Apologies in advance for yet another "Running Pebble on app server X" post but a JIRA issue popped up today outlining a problem with Pebble on the latest version(s) of Resin. Having never used Resin 3.0.x I didn't have a clue how to deploy. Hopefully these instructions will help somebody, regardless of the webapp that they are...

I've been having lots of "fun" over the past days trying to figure out how to get JSP pages to properly display international characters. I've tried HTTP meta tags, JSP page encodings and seemed to be getting nowhere. If I have understood all the reading that I've done, then there are a couple of things that you should do...

I've had a few e-mails over the past weeks asking about how to run Pebble on Jetty so thought that I would post the instructions here before adding them to the Pebble user guide. Extract the WAR file to the $JETTY_HOME/webapps directory. Edit the WEB-INF/web.xml file, setting the blog.url, blog.dir and blog.multiUser parameters as...

I decided that it was time to upgrade my mobile phone a couple of days ago and went for one of the new Nokia 6600 smartphones. I've been holding back on buying one of these because they've been expensive on my current network provider and I thought that I would find it too bulky. Thankfully this isn't the case. This is my first...

My review of Developing J2EE Applications with Websphere Studio has now been published over at JavaRanch. As I said in my review, if you're new to WebSphere Application Server and WebSphere Studio then this book is worth hunting down because there's some really useful information in there. My only real criticism is that I would have...

Now that the Pebble 1.4 release is done and dusted, I have some time to look at adding all that other stuff I wanted to do. First up is an implementation of the Atom syndication format which can be found here.

Now that the Pebble 1.4 release is done and dusted, I have some time to look at adding all that other stuff I wanted to do. First up is an implementation of the Atom syndication format which can be found here.

Sam Dalton and I are running a JSIG session about Java development on Mac OS X next month... Java Development on Mac OS X The Mac OS X platform is gaining ground with developers because of its stable UNIX based architecture, easy to use UI and integrated Java runtime. This session discusses experiences of Java/J2EE development on Mac OS X, talking...

It's taken a while but Pebble 1.4 is finally available. If you're upgrading from Pebble 1.3 then there are a lot of new features that you can take advantage of. Highlights include... TrackBack support Multi-user blogs Easier installation and configuration A user guide! Of course, there are lots of other...

Been a bit slack in getting these up on my blog because it's been a busy week in one way or another. Anyway, here's a selection... Remember ... be safe, be seen.

The title says it all really so here are a couple of links. Meetup details Books I'm bringing along See you later!

Version 1.4 beta 3 of Pebble has been uploaded to the SourceForge servers and you can get get it here if you're interested. The changes are as follows. Removed <pebble:getProperty> tag - use <c:out value="${pebbleProperties.propertyName}"/> instead. Modified look and feel slightly, particularly on the admin...

Okay, so I may not be not American but it seems that John and Joe are both going for President. How do I know? Well I keep getting referer spammed from their websites. Great. Thanks for that - clearly the act of canvassing voters has taken on a whole new approach in cyberspace. Shame on you both.

Okay, so I may not be not American but it seems that John and Joe are both going for President. How do I know? Well I keep getting referer spammed from their websites. Great. Thanks for that - clearly the act of canvassing voters has taken on a whole new approach in cyberspace. Shame on you both.

If you're running IntelliJ IDEA on Mac OS X then you may already know this, but there is a way to tell IDEA to put its menu items in the menubar at the very top of the screen. To do this, find your IDEA installation and look in the bin directory. Next, Ctrl-Click on the IDEA application and choose "Show Package Contents" from the popup menu...