Author: Mark

Using Visual Studio Code for Java EE Development

I have created two new videos on using Visual Studio Code for your Java EE development.In this video, I review configuring VS Code for development and [...]

Java EE Introduction Video

A while back I published a video as an introduction to CDI, JPA and JSF in the Java EE framework. Let me know what you think and if you would like to see more [...]

Primefaces: Displaying Tabs with Validation Errors

I've been working on a page that makes use of the PrimeFaces TabView and ran into a problem with presenting validation errors. When a validation error occurs [...]

Add Sort Index Indicators to Primefaces Multi-Sort DataTables

The primefaces DataTable is a powerful component and probably the most widely used component in our enterprise application development. One of the features [...]

Enabling a UUID Generator in JPA

Occasionally I prefer to use UUIDs for my primary keys over a Sequence or business key.  This quick article will tell you how to enable it.  It is a [...]

What’s Next? Thick Framed Glasses and Skinny Jeans?

I said I would never do it. I would never own an iPhone. Not because I didn't think it was cool tech, but I just didn't want to be another iPhone drone. [...]

Linux Mint 16 Cinnamon

Every now and then I decide to wander off the Ubuntu reservation and look at other distros. Christmas is my favorite time to do this. I decided to give Linux [...]

JSF Sheet Component

I'm happy to announce a new open source project based on the excellent Handsontable jQuery UI component. The project provides a JSF Spreadsheet component with [...]

Mir vs Wayland: Choice is Good

So a few days ago, Phoronix published a performance comparison between XMir and X.org. Not surprisingly, XMir was slower in most of the tests. I say not [...]

Ubuntu and Alienware

Looks like you can now purchase an Alienware PC with Ubuntu. This is a big deal for the Linux Desktop, even if you are not a [...]