Yet Another Hadoop Word Count Tutorial

Here is another Word Count count Hadoop tutorial. Why? You ask. It is a learning exercise for me. I am writing it out so that I can refer to it … Continue Reading →

Complex Event Processing with Esper–Tutorial For Beginners

Introduction This is a tutorial for beginners who are interested in CEP (Complex Event Processing) using Esper. We will build a fictional real-time surveillance system which alerts on conditions we … Continue Reading →

Axis2 Plugin for Netbeans 7.1.2

I upgraded Netbeans today and found that there is no Axis2 plugin available via Tools –> Plugins. Looks like Axis2 support plugin has been discontinued in Netbeans. However the link … Continue Reading →

Issue Starting Oracle XE on Ubuntu

Installing Oracle XE on Ubuntu was a breeze. I downloaded the package and executed it. Ubuntu Software Center kicked in and performed the installation. The issue I faced was when … Continue Reading →

Add Javadoc to Netbeans

I installed Netbeans 6.9 on my machine and found that Javadoc is not installed. For example when invoking intellisense for a method in Calendar class I get the following message. … Continue Reading →

Failed To Load The JNI Shared Library On Windows 7

When starting Eclipse on Windows 7 I came across this error “Failed to load the JNI shared library”. After many trials and errors the solution revealed itself. The problem was … Continue Reading →

Get Temporary Folder In Java

This example shows you how to retrieve the name of temporary folder for your operating system using Java code. All it takes is one line of code to get this … Continue Reading →

Connect To SQL Server 2008 From NetBeans IDE On A Mac

In this post I will show you how to establish a connection to Microsoft SQL Server  from NetBeans IDE. I use a Mac so the screenshots here are from Mac … Continue Reading →

Add Hours To Date In Java

I’ll come out clean on this. Lately I’ve been doing some Java and I have to say that the other side is not all that bad as it’s projected to … Continue Reading →

Installing Oracle SOA Suite On Windows XP

In this post I will document my experience of installing Oracle SOA Suite on Windows XP. No I am not switching and I’m still a Microsoft developer by heart. But … Continue Reading →