Do you agree that Open Source just can’t be applied on software only? Open source philosophy can be applied to any given domain. Over the years open source has proved its potential and there is no brainer that open source model CANNOT work(Off course some dopeheaded VCs still think there is no money in open […]
Author Archives: Hussain Fakhruddin
Gone are the days of EJB
I hated EJB. I still hate it and will keep hating it. Perhaps its not just hatred but its apathy. Be it EJB 1.x , 2.x or 3.x. Frameworks come and frameworks go and I don’t feel EJB has survived with respect to the hype it received. I would discuss some major points which get […]
Marketcetera : Open Source Trading Platform
Most stock trading systems these days are mostly on Solaris, but the trend is changing. Stock broking companies are wanting effective low cost solution. Most companies I know of are moving towards .Net platform or Linux platform. .NET is far cheaper than Solaris solution, but it takes you down over the years with M$ extrating […]
html2pdf using jsp and linux
Have you ever thought of downloading the current viewed page as PDF. Here’a quick program which can read an HTML and convert it to PDF using JSP or Servlet. I am going to call an external linux command called ‘convert’ which does all the magic for me. All I need is a linux box with […]
Creating sequences in MySQL an alternative to AUTO_INCREMENT
MySQL doesn’t doesn’t have sequences and Auto_Increment does not suffice the need for a text based sequence generator. Or say you want to reset AUTO_INCREMENT’s value? So here’s a workaround for a generating a sequence in MySQL which can be reset later. Step 1: Create a Table CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `seqgen` ( `seqno` […]
WebMethods Document Tracker for Broker analysis
Did you ever have the need to retrieve the documents from the broker without creating another client just for debugging? Try the WebMethods Document Tracker. Its simple and sweet! It will just take the settings of your broker server and which publisher to subscribe to. Its quite strong and can handle large documents at ease. […]
WebMethods and TIBCO CUF – Common Utility Framework Services
The Common Utility Framework or CUF is a set of utility services created by any enterprise for their internal usage. These utility services form the backbone and will provide a set of APIs to the applications which will be written for any enterprise solution. The major advantage of using a CUF in your enterprise solution […]
Enterprise Application Framework
Products, Strategies, Best Practices.. A presentation