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08 Dec 2009 — Show descriptions | Hide descriptions

• Android and iPhone browser wars: WebKit to the rescue (Open source)

  Build a simple network monitoring application that runs within the confines of the desktop and both the iPhone and Android mobile browsers. Take a look at Web apps powered by WebKit, the browser engine powering the Mobile Safari browser, as well as the technology behind the browser in Android.

• Integrate FileNet P8 with the J2EE messaging infrastructure (Information Management)

  Step through the process of integrating a J2EE message infrastructure with FileNet P8. Examine the details of the message format FileNet P8 uses to talk to any messaging infrastructure, and uncover the challenges of configuring the EJB transport in the process task manager.

• Open source C/C++ unit testing tools: Get to know the Boost unit test framework (AIX and UNIX)

  Explore the choices available for creating sophisticated regression frameworks using open source software. Examine the Boost unit testing framework for C/C++-based products, and learn why every software product needs a regression suite.

• Improve the performance of Web 2.0 applications: Explore different browser-side cache mechanisms (Web development)

  Analyze the key features of typical Web 2.0 applications and discover how they can affect browser-side performance, especially in long-distance network situations.

• Evolutionary architecture and emergent design: Harvesting idiomatic patterns (Java technology)

  Tie together emergent design techniques to find and harvest idiomatic patterns. When you understand how to identify design elements, you can use that knowledge to improve your code's design.

• Cultured Perl: Practical Twitter with Perl (Linux)

  Access the features of Twitter using the CPAN Net::Twitter module and learn some solid business uses for Twitter, including automated posting and analyzing Twitter search results.