Articles by Kulvir Singh Bhogal

Leverage Existing WebSphere Application Server J2EE Resources

Thu, 18 May 2006 16:00:00 EDT

By accessing the IBM WebSphere Application Server JNDI tree, WebSphere Application Server Community Edition (IBM's free, lightweight J2EE application server built on Apache Geronimo technology) can interact with and reuse virtually any of the J2EE resources that are housed there.

How to Create a Simple Java J2ME Application for BlackBerry

Tue, 18 Apr 2006 13:00:00 EDT

Having employees constantly connected to one's enterprise is vital to many companies. This is one of the reasons Research in Motion's BlackBerry has mustered a massive following (over three million users at the time of this article's writing) in recent years. BlackBerry addiction has become pandemic. In this article, you'll learn how to build, test, and deploy applications to Blackberry devices using WebSphere Studio Developer.

Plug-and-Play Remote Portlets

Tue, 04 Jan 2005 00:00:00 EST

Portlets constitute interactive Web application components whose presentation markup is aggregated and displayed by a portal server like WebSphere Portal. In a previous WebSphere Journal article, we introduced you to the Java Specification Request for the portlet specification (JSR 168), which lays out the plans for a standard for portlets that will enable them to be deployed to any JSR 168 compliant portal.

Say That Again... (In a Different Language)

Mon, 28 Jun 2004 00:00:00 EDT

The phenomenon of globalization has unearthed a major question. With a huge market of non-English speaking customers, how can we facilitate communication to such a large subset of individuals without paying an arm and a leg for translation? In this article, we'll introduce you to IBM WebSphere Translation Server (WTS) for Multiplatforms v5.0.

Keeping in the Know with JRas

Wed, 05 May 2004 00:00:00 EDT

JRas is a logging and tracing facility built into IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS) that relies on JRas as its internal logging framework. Programmers can also leverage this powerful logging system infrastructure to keep an eye on their enterprise applications powered by WAS.

JSR 168 - An Introduction to the Portlet Specification

Wed, 05 May 2004 00:00:00 EDT

The Java Specification Request for the Portlet Specification (a.k.a. JSR 168), articulated by the Java Community Process in October 2003, aims to provide a standard for portlets that the portal arena has lacked. Portlets that are written to the JSR 168 spec will be deployable to any JSR 168-compliant portal.

Keeping in the Know with JRas

Wed, 31 Mar 2004 00:00:00 EST

JRas is a logging and tracing facility built into IBM WebSphere Application Server (WAS), which relies on JRas as its internal logging framework. Programmers can also leverage this powerful logging system infrastructure to keep an eye on their enterprise applications powered by WAS.

JSR 168 - An Introduction to the Portlet Specification

Wed, 31 Mar 2004 00:00:00 EST

Caching In

Tue, 30 Mar 2004 00:00:00 EST

The quest for increased application performance is a science in itself. IBM WebSphere Application Server includes a powerful caching technology called the dynamic cache service, which you can employ in your Web applications to dramatically improve performance.

It's a Small World

Tue, 30 Mar 2004 00:00:00 EST

Reality check: your code likely exists beyond the confines of your cubicle. In today's world - made smaller via the marvels of modern society - it is likely that your code will transcend borders or be seen by individuals who might not necessarily understand English. Not catering to these individuals can close the doors on a huge untapped market.

Automatically Splitting EJBs with WebSphere Studio

Wed, 24 Mar 2004 00:00:00 EST

The infrastructure used to power an EJB remotely is quite complex. Fortunately, WebSphere Studio saves us from much of the drudgery of manually generating the stubs and skeletons necessary to interact with our EJBs. This article teaches how to partition the EJB code generated by WebSphere Studio.

Apache James

Thu, 08 Jan 2004 00:00:00 EST

In today's society, it's second nature to contact family, friends, and colleagues via e-mail. E-mail has become so integral to our daily ritual that we cannot stay away from it as we make use of personal digital assistants (PDAs) and other pervasive devices to have it readily available.

Formatting Your Code Automatically - Using WebSphere Studio Application Developer's Code Formatter

Wed, 24 Dec 2003 00:00:00 EST

We all have our preferences for how we like to have code formatted. Even when working in a team, you commonly see a myriad of coding styles. Manually formatting someone else's code to meet your coding style preferences can be a tedious process that can leave you cursing at inanimate objects.

J-Unit Testing in WebSphere

Wed, 24 Sep 2003 00:00:00 EDT

WebSphere Studio Application Developer, based on the Eclipse platform, is designed with the Java developer in mind. Extreme programming mandates that Java classes be unit-level tested in an automated fashion.