Posts
All the articles I've posted.
Interesting Thoughts on Frontend and Backend Engineering
This article collects other bloggers’ views on frontend and backend engineering skills. It outlines learning areas for each role, from Java, databases, and distributed systems to browsers and build tools, along with their respective performance and user-experience goals.
Troubleshooting Oracle Connection Errors
This article records a PL/SQL connection failure involving TNS errors. It covers checking connectivity with tnsping, adjusting HOST settings, restarting the listener, testing login with SQL*Plus, and configuring the Oracle home used by PL/SQL.
Static and Dynamic Includes in JSP
This article compares static and dynamic JSP includes by considering whether the pages share a single servlet. Examples involving page encoding, duplicate variables, and generated class files illustrate the practical differences.
Getting Started with Ajax in Web Applications (Part 1)
Using search suggestions as an example, this article explains how Ajax communicates with a server without reloading the page. It introduces common jQuery request options and traces XMLHttpRequest creation, request sending, and response-state handling.