I was recently asked to write a book review on Processing XML Documents with
JDeveloper 11g by Deepak Vohra, among several other bloggers here, here, here
and here.
The thing about book reviews, like movie reviews, is the interpretation by
the reviewer is subjective. The trick is for you the review reader to work
out does the reviewer have the same tastes and likes as you. If yes that
should mean that the book review will be relevant to you potentially giving a
recommendation that suits your needs. If no you might miss a really good book
or waste a couple of those hard earned squid.
So where do I come from to help you assess if I'm "your" type of reviewer?
I'm a both a consultant *and* a trainer. I'm interested in how the story is
told as much as what is told. I'm looking for clear examples, a logical A-B-C
progression path, and like everyone else something to keep me... (more)
A popular tool for web service testing is SoapUI. The following blog post
describes how to use it for testing a simple web service, as well as setting
up a series of tests and even load/stress testing. Without a doubt similar
documentation is available on the SoapUI website; my post gives my spin on
the product that maybe useful to others.
In this post we'll look at:
1) A simple web service example
2) Creating a simple test in SoapUI
3) Creating a test suite
4) Loast/stress testing your web services
Our web service
The web service we'll use here for testing is a simple Hello World exam... (more)
Oracle Journal on Ulitzer
Oracle provides the Smart Update utility to upgrade WebLogic Server
installations between versions, or to apply specific patches applied by
Oracle Support. This post considers upgrading a 10.3.1 server to 10.3.2, not
applying patches. As usual your mileage may vary so be diligent in checking
these instructions beforehand.
The Oracle Smart Update utility is documented here.
The general steps to run the Oracle Smart Update utility and upgrade the
server are as follows:
1) Ensure your WLS and any managed servers are not running. In turn it would
be a good id... (more)
Oracle Journal on Ulitzer
Recently I blogged about Upgrading WLS using the Oracle Smart Update utility.
We discovered that while this utility will happily patch our developers'
machines, we had h3lls own trouble trying to get it to work on our server.
After much head scratching, gritting of teeth, yelling, begging and sobbing
at our firewall administrators, without a solve, we decided a new approach
was required.
As per Andreas Koop's comment in that original blog post, you can in fact run
the Smart Update utility in offline mode, which implies you can download the
patches and i... (more)
There are very few pieces of software where a casual approach can be taken to
the process of software development. Software development is intrinsically a
difficult process, gathering requirements, design, development and testing
all taking large effort. In reaction enterprises have setup and adopted
strict development processes to build software (or at least the successful
enterprises have ;-).
ADF and JDeveloper are sold as productivity boosters for developers. Yet in
the end they are just a technology platform. By themselves they don't solve
the complexities of software develo... (more)
Chris Muir, an Oracle ACE Director, senior developer and trainer, and frequent blogger at http://one-size-doesnt-fit-all.blogspot.com, has been hacking away as an Oracle consultant with Australia's SAGE Computing Services for too many years. Taking a pragmatic approach to all things Oracle, Chris has more recently earned battle scars with JDeveloper, Apex, OID and web services, and has some very old war-wounds from a dark and dim past with Forms, Reports and even Designer 100% generation. He is a frequent presenter and contributor to the local Australian Oracle User Group scene, as well as a contributor to international user group magazines such as the IOUG and UKOUG.
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