Quick Links: Newsletters, Writers, etc. Quick Links for Today: eNewsletter Journal "Find, Acquire, and Retain Customers through Internet Newsletters". via [meryl's notes] Writers Write "The Write Resource. Your one-stop information about books, writing and publishing". Includes specialty sections on Blogging, Business Writing, Epublishing, Journalism, Self-publishing and Technical Writing. via [MetaFilter] Why Am I Getting All This Spam? Unsolicited Commercial E-mail Research Six Month Report. The CDT set up hundreds of different e-mail addresses. The report covers the different ways those addresses attracted spam depending on where the they were used. via [Slashdot] 8:31:30 AM    comment []

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Port a VB app to a J2EE webapp Having just completed a J2EE implementation of a legacy VB app, I am experiencing a sudden moment of clarity: this could be a very easy, methodical task. For each VB class (*.cls file), implement a Java class (*.java file). For each VB module (*.mod), implement a Java class with static methods. For each modal VB form (*.frm), implement the form layout as a web page, and save it as a [formName].jsp. Implement the logic behind the form in a Bean class [formName]Bean.java. For the main form, call the startup code using callOnStartup args in the deployment descriptor (web.xml file). Here's a challenge (for me if I ever get around to it): write a python script to read the VB classes (*.cls files) and generate their Java equivalents, using function stubs only. Embed the old VB code in comments above the java function signatures to guide the programmer through the porting process. Extend the python script to do the same with *.mod files, making all functions static. Extend it again for all *.frm files, naming their Java equivalents [classname]Bean.java. The script could generate empty *.jsp files for each *.frm file. It could include the <jsp:useBean> tags and fill in the name of the bean class. Really really advanced: have the script read the controls from the VB form and generate their html equivalents (textboxes, radio buttons, checkboxes and comboboxes). The html form fields could have the same name as their VB predecessors. The script would have to handle controls it does not recognize (third-party stuff) using placeholders or something. Just an idea. Will I do it? Probably not, my project is finished and I doubt I would have any use for it. It would be a good python exercise though. 7:26:33 AM    comment []  - See Also: