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10 Software Technologies worth noting…

May 6th, 2006 by

The use of software technology is pivotal to enabling a software entrepreneur to bring their innovative product(s) to market rapidly. Below is a listing of 10 software technologies which your development team should atleast be aware of, if not integrate into your next product release.

AJAX
Asynchronous JavaScript + XML. AJAX enables the client to communicate with the server, when an event is triggered. AJAX can be used to produce widgets on a webpage. A simple widget can be a popup selectable drop-down list in a form. For example, imagine a Car model selector. When user selects the manufacturer, the webpage will automatically load up a list of models from the manufacturer. Traditionally, the loading of the list of models require the webpage to be refreshed. With AJAX, the webpage does not need to be refreshed. (More..)

Struts
Struts is an open source framework for building Java Web Applications. It is supported by Apache. (More..)

JATO (now known as Sun ONE Application Framework
The Sun ONE Application Framework is a mature, powerful, standards-based J2EE Web application framework geared toward enterprise Web application development. The Sun ONE Application Framework unites familiar concepts such as display fields, application events, component hierarchies, and a page-centric development approach, with a state-of-the-art design based on the Model-View-Controller and Service-to-Workers patterns. (More)

JavaFaces
JavaServer Faces (JSF) is an application framework for creating Web-based user interfaces. If you are familiar with Struts (a popular open source JSP-based Web application framework) and Swing (the standard Java user interface framework for desktop applications), think of JavaServer Faces as a combination of those two frameworks. Like Struts, JSF provides Web application lifecycle management through a controller servlet; and like Swing, JSF provides a rich component model complete with event handling and component rendering. (More..) (More..)

XML
Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a simple, very flexible text format which plays an increasingly important role in the exchange of a wide variety of data on the Web and elsewhere. XML introduces semantics to data. It is designed to be readable by other applications, and is typically used in B2B applications.
There are now industry defined standards XML schemes: ebXML, Finance XML
Look at XML.org for a full list. (More..)

Web Services (JNDI, SOAP, WSDL)
The World Wide Web is more and more used for application to application communication. The programmatic interfaces made available are referred to as Web services. (More..)

DataStage
IBM WebSphere DataStage, a core component of IBMR WebSphere Data Integration Suite, enables you to tightly integrate enterprise information, regardless of the sources, targets and timeframes. Whether you’re building an enterprise data warehouse to support the information needs of the entire company, building a “real-time” data warehouse, or integrating dozens of source systems to support strategic business systems like CRM, SCM, ERP, BI/analytics, and e-business, IBM WebSphere DataStage helps ensure the success of your enterprise data integration initiatives. (More..)

Apache
Apache is a community of open-source software projects. The Apache projects are characterized by a collaborative, consensus based development process, an open and pragmatic software license, and a desire to create high quality software that leads the way in its field. (More..)

Zope
Zope is an open source application server for building content management systems, intranets, portals, and custom applications. (More..)

Zend
Zend is a company that was founded by the architects of PHP, creators of the open source Zend Engine and on-going innovators of PHP, the most popular web application scripting language. The Zend Platform is a monitoring and management solution for PHP. (More..)

WordPress (blogging i.e. what you are reading at the moment)
WordPress is a state-of-the-art semantic personal publishing platform with a focus on aesthetics, web standards, and usability. WordPress is both free and priceless at the same time. (More..)

Magnolia (CMS)
Magnolia is the leading open-source content-management-system. Easily upload, share, version and search documents. Magnolia provides the easiest way to document business processes. Draw diagrams and document each activity directly in the browser. (More..)

Junit
JUnit is a regression testing framework. It is used by the developer who implements unit tests in Java. JUnit is Open Source software. (More..)

Wicket
Wicket is a Java web application framework that takes simplicity, separation of concerns and ease of development to a whole new level. Wicket pages can be mocked up, previewed and later revised using standard WYSIWYG HTML design tools. (More..)

Eclipse
Eclipse is a kind of universal tool platform – an open extensible IDE for anything and nothing in particular. What makes it useful are the *plugins*. For example, you can install a Eclipse Java Plugin, to start programming java. You can install a Business Objects Plugin to start authoring BI reports. (More..)

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Book: Commercial Pilot – The First 500 Hours

Mar 9th, 2006 by

Commercial Pilot – The First 500 Hours

Notice: This publication is no longer in print though the entire contents are available in PDF format below.

Book 500hrs
PDF format (3.2Mb) 500hrs.pdf

The purpose of this book is to assist you in maximising your potential for employment in the aviation industry and to provide you with some ideas that will strengthen your success potential as a pilot. In Australia there has been no text available to cover this very important topic… until now.

This book was written by John Radge, an experienced pilot, who walked this same path and now puts his thoughts to paper to assist fellow pilots. Aviation is a difficult and expensive industry to break into. The varied paths that one can follow is daunting enough for the budding pilot without the added frustration of knowing the wrong path could limit your career or waste a lot of your money. What you’ll read is the collection of the basic groundwork knowledge required before embarking on a flying career. Unfortunately, it’s not until one has committed a lot of time and money that they start to get a feel for how the industry operates. Attempting to plan any career without having experience or knowledge can be costly… more so with aviation. Hopefully this book will act as a guide to smooth your path and reduce mistakes.

The first 500 hours is considered to be the make or break period for pilots. The first 500 hours is the period that shapes or moulds your flying that carries you through your career. For this reason it is important that a plan is put together and followed to completion. Conducting training in a haphazard fashion can cost you dearly. Your first flying job after completion of the training is a very important step in your flying career. It is a sad fact that a large percentage of new commercial pilots never get a first flying job. That is to say that these same people are unable to get employment flying and seek employment in a different industry. To maximise your ability to secure the first job, you must have a plan of training to match your intended first job.

Commercial Pilot – The first 500 hours, walks you through all the stages leading from your first lesson to securing your first job. The first chapter looks at why you want to be a pilot. Chapter two deals with the General Aviation industry, it’s health, trends and future. Chapter three deals with training. Chapter four deals with how you go about securing that first position as well who to contact. Chapter five looks at the Mecca of General Aviation, the United States of America. The USA has many training and employment opportunities that aren’t available in Australia. Chapter six looks at setting up your own flying business. Chapter seven looks at success secrets and why some people succeed whilst others don’t. Finally chapter eight heeds advice for the new commercial pilot working in the industry. Prospective aviation operators are listed in Appendix Two who may be contacted to find that elusive first flying position. The information gleamed in this book will, hopefully, make the path to a career as a commercial pilot a lot smoother with less heartache.

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