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SchemaSpy – Excellent Database Graphs for Free!

A lot of Java projects have quite complex database schemas in the backend. Although, using object-relational mapping it can be useful to have a deeper understanding of such a schema, e.g. when writing CRUD tests.

For me the visualization of table relations is quite important, besides the table attributes. There are a lot of entity relationship modeling tools out there, doing a pretty good job. But, most of them are also quite expensive.

I did a search for something OpenSource and found ...

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JUL
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Categories: Tools

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How to Humanize Your Web Site For Free

The Web becomes social. Web 2.0 delivers the technology to get desktop-like mimic into the Web browser. We’re on the way to better user experience. New services allow more flexible communication and a new kind of relation to other people.

If you have a look at Second Life e.g. you may be disappointed about the limited presentation. But, for me it’s a first step to a “Web 3.0″ that is based on 3D technology, with highly dynamic interaction and full-blown ...

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FEB
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Categories: 3D, Avatars, Web Design

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Proprietary Programs And Open Source Alternatives That Can Drive You Crazy Even More

Having a look at Dzone today I found The Top 50 Proprietary Programs that Drive You Crazy — and Their Open Source Alternatives. Pretty cool idea to give an overview of todays OpenSource alternatives. As I myself use OpenSource where it is possible and useful (we come back to useful later), I already know a lot of them.

I use some of them in production for years. My first contact with StarOffice/OpenOffice e.g. was at Sun Microsystems in 2000. ...

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FEB
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Categories: Architecture

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Web Killer Apps on the Horizon – Flex Becomes Mainstream

Today I was surprised by Loveley Charts, a new application based on Flex that can replace Visio in the near future. Last weekend I already read about Buzzword, a Word replacement, and SlideRocket, a Powerpoint replacement. So, there’s only an Excel replacement missing ;-) .

Yes, the AJAX guys already deliver a lot of replacements to get your office online. But, tweaks in usage are still a point of discussion.

AJAX is limited to ...

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JAN
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Categories: AJAX, Architecture, Eclipse, Flex

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JSF by the JBoss with the Red Hat

If you develop with JSF products you should try to get rid of “tag-based” and get something “visual”. JSF is component-based and similar to the good old GUI development, a lot of us did a decade ago with Delphi, Visual Basic and the like.

If you have a look at OpenSource and cost-free products, there’s not much you can call “visual development”. New in this circle of cost-free wannabes is Exadel Studio Pro.

I already had a look at their standard ...

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MAR
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Categories: AJAX, Eclipse, JavaServer Faces

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