alanwilliamson

Alan Williamson's personal output as a Java Champion, BlueDragon Founder, Blog-City Architect, Author, Speaker and Internet Guru. All views represented here are his and his alone!

Happy Birthday to our NHS

Our NHS is 60 years old today, and it is one of the shining examples of why we call it GREAT Britain.
Wednesday, 2 July 2008

A simple Java API class for Amazon SimpleDB

Getting access to Amazon's SimpleDB doesn't require a huge amount of complicated classes or libraries. Building upon a single class, I have added some helper methods that lets you put data in and out with a single class, no external JARs.
Thursday, 26 June 2008

java.lang.InternalError at sun.misc.URLClassPath$JarLoader.getResource()

After chasing down a bizarre class exception, that was very little to do with the exception being thrown, Grizzly once more roars into success.
Monday, 23 June 2008

Coolest toy ever, a remote controlled car with camera

How do you fancy a remote control car but with camera! Just think of the fun you could get up with!
Sunday, 22 June 2008

... if Doctor Who got remade in the US, what would change?

What if the BBC Doctor Who got remade in America, what would they change? And would it be for the better?
Friday, 20 June 2008

Getting access to Amazon's SimpleDB through CFQUERY

We've just released a new feature set with OpenBD allowing you to get access to Amazon's SimpleDB service from within a CFQUERY tag.
Friday, 20 June 2008

Introducing myself to the CFML community

For many in the CFML world, I am a stranger. I wish to change this. I extend my hand out and introduce myself to the CFML world.
Thursday, 19 June 2008

Google Web Toolkit Applications (Book Review)

The book 'Googel Web Toolkit Applications' from Ryan Dewsbury is an excellent read for the GWT developer. Filled with rich complex examples exploring all the areas of the GWT API.
Wednesday, 18 June 2008

Google's GWT continues to amaze and delight

Google's GWT framework is just a beautiful piece of software engineering. Providing a wonderfully reliable layer over Javascript makes coding reliable and cross-browser Javascript applications a breeze. We have begun to integrate GWT into OpenBD
Monday, 9 June 2008

Indiana Jones Lego Animation

My son spotted this lego animation based on an Indiana Jones story line. Very funny stuff.
Sunday, 8 June 2008

Railo joins the CFML open source revolution

We welcome the Railo announcement that they are moving to an open source model.
Thursday, 5 June 2008

Open BlueDragon BOF @ Scotch Review

Last night we presented Open BlueDragon at the Scotch BOF. It was a well turned out event with much discussion.
Thursday, 5 June 2008

Open BlueDragon - Developing a tag with the Plugin API

Now that we've introduced the Open BlueDragon Plugin API, let us look now at how to develop your own tags, by interfacing to the underlying core engine.
Tuesday, 27 May 2008

Open BlueDragon Steering Committee Interview Series - Nitai

We would like to introduce you to a new member of the Open BlueDragon Steering Committee, Nitai.
Monday, 26 May 2008

An 'open source' model airline - Ryanair

Ever wondered how Ryanair can fly people for free and still turn a profit? O'Leary, takes the open source software model and applies it to the skies. A genius or a mad man? You decide.
Monday, 26 May 2008

Open BlueDragon - Official PlugIn API Overview

Open BlueDragon provides a very rich plugin API that lets you quickly and easily add new functionality to the CFML language without having to wade through any of the source code of the core engine. This article goes through this API.
Friday, 23 May 2008

Open BlueDragon: Game On!

Open BlueDragon is now available for working with.
Sunday, 4 May 2008

Open BlueDragon : 1 day left to go

Open BlueDragon is just one day away from going out into the wild.
Friday, 2 May 2008

Open BlueDragon Steering Committee Interview Series - Andy Wu

In the last of our interviews with the BlueDragon Steering Committee, I am proud to present, the man that probably knows the code base the best, Andy Wu.
Wednesday, 23 April 2008

Open BlueDragon Steering Committee Interview Series - Matt Woodward

We are coming to the end of our series of interviews with the Open BlueDragon steering committee. I am proud to introduce Matt Woodard.
Tuesday, 22 April 2008


 

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