Glen

Anyone got Sitemesh working on Tomcat?

Looking at some presentation options for Struts, the frontrunners being Tiles and SiteMesh. I really like the idea of SiteMesh, even more so after playing with Tiles (which adds its own management problems into the equation with the requirement to edit tiles-defs.xml for each new page, and forcing you to author html fragments rather than real McKoy valid pages). Sitemesh look very elegant and...

Glen

Native code compilers for Windows?

We’re developing a product that we’d like to offer as a download without the client needing to also download another 10 meg of JVM runtime. Anyone done any stuff with native code compilers on Windows? The app doesn’t have a GUI (uses HTTP), so there’s no need for Swing support. I know that Excelsior have a product, but it’s unclear whether you *still* need to bundle a whole...

Glen

Powerfinger Rock Canberra

Ok. Not strictly Java, but caught Powerfinger in Canberra last night on the Vulture Street tour. They guys are an Aussie act from Brisbane who’ve made it good on the world stage. Outstanding show… and definitely worth catching live if they hit your area. The support act, The John Butler Trio were also sensational. I’ve got to get some of their stuff on shiny disc. Anyways, back to the...

Glen

Loving hsqldb

Been in the marked for an embedded Java database technology and have started playing with hsqldb. I’ve gotta say it’s a very nice little tool. Uses JDBC, writes to text files, and the SQL support is way beyond what I expected (including referential integrity!). Comes with a couple of nice little admin tools to boot! I’ve given it a hammering with JMeter, and whilst it’s nowhere...

Glen

Embedded db advice?

I need to track down a small database for embedded use. I’m hearing that hsql gets a fair bit of traction, and I’ve read stuff about McKoi too. Anyone got any recommendations? The constraints are: (1) Must run in-process/embedded (2) Must support multiple tables (3) Must handle modest size dbs (eg 20 Mb) (4) If commercial, must not be royalty-based All options...