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RIA toolkit for Java developers: Adobe Flex

What is Adobe Flex?
Adobe Flex is a RIA toolkit leveraging the Flash platform. The following parts make up Adobe Flex:

SDK: The Software Development Kit contains the compiler, utilities, classlibrary, sourcecode and documentation. The SDK is similar to the Java JDK, and most parts are released as Open Source.
Flash Player: This is the runtime environment. The [...]

How to install and use Zimbra 5.0 on a Mac

Zimbra is on my radar ever since I saw the first glimpse of their webmail application, already a few years ago. Recently I started my own business, registered my personal internet domain(s) and installed a Mac Mini for my server needs. An excellent opportunity to install Zimbra to serve my mail and calendars!

The case for RIA technology from a Java developer perspective

The market for RIA toolkits is changing quickly – like three years ago we didn’t even know what it was, right now we are slapped around the ears with terms like Rich Content, Widgets, Realtime Ajax communication, Single-Page Interfaces and whatnot. A few years ago we were quite satisfied with Apache Struts and a bit [...]

Installing WordPress 2.6.1 on Mac OS X Leopard

WordPress is supposed to be so easy to install, that this guide is not necessary at all – so why bother?
Sure, an initial setup doesn’t take more than 15 minutes to complete, no problem. However, if you configure your Permalinks to look more SEO-friendly (like, http://yoursite.com/blog/2008/08/20/my-posting/ instead of the default http://yoursite.com/?p=123) your WordPress setup could [...]

Grand opening of my blog!

Hello guys & gals, welcome to my blog!
Here I will post stuff about my life in general, about photography and (IT) technology. I hope you’ll like it!
Most posts will probably be published in english, and some in dutch.
Always feel free to post your comments!
Cheers,
Bart Guijt

Activity Stream

RT @Werner: War is God's way of teaching Americans geography - Paul Rodriguez /via Randy Katz

Friday 7:32

Getting my eyes wet due to school achievements of my sons. They remind me of their father in completely different ways. Proud!

Thursday 10:01

iPad spin-off: e-reader, ipod, iPhone apps, browser, email, iWork; HP Slate spin-off: I run flash. What?

Thursday 8:08

Just found out about #Cufon. Seems way nicer than #sIFR, just for the fact it doesn't depend on #flash.

Wednesday 13:41

I see. "Web Indexed DB" is supposed to supplant Web Database in the long run due to SQLite dependencies - see http://bit.ly/aIKshA #html5

Wednesday 10:04