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10 May 08

ASP.Net Page Lifecycle
Ever wondered what the ASP.Net page lifecycle looks like? I remember prototyping an ASP.Net 2.0 web-site for a client and being mightily confused about which things happen when in Microsoft web app world. And although this is much more detailed than I needed it probably would have answered my questions about the page lifecycle.

Comparison of web frameworks
It lists JSF, Tapestry, Stripes, Rife, Wicket, ASP.Net, PHP, Ruby on Rails and Seaside. Quite a good roundup as it takes into account ease of development, browser navigation, scalability, MVC adherence etc. Unfortunately it is not dated and does not include Spring MVC or Struts but good reference anyhow.

29 Apr 08

Fancy Form Design Using CSS
Excellent write-up of how to create table-less forms with CSS only.

12 Apr 08

Is Content Worthless?
9 Apr 08

11 innovation lessons from creators of World of Warcraft
Innovation lessons from the team that created World of Warcraft. Apply to any online venture.

12 Mar 08

UML 2 Component Diagrams
An excellent article on creating meaningful component diagrams during the initial architecture stages of a project. Focuses on UML 2.0 semantics. Directly applicable to component diagrams created in Together Architect.

6 Mar 08

Twelve Best Practices For Spring XML Configurations
Describes 12 best practices for Spring XML configurations. Some of them are more necessary practices than best practices. There are also many good comments in the discussion at the end of the article.

2 Mar 08

The future of XML - How will you use XML in years to come?