Blog Beginner: check out w.bloggar and other desktop tools

A friend a mine just ask me:

What blog software do you recommend if somebody is starting newly, should have the ability to create categories, easy image uploading?

I did not understand immediately his question, but he wanted to know if some Desktop application exists to easily publish on a blog...

I am sure that you can find a lot on the Web, I personnaly use w.bloggar. As you may know most of the Blog (server) provides XML-RPC, it is how this tools communicate with your server

I will have to test these tools on my Mac: BlogApp and iBlog. If you are Linux user take a look at: BlogniX

Here the list of the supported online services and blog supported by w.bloggar:

Blog Services Blogger TypePad BigBlogTool Blogalia TheBlog Blog-City EraBlog.NET Upsaid UBlog SquareSpace BlogWare DearDiary.Net

Blog Tools MovableType Nucleus b2 WordPress b2 evolution Blog:CMS .Text BlogWorks XML Drupal LiveJournal pMachine Xoops E-Xoops PostNuke blojsom Roller Weblogger Domino YACS Xaraya

JavaWorld Article: Choosing a Java scripting language

This new Java World article compares the different Java scripting languages (Groovy, JudoScript, Pnuts, JRuby, Jacl, Jython, Rhino, and BeanShell), and list the issues that you have to select the good one... In this article that I like I would like to read a little about the JSR-223 that should help with the integration part. I will be very interested to know how you use Java Scripting language in your projects, so feel free to drop me a comment or mail ( tugdual[at]grallandco[dot]com )

Great News ! OracleAS EJB 3.0 Preview is available

Looking forward to play around with EJB 3.0? You can now download the OracleAS 3.0 Preview from OTN: "Oracle Application Server EJB 3.0 Preview". In addition to the container you can find documentation, demonstration and technical papers. I am sure you will enjoy it, discover the new way of deal with persistence based on Java annotations...

Oracle and PHP

A friend of mine was asking me:
can I use PHP with Oracle?
Sure you can!
And a very good source of information about PHP and Oracle is the OTN Web site itself, and especially the OpenSource page. Here a list of my favorites:

• Get Started with Oracle and PHP
• Installing Oracle, PHP, and Apache on Linux
• An overview on globalizing Oracle PHP Applications (PDF)
• Generic Oracle and PHP FAQ
• Oracle PHP Troubleshooting FAQ
• PHP OTN Forum

Can I run my PHP Applications inside Oracle Application Server?
Sure! Not only you can access the Oracle database from a PHP Application, but also if you are running Oracle Application 10g the usage of mod_php is supported with Oracle HTTP Server see:

• Statement of Direction: PHP Support on OHS
• PHP Instructions for OHS

And what about development?
Development could be done inside Oracle JDeveloper 10g using the The Oracle JDeveloper 10g PHP Extension

BPEL: Edwin answer to Dutch'Rant post

If you are interested by BPEL you can take a look to the blog entry 'BPEL: Yes or No?' and the answer/comments from Edwin (VP of Development of Oracle BPEL Process Manager).

JSR 223: Public Review of the Specification

The JSR 223: Scripting for the Java Platform is now open for public review until March 28th. If you are not familiar with it, the JSR 223 main goal is to define how the Java platform should integrate with scripting languages. It defines a standard API similar to Bean Scripting Framework. You can dowlnoad the spec from the JCP Web Site.

JavaWorld Article: Event-driven services in SOA

Interesting article about Event Driven Architecture (EDA) and Service Oriented Architecture based on Mule an open source ESB.