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Daily del.icio.us for May 2nd through May 4th
- Pearware Blog : Improving Java web site performance with asset caching - In this post, I’ll be talking about a solution I developed at my day job to improve the performance of our web site by allowing the browser to cache JavaScript, CSS, and image files
- Who Will Tell the People? - New York Times - We need a president who is tough enough to tell the truth to the American people. Any one of the candidates can answer the Red Phone at 3 a.m. in the White House bedroom. I’m voting for the one who can talk straight to the American people on national TV
- The All-White Elephant in the Room - New York Times - Mr. Hagee is not a fringe kook but the pastor of a Texas megachurch. On Feb. 27, he stood with John McCain and endorsed him over the religious conservatives’ favorite, Mike Huckabee, who was then still in the race.
- Headius: The Power of the JVM - The future is definitely looking awesome for dynamic languages on the JVM. And languages like Groovy and JRuby are proving it.
- How Has Functional Programming Influenced Your Coding Style? - Functional programming languages are enjoying a renaissance. Even if not intending to use a functional language for daily work, learning such a language can improve one's programming style
- Sleep deprivation is not a badge of honor - (37signals) - Forgoing sleep is like borrowing from a loan shark. Sure you get that extra hours right now to cover for your overly-optimistic estimation, but at what price? The shark will be back and if you can’t pay, he’ll break your creativity, morale, and good-m
- Java Persistence 2.0 Early Draft Available - Linda DeMichiel's Blog - We've just released the Early Draft of the Java Persistence 2.0 specification, so I thought it would be a good time to report on some of the work we've been doing in the JSR 317 Expert Group.
- InfoQ: Flex, AIR and AS3 Flex Gain Code Coverage Utilities - Last month Joe Berkovitz announced the initial experimental release of Flexcover, an open-source code coverage tool suite for Flex, AIR and AS3
- For all you know, it's just another Java library - David Pollak's Blog - Bottom line… to anyone other than the folks with hands in the code and the folks who have to recruit and manage them, "For all you know, it's just another Java library."
- Common Solutions for T-SQL Problems - Home - Some of the Moderators, Answerers, and MVPs have gotten together to create a new resource to supplement the Forums; it's called SQLExamples. We just started it a few weeks ago so it's still very much in its infancy
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Daily del.icio.us for February 27th through March 3rd
- Microsoft to offer hosted versions of SharePoint and Exchange to SMBs - Yahoo! News - Microsoft has opened up its hosted version of SharePoint and Exchange to SMBs as it tries to take advantage of the demand for software as a service.
- Feeling tired? Exercise a little - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Couch potatoes who complain they are tired all the time have an easy solution — a little light exercise. Regular, low-intensity workouts such as a leisurely stroll can boost energy levels by 20 percent and decrease fatigue by…
- Flex 3:Feature Introductions: OLAPDataGrid - Adobe Labs - Leveraging the capabilities of AdvancedDataGrid, OLAPDataGrid provides a customizable and configurable UI which is capable of consuming the result set of a multidimensional query and displaying it in a cross-tab fashion.
- BlazeDS - BlazeDS - Confluence - BlazeDS is an open source set of libraries which can be added to Java-based web applications to enable a more simple and efficient means of communicating between Flex and Java. BlazeDS includes an RPC style remoting library and a realtime messaging system
- InfoQ: Flex 3.0: Update From Adobe's James Ward - With the production release of Flex 3, InfoQ sat down with Adobe’s James Ward to find out more about Flex 3. Last year, Ward gave InfoQ readers an overview of Flex 3 and discounted a number of Flex misconceptions.
- Flex cookbook beta - Building Flex Applications with JSPs - Flex can make requests to your existing JSPs using the HTTPService object. These requests can work with any JSPs. A Flex application contains all of the view logic so the JSPs should not return HTML but rather just serialized data
- Flex cookbook beta - Multiple Column Sorting using the AdvancedDataGrid control - AdvancedDataGrid supports multiple column sorting and the sort indicators and interaction can vary based on the value of the sortExpertMode property.
