RyanLittle — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 02:00:45 +0000

This Refcard is a great start for any developer looking to learn more about JBoss RichFaces. Within this Refcard you will find plenty of examples and code samples that will help with your Rich Internet Applications. Contents include: What is RichFaces?, Basic Concepts, Controlling Traffic, a4j:* Tags, rich:* Tags, Hot Tips and More...

Scalability & High Availability

RyanLittle — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 22:00:00 +0000

These days the words Scalability and Availability are thrown around so often that often it is difficult to know what they actually mean in each case. This DZone Refcard provides you with the tools to define these terms so that your team can implement mission-critical systems with well-understood performance goals. Contents include: An Overview of Scalability and High Availability, Implementing Scalable Systems, Caching Strategies, Clustering, Redundancy and Fault Tolerance, Hot Tips, and More...

Core CSS: Part III Refcard Available - Download Now

jill — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 13:31:50 +0000

The goal of the Core CSS series is to ensure that readers are empowered to understand the areas of CSS that are unclear and confusing, as well as give insight into the way browsers behave. In this third and final refcard in the Core CSS series we turn ourattention to the visual models that exist within CSS. You’ll learn notonly about how visual models work, but how to troubleshoot and...

Getting Started with Grails

RyanLittle — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 23:40:00 +0000

Grails is a full-stack web application framework built on top of popular open source frameworks such as Spring, Hibernate, Ant, and JUnit. This cheat sheet helps you set up your first Grails application in minutes, and serves as a handy reference manual for working with Grails Controllers, Services, Views and GSP taglibs.

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