Entries from April 2010

Enterprise Mashups with RESTful Web Services and jQuery (Part 2)

Date April 26, 2010

RESTful web services and jQuery make it easy to create an enterprise mashup. This 2 part article discusses how to create a simple enterprise mashup using jQuery. Part 1 introduced the basic requirements of your enterprise services, the simplicity of JSON, and how to consume your RESTful web services using jQuery. Part 2 covers consuming [...]

Enterprise Mashups with RESTful Web Services and jQuery (Part 1)

Date April 21, 2010

RESTful web services and jQuery make it easy to create an enterprise mashup. This 2 part article discusses how to create a simple enterprise mashup using jQuery. Part 1 introduces what is required of your enterprise services, the simplicity of JSON, and how to consume your RESTful web services using jQuery. Part 2 will cover [...]

Serving up JSONP from your JAX-RS Web Services

Date April 18, 2010

If you are developing RESTful services that will be consumed by AJAX clients on different servers, you will likely need to support JSONP. JSONP allows your RESTful web services to support cross-domain communication by enabling your clients to bypass the same-origin policy browser restriction. While some JAX-RS implementations support JSONP, this article demonstrates how any [...]

7 Strategic Reasons to use Open Source Software

Date April 6, 2010

Even with the prominence of open source in today’s market, as a consultant, I am often asked to bolster the argument about why open source is the right option.  Convincing management that open source solutions make sense is imperative.  The following reasons describe why open source makes sense from a strategic business perspective. Limit your [...]