- Gears and AIR: The Open Source Difference on Dion Almaer's Blog - Gears and AIR are very different, and although there is an overlap, they are complementary too. I would love to see some convergence in the future where Gears and AIR APIs join together. That would be a win win for everyone in my opinion. I would also lov
- WWTelescope - The WorldWide Telescope (WWT) is a rich visualization environment that functions as a virtual telescope, bringing together imagery from the best ground and space telescopes in the world for a seamless, guided exploration of the universe. WorldWide Telesco
- Vijay Mandava's Blog: WLS 10.3 Tech Preview supports SCA - Since WebLogic 10.3 Tech Preview includes an SCA runtime customers now have multiple technology choices to build their business logic — POJO, EJB, Spring or SCA. By including the SCA runtime on WLS, customers can take advantage of the RASP functionality
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Daily del.icio.us for January 29th
- InfoQ: Does TDD Really Ensure Quality? - Our main result is that Test-First programmers write more tests per unit of programming effort. In turn, a higher number of tests lead to proportionally higher levels of productivity. Thus through a chain effect, Test-First appears to improve productivity
- InfoQ: "Can I call you back about that?" Building Asynchronous Services using Service Component Architecture - This article discusses the need for asynchronous services when you build an application using a service-oriented architecture. Building asynchronous services can get complicated, but is made straightforward using Service Component Architecture (SCA).
- InfoQ: Case Study: Applying Java Programming Skill to Flex - In an article published on Adobe Flex Developer Center, Bill Bejeck shares his experience creating components and enforcing separation of concerns with Flex, from a Java developer's perspective.
- InfoQ: Kent Beck on Implementation Patterns - Kent Beck is interviewed about his new book, "Implementation patterns", the relationship between these patterns and XP, problems when adopting agile and the current status of design patterns.
- Enterprise Java Community: Introducing Apache Wicket - When you're learning a new framework, it's helpful to gain an understanding of the terms concepts, then move on to how the pieces come together. Wicket has a few core concepts to master, but once you understand them, you'll find Wicket much more accessibl
- SpringSource Team Blog » Spring Overtakes EJB as a Skills Requirement - Job listings are a good indicator of the true adoption of technologies. Sometimes these trends can have dramatic implications. Indeed.com shows that in November, 2007, Spring overtook EJB as a skills requirement for Java job listings.
- InfoQ: Flex Load Testing Tool Available to Enterprise RIA application - As InfoQ reported (Forester report), RIA is proliferating in enterprise information workplaces. One of challenges faces a maturing development platform for developing mission critical systems is to produce quality, scalable and well tested applications.
- » Printable Design Patterns Quick Reference Cards - The Gang of Four design patterns have been elegantly distilled into a quick reference guide suitable for printing on 8.5 x 11.
- Merging and branching in Subversion 1.5 - Java World - Branching and merging are two inherently related functions that are due for a long-awaited upgrade in Subversion 1.5
- InfoQ: ExtJS Ecosystem Continues to Expand - New server-side tools are sprouting up around the ExtJS client-side Javascript framework. Community developed server-side support now exists for Java Enterprise Edition, Cold Fusion 8.0, Google Web Toolkit, and Ruby on Rails 2.0
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Daily del.icio.us for Dec 30, 2007
- facebook-java-api - Google Code - A Facebook API client implemented in Java - The purpose of this project is to provide a high-quality, more up to date version of the Facebook API client for Java developers, and to allow it to be maintained regularly over time.
- The Mythical 5% - So you must learn continuously and teach yourself new technologies, but it's not that simple. It's definitely good to learn more about programming, but you can't just learn more about programming
- The Secret to Raising Smart Kids: Scientific American - Don't tell your kids that they are. More than three decades of research shows that a focus on effort?not on intelligence or ability?is key to success in school and in life
- O'Reilly — ActionScript 3.0: Is It Hard or Not? - The code doesn?t have to reside in classes. Variable datatypes don?t have to be declared, even in the strict compilation mode. The language is designed to provide as much or as little structure and flexibility as the task at hand requires.
- Free SQL Server tools that might make your life a little easier - This list will grow as I find new tools. So if you know of some not on this list do post them in the comments.
