December 2004 Entries
I do a lot of interviewing in my role, and one of the first questions I ask when interviewing a candidate is What is a Singleton? Most candidates get it right, A class where only a single instance can be created, if the candidate does not get the right answer, I explain what it is, as not eveyone is a pattern geek, even though this is one of the most common and well known patterns. What I ask next, is to provide a minimal implementation, in the language of choice ( most cases its one of the following,...
I will be starting a new project in the near future, that will most likely be a mix of Java and C# technologies. As with many projects recently, the lure of rich user interfaces, that operate well on the Windows platform, has prompted many projects to go with a .Net Presentation layer, and leverage an existing/robust J2EE backend. Given this new bred of mixed technology development, the use of an Service Oriented Archtecture suites this paradym very well, offer up Web Services ( implemented in J2EE...