Office Slang
after the dot bomb, do we still talk like this?
One of the most entertaining aspects of geek culture is the language it produces. Over the years phrases created to describe the world from the technical trenches migrate across the web. Sometimes they enter the mainstream. Sometimes they remain active in geek lingo long after the technology that inspired them is no longer used. Here are some of my favorites collected from the web over the years.
Array properties in Spring Framework
Easy, simple, and apperently beyond me
Things are so easy and intuitive with Spring that it can be frustrating when you can't figure out how to do something. I recently had a senior moment when I needed to set a String array property. I looked in several books and did a few online searches and could not find an example. I knew it was going to be easy, I just couldn't believe how easy.
Acegi Security and Site Minder
Some assembly required
I just finished integrating an existing Java application with SiteMinder using Acegi Security. While this was a worthwhile project, it required far more work than following the Acegi manual.