- Simplify Your SQL with Variables and Derived Tables (or Common Table Expressions) - As with any programming language, it is important in SQL to keep your code short, clear and concise. Here are two quick tips that I find are very helpful in obtaining this goal.
- Webwereld | Six enterprise application trends to watch in 2008 - If 2007 was any indication of what's to come, the one thing companies using expensive enterprise applications-ERP, CRM and supply chain management systems-is that more change vendor alliances, pricing schemes and software innovation is on the way in 2008.
- Checklist/Tuning Guide for Optimizing the JRockit JVM - The goal of this document is to provide information for tuning the BEA JRockit JVM using a checklist approach. A lot of territory is covered, from esoteric command-line options to iterative performance testing
- Red Hat and Alfresco Join to Deliver an Open Source Enterprise Collaboration Solution - Red Hat and Alfresco have collaborated to build an integrated collaboration solution - The Red Hat/Alfresco Team Collaboration Solution is designed to bring advanced collaboration and social computing.
- InfoQ: An Introduction to the Eclipse Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools - clipse's Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools (BIRT) project is an open source project based on the popular Eclipse IDE and is used to build and deploy reports in a Java/J2EE environment.
- InfoQ: Interview: Bruce Johnson discusses Google Web Toolkit - Google Web Toolkit (GWT) tech lead Bruce Johnson discusses the design of GWT, how GWT converts Java into JavaScript, community involvement with GWT, new features in GWT 1.4, and the philosophy behind GWT.
- Apache News Online: 30 December 2007 - Apache Jetspeed 2.1.3 Released - The Apache Portals Jetspeed team is pleased to announce the release of the version 2.1.3 of the Jetspeed Enterprise Portal. Jetspeed is an Open Portal Platform and Enterprise Portal, written in open source to the Java Portlet API standard
- Generating JUnit Tests for Legacy Java Applications - Unit tests give us the confidence to change applications, even legacy applications that we didn't write ourselves. To avoid the drudgery of writing a test case for every edge and boundary, we can let JUnit Factory generate a large set of tests for us.
- IntelliJ IDEA Blog » Blog Archive » IntelliJ IDEA 7.0.x Helps Avoid Conflicts - If somebody else has already modified the same file and has committed changes to the repository, IntelliJ IDEA detects the newer version in the repository and displays a banner on top of the editor
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Daily del.icio.us for Dec 24, 2007
- Stevey's Blog Rants: Code's Worst Enemy - Bill Gates, Dave Thomas, Martin Fowler and James Duncan Davidson have independently reached the same conclusion: namely, that bloat is the worst thing that can happen to code. But they all got there via painful things happening to them.
- Coding Horror: Size Is The Enemy - Remember: size really is the enemy. Right after ourselves, of course.
- coding, by Derek Young: Java coding decisions I struggle with - Little coding decisions come up again and again with any project, and they?re not new. You?ll write code more efficiently if you think about these decisions and decide The Right Way to solve them
- Meera Subbarao's Java Blog: EJB 3.0 and 4 different Application Servers - Good, bad or ugly. - I wrote a simple, really simple Stateless Session Bean with one method in it and published it as a web service to JBoss, WebLogic,Glassfish and Oracle AS. It's up to you to decide which ones are good, bad, and ugly.
- Farata Systems » A dozen of 2008 predictions - The year of 2007 was a good one. The IT job market was stable. While there were no any revolutionary changes in the ways software was developed, I believe that this was a year of rich Internet applications and Web 2.0. What?s the next big thing in IT?
- Ext JS Blog - » Ext Rises in Popularity - The exciting news is that the Ext framework, for the first time, was added to the list and in it?s first year demonstrated it?s popularity. Of the 2,619 respondents, 22.5% were using the Ext framework ranking it 3rd overall.
- http://www.wallstreetandtech.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=204204063 - By leveraging predictive analytics and pattern analysis technologies, financial services firms are able to understand their customers, their operations and their markets in greater detail. Perhaps more important, they are able to identify and react to tre
- 2008 IT Budgets Up More Than 10% for Financial Services Firms by Wall Street & Technology - If the confidence of financial services firms was shaken by this year's subprime mortgage lending crisis, it certainly isn't reflected in their IT budgets for 2008, judging by a survey of securities firms, banks conducted by Wall Street & Technology
- DHTML Snowstorm: Javascript snow effect using PNG with GIF fallback - So, you want Javascript snow on your web site, eh? SnowStorm is a Javascript-driven snow effect that can be easily implemented into web pages.
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Daily del.icio.us for Dec 23, 2007
- BitNami :: BitNami Stacks - BitNami stacks make it incredibly easy to install your favorite open source software. Application stacks include an open source application and all the dependencies necessary to run it, such as Apache, MySQL and PHP or Ruby. All you need to do is download
- Sriram Krishnan: Amazon SimpleDB - Technical Overview - Structured storage was one of the missing pieces in Amazon's cloud services jigsaw puzzle (the other has to be the ability to host a site completely on EC2 without using dynamic DNS hacks) and Amazon is plugging that hole today with the launch of SimpleDB
- Remember The Milk - Services / Remember The Milk for Gmail - Remember The Milk for Gmail is a Firefox extension that allows you to manage your tasks in Gmail (complete, postpone, and edit tasks), add new tasks (and connect them with your emails, contacts, and Google Calendar events), automatically add tasks for sta
- Eventually Consistent - All Things Distributed - Recently there has been a lot of discussion about the concept of eventual consistency in the context of data replication. In this positing I would like to try to collect some of the principles and abstractions related to large scale data replication and t
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Daily del.icio.us for Aug 25, 2007
- James Duncan Davidson ? Remembering Java Naming Blunders Past - The value of a brand is created by the public that uses it, not by the company that owns it. Brands are funny things. They make us choose products out of a sense of comfort instead of an honest evaluation.
- Raible Designs | Display Tag 1.1.1 Released - Display Tag version 1.1.1 has been released. This is a bug fix release
- Java.net - Unified Expression Language for JSP and JSF - This article looks at the unified expression language (EL), which has been added to the JavaServer Pages Standard Tag Library (JSTL) specification in order to overcome problems when integrating the JavaServer Pages (JSP) EL with the JavaServer Faces EL.
- Web Tier to Go With Java EE 5: Summary of New Features in JSP 2.1 Technology - The expert groups have worked together on the upcoming releases of JSP 2.1 and JavaServer Faces 1.2 technologies in Java EE 5 to fix these integration issues and make sure that the two technologies work together seamlessly.
- jmockit: Project Home Page - JMockit consists of a single class with a small set of static methods, which allow arbitrary methods and constructors of any other class to be replaced by mock implementations at runtime.
- Mock Objects: Shortcomings and Use Cases - This article looks at Mock Objects, a testing technique from the XP community that offers a way to test our code in isolation by simulating those external dependencies. As with any other tool, we need to be careful and avoid overusing them.
- Jeffrey Zeldman Presents : Eric Meyer's CSS Sculptor - Eric Meyer's CSS Sculptor, created in collaboration with WebAssist, makes it drop-dead easy to create standards-compliant, two- and three-column CSS layouts and includes 30 of the most common web page layouts, coded the way Eric Meyer would code them.
- IT Efforts: Struts2 + Spring + JUnit - Hopefully this entry serves as some search engine friendly documentation on how one might unit test Struts 2 actions configured using Spring
- InfoQ: The Secret Sauce of Highly Productive Software Development - This article stands as a reminder that the Agile approach already offers many learning practices and mechanisms ? are they all being used to best advantage, to serve your team and your business?
- XFire Creator Joins MuleSource - Diephouse is the creator of XFire, the high performance open source SOAP framework. He joined MuleSource as the software architect focused on expanding Mule's web services capabilities.
- Introduction To iBatis - This tutorial will focus on using iBatis in a Java application and Abator, a code generation tool
- Spring Web Services 1.0 Released | Springframework.org - After two years of development, we are pleased to announce that Spring Web Services 1.0 is now available. Spring Web Services is a product of the Spring community focused on the creation of document-driven, contract-first web services.
