http://blog.gomilko.com Andrew Gomilko's Blog Mon, 14 Jan 2008 08:09:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Acegi - the Java security framework I suppose that you know what is Spring Security (former Acegi project) is, or at least you are aware of its wide securing abilities for a Java web application. Besides lots of features which Acegi offers you out-of-the box, there are many configurable options. This ... http://blog.gomilko.com/2008/01/12/acegi-conditional-roles/ Minification over obfuscation and other uglifier techniques Every mature web application enters phase when you need to optimize overall performance. Unfortunately, choosing right DB, tuning your SQL queries and using sophisticated load-balancers are not enough if a user's browser have to wait for a 5 seconds to load your overloaded AJAX-based ... http://blog.gomilko.com/2007/11/29/yui-compression-tool-as-ant-task/ I never thought that I would use phone activation/registration of any software product, especially Windows. But it happened. Firstly I was kindly asked to assist in choosing new PC for parents of my wife. There weren't any special requirements, so I decided to buy it in one of the local ... http://blog.gomilko.com/2007/10/15/activating-windows-xp-by-phone/ Yesterday I visited the most attractive ongoing event in Kiev - exhibition of contemporary art called Reflection which is held by PinchukArtCentre. I went there with my mother and wife and, however, we have different tastes, we all admired the exposition. Actually, it is unique situation for today's Kiev culture ... http://blog.gomilko.com/2007/10/14/pinchukartcentre-reflection-excebition-of-contemporary-art/ I use in all my web based Java application Tomcat as an IDE and Sysdeo Tomcat launcher for web container starting and stopping. Every project has it's own configuration of Tomcat launch process. And if you have many workspaces (e.g. couple of ongoing branches - release on production, development version, ... http://blog.gomilko.com/2007/09/12/sysdeo-tomcat-plugin-configuration-file/ Last Friday, when I was about to go home, I was given a brand new laptop empowered with 2G RAM and a high speed HDD. So, now my workplace looks like a Shuttle Launch Center: http://blog.gomilko.com/2007/07/22/ive-got-a-laptop/ Introduction Nowadays, every modern web development environment offers a way to manipulate URL on the fly using a rule-based configuration rather than hard coded program logic. Probably every approach has its origins in famous Apache mod_rewrite module. In the Java world, de facto standard is a wonderful Url Rewrite Filter. It ... http://blog.gomilko.com/2007/07/16/playing-with-urlrewrite-filter/ Europa release With a short delay after Europa release announcement, I've moved to it. Thanks to the fact that Eclipse doesn't require an installation process and can be just unzipped and run, the last few times I got the tuned Eclipse from my co-workers. Those distributions were well-tuned for J2EE development, ... http://blog.gomilko.com/2007/07/10/moving-to-eclipse-europa-for-j2ee-programmer/ This weekend I found out probably the best gift for a little child. I've got a 4 years old nephew, and I had to choose a toy to make him a present and congratulate on his birthday. Me and my dear wife spent about 2 hours choosing a right toy ... http://blog.gomilko.com/2007/07/02/infinitoy-the-best-building-kit-for-little-children/ Last Saturday we had a picnic with co-workers from Sonopia. It was my first time when I was on the Kiev Sea, moreover it was opening of the swimming season for me. There were lost of sports activity, delicious meals (especially grilled meat) and social chatting. The most thing I ... http://blog.gomilko.com/2007/06/26/sonopia-picnic-on-the-kiev-sea/