Live blogging from TheServerSide Java Symposium again, this time with Matt Raible, who is giving a presentation entitled “Comparing JVM Web Frameworks”.  He began his talk taking feedback from the audience on what frameworks people are using, with one humerous dialogue that proceeded as follows: “How many people are using Struts 1?”. One gentleman raises [...]

Currently attending “Comparing, Contrasting, and Differentiating Between Mobile Platforms” by Mark Spritzler, a fellow CodeRanch moderator.  The presentation is in part an open discussion with the audience of what people have tried and works well in the Mobile environment. 1.  What is out there? Android OS (Java) Apple iOS for iPhone/iPod/iPad Web applications with custom [...]

Is GET or POST more secure?  Like many things in computers, it depends! Who are you trying to secure data against? The user in his/her browser People who legitimately see the URL Hackers The user in his/her browser This is the case that is usually discussed.   Some people will naively say they want to “secure” [...]