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Accessing Exchange Server from Java February 27, 2006

Filed under: Middleware — Elango @ 4:54 pm

While searching a solution to access MS Exchange server through Java platform, I came across few options.

There were also few discussions about using Exchange sever’s web service feature for this integration.

 

Managing Plug-ins with Eclipse February 24, 2006

Filed under: Tech Tips — Elango @ 1:38 pm

Colin Sampaleanu on his blog posted an effective technique for managing plugins with Eclipse

If you are using Eclipse, you should have faced the pain of migrating one version to another with installed 3rd party plugins. This post speaks about few techniques for effectively managing eclipse plugins.

This simple technique worked effortlessly when I tried it with Eclipse 3.x with RSA.

 

ViewMyCurrency – Firefox extension February 23, 2006

Filed under: Musings — Elango @ 5:38 pm

ViewMyCurrency is a nice Firefox extension which will replace the currency displayed on a webpage with currency of my choice.

My choice was Indian Rupees and now when I see any web page shows a webpage showing the cost of a book or gadget in US$, this extension will replace the currency with Indian rupee equivalent. The exchange rates are live and updated every 8 hours.

 

Examples from Java I/O 2nd Edition February 23, 2006

Filed under: Tech Tips — Elango @ 12:13 pm

Elliotte Rusty Harold posted Java code samples from his upcoming book Java I/O 2nd Edition.

It covers Java 5 & 6 including java.nio packages, channels, buffers and non-blocking I/O. Worth to read for every Java programmers.

 

Installing WBM as Eclipse Plugs-in to RSA February 22, 2006

Filed under: Architecture — Elango @ 5:34 am

The following is instructions from an IBM Redbook about installing WebSphere Business Modeler (WBM) as an Eclipse plug-in for Rational Software Architect (RSA).

WBM_in_RSA-1

WBM_in_RSA_1

 

A Practical Guide to Using an Aspect Library February 21, 2006

Filed under: Tech Tips — Elango @ 6:48 pm

In the Aspects Blog, Adrian Colyer had written an introductionary article on AspectJ. This is the first of a two part guide.

Its a right place to start learning about Aspect Oriented Programming.

 

Folder Size for Windows Explorer February 21, 2006

Filed under: Tech Tips — Elango @ 2:25 pm

Folder Size for windows adds a new column to the details view in Windows Explorer. The new column shows folder size similar to file size display. Its distributed under GNU GPL.

 

OnlyWire: The Only BookMarklet You’ll Ever Need! February 20, 2006

Filed under: Musings — Elango @ 2:20 pm

OnlyWire is a new online book marklet service. Through this free service, user could leverage book marklet services from other famous book marklet services like Blinklist, Blogmarks, Connotea, del.icio.us, Feedmelinks, Furl, Jots, Linkroll, ma.gnolia, Maple, OpenBM, Rawsugar, Shadows, Simpy and Spurl.

 

MIT Open Courseware February 20, 2006

Filed under: Musings — Elango @ 11:57 am

Massachusetts Institute of Technology offers an open educational resource with MIT Course materials called “MIT OpenCourseWare

 

Skype Developer Contest February 17, 2006

Filed under: Musings — Elango @ 3:35 pm

Skype.com announced the Developer API Competition 2006.

There are 3 categories in this competition, each of which is focus on different areas of Skyper’s functionality.

  • AP2AP Messaging
  • eBay Integration
  • Voice Services

The first prize for each category is EURO 2,000. Each category will have 5 runner up prizes of EURO 500 each.