In this book, the authors take an application-centric approach: the development of an application drives the Struts along with Ajax coverage, rather than the other way around. Chapter titles include: What We Do Wrong: Web Antipatterns Explained; Managing Business Logic with Struts; Architecting the Data Access Tier with ObjectRelationalBridge; Building Flexible Front-Ends with the Tiles Framework; Dynamic Forms using Ajax and the Struts Validator Framework; Speeding Struts Development with XDoclet, and Logging and Debugging. Appendices discuss JavaEdge setup, Struts development tools, and Apache Struts Ti/WebWork. The end result: you will learn to use Struts very effectively!
An ethical analysis of the moral writings of the late Edward John Carnell, former president and professor of ethics and philosophy of religion at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California. Carnell is viewed as one of a handful of mid-twentieth century evangelicals who sparked a renaissance of the evangelical concern for both individual salvation and the social order which typified many of the nineteenth century American revivalists. Carnell synthesized nineteenth century American revivalism, Kierkegaardianism and Niebuhrianism, while holding to the ethical authority of the Bible and the life of Jesus Christ.
Building New Worlds is a history of a pivotal decades-long episode in the birth and growth of today's science fiction. Enthralling and amusing, it's written with affection and wit. This is no dry, modishly theorized academic analysis. Nor is it a rah-rah celebration of the "Good Old Days." Here is a candid and astute reader's response to a magazine that, by today's standards, was often comically bad--but was also immensely important in its time, and improved, like the Little Engine (or maybe Starship) That Could. New Worlds is best remembered today as the fountainhead of the New Wave of audacious experimental SF in the second half of the 1960s, under editor Michael Moorcock. But these first pioneering issues, from 1946-59, were edited by the magazine’s founder, John "Ted" Carnell (1912-72). Carnell was a pillar of the old-style UK SF establishment, but gamely supportive of innovators--most famously, of the brilliant J. G. Ballard, Brian W. Aldiss, and John Brunner, whose early work he nurtured. The story of how New Worlds got started, survived, and got better is essential to the history of the genres of the fantastic in the UK--and indeed, the world. And huge fun to read. Watch for the companion volumes, New Worlds: Before the New Wave, and Strange Highways, dealing with New World's companion magazine, Science Fantasy.
* Instructs the use of Struts to build MVC Web applications and simplify HTML form construction and validation * Provides information on using Object-RelationalBridge to cut down the amount of data-access code necessary to be written and maintained * Teaches how to use Lucene to incorporate search engine functionality into a Web application * Demonstrates how to use Velocity to cleanly separate presentation and Java Code
In the mid-1960s, British science fiction and fantasy were convulsed by the "New Wave." This movement emerged from the SF magazines edited by John Carnell. Such brilliant NEW WORLDS and SCIENCE FANTASY writers as J. G. Ballard, Brian W. Aldiss, John Brunner, and Michael Moorcock heralded the rise of this new kind of fantastic fiction. John Boston and Damien Broderick's concluding volume of their critical trilogy examines the history and development of these important magazines--and the fiction that they championed. By the end of this period (1964), Carnell had set the stage for that major development in UK science fiction--the new wave adventures of the transformed NEW WORLDS, under the editorship of Moorcock--and had himself shifted gear into the next mode of SF publishing as editor of the paperback anthology series, New Writings in SF. Boston and Broderick's series will become the definitive critical histories of these important British magazines. Complete with indices of names and titles cited.
“There is a theory which states that if anyone discovers exactly what the universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened.” Thus begins the next adventure of the intrepid occupants of the Heart of Gold: Arthur Dent, Ford Prefect, Zaphod Beeblebrox, Trillian, and Marvin the Paranoid Android. Be there, or be turned into a giant sperm whale at an improbability factor of 8,767,128 to one, against. Adapted from the second novel of Douglas Adams’s classic sci-fi satire series, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.
This is a story about two friends who've known each other for a while. At least Arthur Dent thinks so until Ford Prefect reaveals that he's actually an alien and that the world is about to end! Not long after their conversation, a Vogon spaceship appears and announces that earth will be destroyed shortly because it is in the way of a new intergalactic highway bypass that is being built through our galaxy. Ford and Arthur manage to board the ship before the earth is demolished, and they are quickly discovered - ejected into space by the Vogon captain! Douglas Adams' wildly funny, wickedly clever sci-fi novel is collected here in a three-installment, comic ebook series. So grab your towel, stick a babel fish in your ear, and get set to join Arthur Dent, Ford Prefect, Zaphod Beeblebrox, Trillian and Marvin the Paranoid Android on the ultimate adventure of several lifetimes.
This is a story about two friends who've known each other for a while. At least Arthur Dent thinks so until Ford Prefect reaveals that he's actually an alien and that the world is about to end! Not long after their conversation, a Vogon spaceship appears and announces that earth will be destroyed shortly because it is in the way of a new intergalactic highway bypass that is being built through our galaxy. Ford and Arthur manage to board the ship before the earth is demolished, and they are quickly discovered - ejected into space by the Vogon captain! Douglas Adams' wildly funny, wickedly clever sci-fi novel is collected here in a three-installment, comic ebook series. So grab your towel, stick a babel fish in your ear, and get set to join Arthur Dent, Ford Prefect, Zaphod Beeblebrox, Trillian and Marvin the Paranoid Android on the ultimate adventure of several lifetimes.
