Google Blog Search API
I am currently investigating how to implement Google Blog search using the Java API, in an attempt to architect & implement an aggregator. Check this link out.
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Busy@BMB building an Aggregator
I have dived deep into the world of YouTube API, along with Twitter and Flickr in an attempt to build a prototype feeds "aggregator". Soon i will move onto the Blogger API. I must say - interesting stuff , playing around with feeds from the Java / j2EE , Hibernate platform. It is fun!
Interview with Tom Sugden !!!
OMG - I just had a 30 min conversation with "Tom Sugden" from Adobe Consulting!!!
A new Discovery - Xenocode !
Today, after tireless attempts to install IE 7.0 on my 64-bit Windows Vista Home Premium Operating System that came pre-loaded with IE 8.0 - I have thanks to the technical guidance by the guru's at BazaarVoice discovered XENOCODE. Now XENOCODE is simply ingenious! As aptly stated " brings the world of software to the web". No installation, no hassles by amateurs like me. To date, whenever I play with the O.S it crashes. Hence I am overjoyed at this discovery and happy that my multiple IE browser installation and uninstallation days are over... Please visit ">XENOCODE for more information.
Working with Strategy in AS3/Flex
Strategy tells us to • Define and encapsulate a family of algorithms. • Make encapsulated algorithms interchangeable. • Allow algorithms to change independently from the clients that use it. HRAgency For illustration purposes,in this sample application, a Strategy pattern is used to implement a solution for an HR employment agency. • The agency has a number of consultants it represents. Clients call for different consultant job types targeted at either- employer or jobseeker. They want either a particular consultant or particular support tasks or main tasks they can perform. • To create a flexible program for the HR agency, each of the specific support related and main tasks has been created in separate algorithms. The algorithms are encapsulated, and the consultants delegate their performance skills to the encapsulated algorithms—strategies. The base Consultant context class The first step is to create a context class and concrete contexts that will use the different tasks and support...
Creating Combobox within a DataGrid column in Flex
The compononet that needs to be attached might be a Combobox or a Checkbox. One of the techniques is to create a custom ComboBox and use the itemRenderer property of the DataGridColumn to display it inside the data grid as a Combobox which then, internally fetches its values from an XML. <mx:DataGrid id="portfolioGrid" width="100%" height="100%" dataProvider="{portfolioModel.security}" selectable="true"> <mx:columns><mx:Array> <mx:DataGridColumn dataField="Symbol"/> <mx:DataGridColumn dataField="Quantity" textAlign="right"/> <mx:DataGridColumn dataField="Price" textAlign="right"/> <mx:DataGridColumn dataField="Value" textAlign="right"/> <mx:DataGridColumn dataField="portfolioType" width="175" textAlign="center" headerText="Type" sortable="false" editable="true...