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Daily del.icio.us for Aug 21, 2007 through Aug 25, 2007
- James Duncan Davidson ? Remembering Java Naming Blunders Past - The value of a brand is created by the public that uses it, not by the company that owns it. Brands are funny things. They make us choose products out of a sense of comfort instead of an honest evaluation.
- Raible Designs | Display Tag 1.1.1 Released - Display Tag version 1.1.1 has been released. This is a bug fix release
- Java.net - Unified Expression Language for JSP and JSF - This article looks at the unified expression language (EL), which has been added to the JavaServer Pages Standard Tag Library (JSTL) specification in order to overcome problems when integrating the JavaServer Pages (JSP) EL with the JavaServer Faces EL.
- Web Tier to Go With Java EE 5: Summary of New Features in JSP 2.1 Technology - The expert groups have worked together on the upcoming releases of JSP 2.1 and JavaServer Faces 1.2 technologies in Java EE 5 to fix these integration issues and make sure that the two technologies work together seamlessly.
- jmockit: Project Home Page - JMockit consists of a single class with a small set of static methods, which allow arbitrary methods and constructors of any other class to be replaced by mock implementations at runtime.
- Mock Objects: Shortcomings and Use Cases - This article looks at Mock Objects, a testing technique from the XP community that offers a way to test our code in isolation by simulating those external dependencies. As with any other tool, we need to be careful and avoid overusing them.
- Jeffrey Zeldman Presents : Eric Meyer's CSS Sculptor - Eric Meyer's CSS Sculptor, created in collaboration with WebAssist, makes it drop-dead easy to create standards-compliant, two- and three-column CSS layouts and includes 30 of the most common web page layouts, coded the way Eric Meyer would code them.
- IT Efforts: Struts2 + Spring + JUnit - Hopefully this entry serves as some search engine friendly documentation on how one might unit test Struts 2 actions configured using Spring
- InfoQ: The Secret Sauce of Highly Productive Software Development - This article stands as a reminder that the Agile approach already offers many learning practices and mechanisms ? are they all being used to best advantage, to serve your team and your business?
- XFire Creator Joins MuleSource - Diephouse is the creator of XFire, the high performance open source SOAP framework. He joined MuleSource as the software architect focused on expanding Mule's web services capabilities.
- Introduction To iBatis - This tutorial will focus on using iBatis in a Java application and Abator, a code generation tool
- Spring Web Services 1.0 Released | Springframework.org - After two years of development, we are pleased to announce that Spring Web Services 1.0 is now available. Spring Web Services is a product of the Spring community focused on the creation of document-driven, contract-first web services.
- Struts2 Tutorials - Several tutorials are available to help you get started with the framework, from all-purpose "soup to nuts" tutorials to specialty tutorials on portlets and database access.
- GnilronEye 1.1, system monitoring solution, released - GnilronEye 1.1, a java-based system monitoring solution, is now available for download. GnilronEye 1.1 introduces an advanced http-monitoring feature and a new report feature that include sgraphs of the monitored items.
- A CSS styled table version 2 | Veerle's blog - In 2005 I wrote an article about styling a table with CSS. After receiving so many requests I finally decided to give in and write another tutorial.
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Daily del.icio.us for Jul 22, 2007 through Jul 26, 2007
- Apache CXF: Interview with Dan Diephouse and Paul Brown - O'Reilly ONJava Blog - I recently had a chance to sit down with both Dan Diephouse and Paul Brown of Envoi Solutions to discuss the merger of XFire and IONA?s Celtix project into a new project, Apache CXF, currently under incubation at the Apache Software Foundation.
- Easy Ajax using Struts 2 - Kb - Struts 2 makes it easy to implement and test an Ajax Java Web application, using standard javascript frameworks such as Prototype. This wiki article gives technical notes on how to kickstart your Ajax Java development.
- Web Worker Daily » Blog Archive 12 Ways to Use Facebook Professionally « - Let?s look at 12 ways Facebook can benefit the web worker, particularly those who are home-based. The more connected you are to your co-workers and clients without being intrusive, the better your working relationship.
