[The Java Posse] Re: Time For A Break

2010-09-02 Thread John Stager
I would disagree with Casper with regards to only teachers and lawyers getting good vacation days I am Canadian and think that mine are good, but I always could use more :) For Ontario (my province) with get 10 "public" holidays on top of the vacation days that you receive from your employer. My

[The Java Posse] Re: Computer Networking Book

2010-07-26 Thread John Stager
ing > lecture videos, which I put together on my website. > > You may find then usefull. > > http://www.adaptivelearningonline.net/courses/course/show/NET-1/ > > -- > Parag > My experiment in DIY learning -http://opencs.wikidot.com > > On Jul 23, 9:06 pm, John Stager wro

[The Java Posse] Computer Networking Book

2010-07-23 Thread John Stager
Hello All, I need to improve my computer networking knowledge can any one recommend a good book? Would this book be a good start, The TCP/IP Guide: A Comprehensive, Illustrated Internet Protocols Reference Thanks -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The

[The Java Posse] Re: Hat colours

2009-12-18 Thread John Stager
I love the fact that this discussion uses the correct spelling of "colours" :) On Dec 11, 4:00 am, Peter Becker wrote: > And then a dinosaur comes and forces you to swap the green skivvy for a > blue one. Such is life. > >   Peter > > Christian Catchpole wrote: > > I wonder if the wiggles have t

[The Java Posse] Re: RESTful vs SOAP Web Services

2009-11-23 Thread John Stager
I agree with the RESTful approach being better but what about the weakness of the contract. How can a RESTful service publish its contract or usage to a client. Also looking at the Hessian API, not too bad but it seems it falls into a coupling issue with the client server. Especially if you need

[The Java Posse] RESTful vs SOAP Web Services

2009-11-20 Thread John Stager
Hey All, I am currently looking into RESTful vs SOAP Web Services, any thoughts on pros and cons for each and possible frameworks for implementing either or both. Thanks -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group,

[The Java Posse] Re: DB2 is nowhere?

2009-05-04 Thread John Stager
Most of those online banking solutions are still backed by COBOL code I know that the college that I went to was still teaching COBOL 5 years ago On May 4, 1:09 pm, Robert Casto wrote: > I would rather go with an ALL solution than try and piece everything > together if that were the cho

[The Java Posse] Re: DB2 is nowhere?

2009-04-28 Thread John Stager
Like most Java developers they forget about the older technologies like COBOL and mainframe development where DB2 is still widely used. Still lots of large corps that use COBOL and mainframes and if IBM is there choice then they are using DB2... Cheers, John Stager On Apr 28, 3:55 pm, Mike