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I was searching for free UML diagraming tools/plugins for Eclipse and I tried out
ArgoUML
http://argouml.tigris.org/
- It’s alright
- Does the job
Eclipse UML2 with no UML2 tools meaning no GUI
http://www.eclipse.org/modeling/mdt/
- Too hardcore for me
- Zero boxes and lines
- Just all tag markup
Papyrus for UML
http://www.papyrusuml.org/
- Very cumbersome to use
- Did not like the # of clicks it took to [...]

This is a good read that I would forward to anyone who wanted to know why AJAX can not do everything. Having built Flex/Flash content that will run in the Flash Player, I already knew much of these arguments but the article does a really good job of organizing the strengths, weaknesses, and commonalities between [...]

This graph is from an old article but increasingly relevant topic when considering what backend technologies to choose when developing a web app. From what bits and pieces I know here and there, it seems to be in line with my impressions of them and what my peers (from each platform) tell me about it.
It’s [...]

First-time Flash In TO poster “djshagz” shares experiences into using Microsoft Expression Blend and XAML.
“Well, I’ve been working with Blend for a few weeks now, working on a POC using WPF technologies for a client, as part of an exercise to learn XAML and Blend, figure out what the workflow it suppose to be and [...]

Today, I asked a co-worker whether or not it was possible to debug javascript in real-time inside the browser. I didn’t want to embed cumbersome temporary Alert()’s into the source which was already in production.
Specifically, I wanted to see how the .swf was reaching outside of the Flash Player and invoking a javascript function in [...]

Rick Mason from FITC posted the Apollo Demo given by Mike Potter at January 31st meet. If it was on You Tube, it would be easier to embed the video but here’s the link to the presentation anyways.
http://www.flashinto.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=19532#19532
If you are in the Greater Toronto Area, the Flash In T.O. Flash Usergroup has monthly meetings. Visit [...]

Where I work, we have a full-time build engineer who manages and builds thousands of lines of code made by other people. It is an interesting and complicated process that will take you away from the low-levels of code and pit development skills into the deployment/version management process like creating branches, etc.
If you are thinking [...]

The following is just a quick summary of approaches I know to do 3-d on the web. If you know of any others, please feel free to leave a reference. Thanks!
Processing
Java Required to view this applet (Credit: Processing.org)
Product Home
http://processing.org/
What’s Been Done With It
On http://processing.org/ main page, look on the left side for the “Examples” [...]

No, it’s not used cases…I mean Use Case
What is a Use Case?

Text based description of how a system performs a behavior in response to an external actor’s request.
Use cases at first should always be simple enough that BOTH technical experts and business persons can understand it.
Use cases are robust enough to increase/decrease in complexity.

Who [...]