- AJAX Magazine: YSlow Helps You Speed up your web pages - Yahoo! released an excellent performance utility on YDN called YSlow, to help you understand why your pages are slow. YSlow is a Firebug addon
- Agile Ajax: Review of GWT in Action - The book does cover many of the new features in GWT 1.4, such as Image Bundling, the new loading mechanism, and the Serializable vs IsSerializable changes. As I've said, overall a fine effort.
- High Performance WordPress Presentation « Barry on WordPress - The slides from the HyperDB and High Performance WordPress presentation are now online via SlideShare
- Web page to PDF Firefox extension - LOOP is a unique extension for Firefox that converts the web browser into a proper PDF writer that can do some amazing things sometime not possible in other free PDF conversion software
- Work Together: 60+ Collaborative Tools for Groups - With businesses and families spread out more and more, we?ve dug up 60+ sites that will help everyone be on the same page
- InfoQ: Presentation: Introduction to Component Based Architecture - Mark Miller delivered an introduction to Component Based Architecture. In this presention he shares tips and tricks focused on maximizing the development strength of your team
- InfoQ: Using ETags to Reduce Bandwith & Workload with Spring & Hibernate - ETags are used in conjunction with the "If-None-Match" header on a GET request to take advantage of the browser cache. Because the server generated the ETag in the first place, it can use it later to determine if the page has changed.
- InfoQ: Bridging the gap between BI & SOA - To summarize, implementing a BI solution by using EDA and SOA is superior to using traditional ETL. Not only do we get our basic BI, but we actually get better, real-time BI?not to mention improvement in the overall quality of our SOA.
- How risk management affects agile approaches | confused of calcutta - Once you switch focus from content to process, agile techniques don?t stand a chance. Agile in a 'content' perspective leads to the Baconian 'A man that starts with doubts shall end in certainties'; … These two positions are polar opposites
- Json-lib 2.0 released - I'm pleased to announce that Json-lib version 2.0 has been released. JSON-lib is a java library for transforming beans, maps and XML to JSON and back again to beans and DynaBeans
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Daily del.icio.us for Jul 21, 2007 through Jul 22, 2007
- Web page to PDF Firefox extension - LOOP is a unique extension for Firefox that converts the web browser into a proper PDF writer that can do some amazing things sometime not possible in other free PDF conversion software
- Work Together: 60+ Collaborative Tools for Groups - With businesses and families spread out more and more, we?ve dug up 60+ sites that will help everyone be on the same page
- InfoQ: Presentation: Introduction to Component Based Architecture - Mark Miller delivered an introduction to Component Based Architecture. In this presention he shares tips and tricks focused on maximizing the development strength of your team
- InfoQ: Using ETags to Reduce Bandwith & Workload with Spring & Hibernate - ETags are used in conjunction with the "If-None-Match" header on a GET request to take advantage of the browser cache. Because the server generated the ETag in the first place, it can use it later to determine if the page has changed.
- InfoQ: Bridging the gap between BI & SOA - To summarize, implementing a BI solution by using EDA and SOA is superior to using traditional ETL. Not only do we get our basic BI, but we actually get better, real-time BI?not to mention improvement in the overall quality of our SOA.
- How risk management affects agile approaches | confused of calcutta - Once you switch focus from content to process, agile techniques don?t stand a chance. Agile in a 'content' perspective leads to the Baconian 'A man that starts with doubts shall end in certainties'; … These two positions are polar opposites
- Json-lib 2.0 released - I'm pleased to announce that Json-lib version 2.0 has been released. JSON-lib is a java library for transforming beans, maps and XML to JSON and back again to beans and DynaBeans
- Active Directory Explorer v1.0 - Active Directory Explorer (AD Explorer) is an advanced Active Directory (AD) viewer and editor. You can it to navigate an AD database, define favorite locations, view object properties and attributes without having to open dialog boxes, edit etc.
- tecosystems » The RedMonk IT Report: Thanks Zimbra, Hello Google Apps - With only a week?s usage under our belt, it?s far too early to render a full verdict on Google Apps, but thus far I?m impressed.
- Getting Started with ICEfaces in WebLogic Workshop - ICEsoft's ICEfaces framework provides a way to Ajax-enable standard JavaServer Faces (JSF) applications without writing custom client-side Javascript code
