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You can’t outsource passion

You hear about the great ghost of outsourcing a lot of the time. Rands has an excellent piece on why some jobs can’t be outsourced.

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Opinions and alternatives to Google Web Tool Kit (WTK)

Before you start using Google WTP i strongly sugest that you read this post by Jevgeni Kabanov. Do also check out the alternative projets the post refers to! There are lots of alternatives out there:)
Opinion: Will Google Web Toolkit Matter?

I’ve listed some of the projects here if you don’t bother to read the post(but you should):

  • Java2Script:
    Converts java to java-script (Has plugin for eclipse and uses Eclipse SWT libraries for the graphical elements)
  • DoJo:
    Provides a JavaScript Widget toolkit
  • Echo2:
    “a platform for developing web-based applications that approach the capabilities of rich clients”
  • DWR:
    “DWR is easy AJAX for Java.”
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Joda time details

Considering using Joda Time on a project. There’s a good writeup with details of it here.