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1.http://www.zeroturnaround.com/jrebel/

2.http://controltier.org/wiki/ControlTier

3.How to improve productivity when developing JEE based web applications.

I developed a Java Web Service project on my local box. It has been working fine with my testing. Now I need to deploy this project to a remote server, which will be assigned a static domain name for our department. I searched everywhere, and finally find the following ways to deploy a web project.

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Even confused by CSS layout?  Here is an good example showing that how to make a good css layout. It’s stackoverflow’s css layout, I simiplied it and make a simplest version.

Here you can download the css code. If you like this design, you can make it a WordPress Theme.

http://programcreek.com/downloads/sof.rar

On Linux, we can easily enable remote access to MySQL server, but on Windows, the approach is different.
Here’s the steps to do that:

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I saw a lot of people asking this question. I don’t know exactly how much useful it is in job, but I can use my experience to let you get the idea.

Ever since I got SCJP and SCWCD, and put my resume on monster and yahoo hotjob, I got emails everyday about offering me a job and also get calls from time to time. Some of the consulting service directly tell me that they see I have SCWCD certificate.So you see the point, it brings you more opportunities.

Also it is a terrific way to learn Java Web development. It is true that some of the people who owe the certificate can not write even a very simple web app. So it can not prove that you are an expert of Web development, but it does show that you have a lot of knowledge in this area.

It is a great thing you should get if you have time.

In a typical J2EE project, we put the application level initial parameter in context-param tag in web.xml, such as database configuration, administrator’s email address, etc.

The values within the element can be accessed like so:

String value = 
getServletContext().getInitParameter("name_of_context_initialization_parameter");

When dealing with Web Service, the same problem comes up.

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This is important, if you want to use several account at the same time when using paypal. The credit limit will cost you a lot when you are above the credit line. So be careful!

I do not have enough credit available for my purchase. Can I use another source of funds to pay the additional amount so I can take advantage of promotional financing?

No. Currently there isn’t a way to take advantage of promotional financing if you don’t have enough available credit on your PayPal Plus Credit Card to complete the purchase.

A number of articles on this topic have been posted, but I want to share my little experience of exploration.

In this post, I will list the approaches of making money online that I have tested. If you spend enough time on anyone of those, you will earn some money. Maybe it’s not a lot, but adding 100 or 200 dollars each month to your account is not a problem, if you play this well. I’m still doing research on this topic, so I will keep it updated from time to time.

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