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Ajax ToDo list application #437

“Remember the milk” launched yesterday, bringing features galore and the kitchen sink

Prototype Insertion, IE 6, tr’s, and “invalid target element for this operation…”

After much hardship I’m giving up on trying to use Prototype’s Insertion function for inserting new rows after a specified target row. Everything I try works in Firefox but blows out in IE 6, which is the “supported platform”. After some searching it seems IE has inconsistent support for the insertAdjacentHTML method, [...]

JIA - Matt Raible - Comparing Java Web Frameworks

review of Matt’s presentation at Java in Action comparing JSF, Struts, Spring, Tapestry, and WebWork

TDD and accounting - keeping it in balance

Bob Martin has a very good post about how the tests in TDD are analagous to debits and credits in accounting. I really like the analogy of double bookkeeping to tests, and though I’ve read it before Martin’s post really hits home at the “sensitivity” of software and accounting and why we need the [...]

Hanging out at Disney Yacht Club (host of Java in Action)

So I arrived at the Resort on Saturday to start vacationing early with my wife. I’m not a big fan of Disney to begin with, so I won’t claim to be without bias…but I have some gripes:

Sodas are $3 for a 12 oz can - which is no big deal, if it weren’t for [...]

Powerpoint as stream of conciousness

This is good. If you ever use powerpoint to deliver a presentation, you should watch it. It might change the way you use it in the future. Oh yeah, its also a very interestig talk about identity in the age of “web 2.0″.
(via Matt)