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Understanding Web Services Distributed Management
The Web Services Distributed Management (WSDM) standard offers a way for you to publicize and manage machines and web services using web services and associated technologies. If you’re confused by that statement then you probably need to read my n…
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Improved application development: Part 5, Testing and verifying with Rational tools
The fifth and final piece to the Improved Application Development series is now available. This one looks at testing your application before the next phase of development or release. Here’s the abstract: Testing is a vital part of any development …
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Improved application development, Part 4: Building a Web client
Part 4 of the Improved Application Development series, which covers a development from end-to-end using Rational tools is now available. Written by Nate Schutta, it concentrates on extending the application to work on the web, using the powerful f…
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Improved application development, Part 3: Incorporating changes in requirement
The next article in the Improve application development series is now up at the IBM site. This follows on from Part 2, written by Nate Schutta, and moves on to managing the project now that the application is being developed and the you start gett…
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Improved application development: Part 1, Collating requirements for an application
My latest Rational piece is up on the IBM site. This is an update of the series I co-wrote last year on using a suite of Rational tools for your development projects. The latest series focuses on the new Rational Application Developer and Rational…
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Using HTTP Compression
I have a new article up at ServerWatch which looks at the benefits and configuration of HTTP compression within Apache and IIS. Here’s an excerpt from the intro: There’s a finite amount of bandwidth on most Internet connections, and anything admin…
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Finding alternatives in developing software
My latest article over at Free Software Magazine is available. This time, I’m looking at the role of free software in development, both of free and proprietary applications. I discuss the benefits of free software and the pitfalls of proprietary s…
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Computerworld Blogs
Computerworld have set up a dedicated blogging area on their site at Computerworld blogs There are a few of us there; all dedicated to blogging on different news stories in a range of different areas and topics. You can read my blog at the dedicat…
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FOSS Anniversaries
In the last LinuxWorld article I wrote for the magazine I talked about FOSS anniversaries, mostly because a number of important projects turned into double figures, and yet most people let it pass them by. Talk to young programmers and developers …
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Session Tracking With Apache
My new piece on how to track user sessions on your website with Apache is available on ServerWatch.com. Here’s an excerpt: Using HTTP logs to track the users who visit your site isn’t always as useful as you think it’s going to be. While metrics, …