A HERO IS BORN! His name is Dr. Bones. His adventures will take him across a perilous galaxy in search of lost cities, secret empires, and vanished species. And sometimes into exploits when his background makes him the best man for a dangerous job . . . From nowhere they came, the mysterious aliens called the Lona. The races of our galaxy tried to communicate with them and failed. The Lona were not interested in talking; they had come to crush the galaxy into submission and rule it with absolute power. Ezekiel Bones is Earth’s secret weapon. He alone stands a chance of finding a way to defeat the Lona. He has learned all the ways of war, and has become a member of the top-secret mercenary army, the Legion of Ares. Yet his real strength against the Lona will be his ability to penetrate the workings of a monstrous alien mind and learn how Earth can fight back. But can Dr. Bones think like a monster without becoming a monster himself?
Spring Microservices in Action, Second Edition teaches you to build microservice-based applications using Java and Spring. Summary By dividing large applications into separate self-contained units, Microservices are a great step toward reducing complexity and increasing flexibility. Spring Microservices in Action, Second Edition teaches you how to build microservice-based applications using Java and the Spring platform. This second edition is fully updated for the latest version of Spring, with expanded coverage of API routing with Spring Cloud Gateway, logging with the ELK stack, metrics with Prometheus and Grafana, security with the Hashicorp Vault, and modern deployment practices with Kubernetes and Istio. Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications. About the technology Building and deploying microservices can be easy in Spring! Libraries like Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, and Spring Cloud Gateway reduce the boilerplate code in REST-based services. They provide an effective toolbox to get your microservices up and running on both public and private clouds. About the book Spring Microservices in Action, Second Edition teaches you to build microservice-based applications using Java and Spring. You’ll start by creating basic services, then move to efficient logging and monitoring. Learn to refactor Java applications with Spring’s intuitive tooling, and master API management with Spring Cloud Gateway. You’ll even deploy Spring Cloud applications with AWS and Kubernetes. What's inside Microservice design principles and best practices Configuration with Spring Cloud Config and Hashicorp Vault Client-side resiliency with Resilience4j, and Spring Cloud Load Balancer Metrics monitoring with Prometheus and Grafana Distributed tracing with Spring Cloud Sleuth, Zipkin, and ELK Stack About the reader For experienced Java and Spring developers. About the author John Carnell is a senior cloud engineer with 20 years of Java experience. Illary Huaylupo Sánchez is a software engineer with over 13 years of experience. Table of Contents 1 Welcome to the cloud, Spring 2 Exploring the microservices world with Spring Cloud 3 Building microservices with Spring Boot 4 Welcome to Docker 5 Controlling your configuration with the Spring Cloud Configuration Server 6 On service discovery 7 When bad things happen: Resiliency patterns with Spring Cloud and Resilience4j 8 Service routing with Spring Cloud Gateway 9 Securing your microservices 10 Event-driven architecture with Spring Cloud Stream 11 Distributed tracing with Spring Cloud Sleuth and Zipkin 12 Deploying your microservices
Summary Spring Microservices in Action teaches you how to build microservice-based applications using Java and the Spring platform. Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications. About the technology Microservices break up your code into small, distributed, and independent services that require careful forethought and design. Fortunately, Spring Boot and Spring Cloud simplify your microservice applications, just as the Spring Framework simplifies enterprise Java development. Spring Boot removes the boilerplate code involved with writing a REST-based service. Spring Cloud provides a suite of tools for the discovery, routing, and deployment of microservices to the enterprise and the cloud. About the Book Spring Microservices in Action teaches you how to build microservice-based applications using Java and the Spring platform. You'll learn to do microservice design as you build and deploy your first Spring Cloud application. Throughout the book, carefully selected real-life examples expose microservice-based patterns for configuring, routing, scaling, and deploying your services. You'll see how Spring's intuitive tooling can help augment and refactor existing applications with micro services. What's Inside Core microservice design principles Managing configuration with Spring Cloud Config Client-side resiliency with Spring, Hystrix, and Ribbon Intelligent routing using Netflix Zuul Deploying Spring Cloud applications About the Reader This book is written for developers with Java and Spring experience. About the Author John Carnell is a senior cloud engineer with twenty years of experience in Java. Table of contents Welcome to the cloud, Spring Building microservices with Spring Boot Controlling your configuration with Spring Cloud configuration server On service discovery When bad things happen: client resiliency patterns with Spring Cloud and Netflix Hystrix Service routing with Spring Cloud and Zuul Securing your microservices Event-driven architecture with Spring Cloud Stream Distributed tracing with Spring Cloud Sleuth and Zipkin Deploying your microservices
By dividing large applications into separate self-contained units, Microservices are a great step toward reducing complexity and increasing flexibility. Spring Microservices in Action, Second Edition teaches you how to build microservice-based applications using Java and the Spring platform. This second edition is fully updated for the latest version of Spring, with expanded coverage of API routing with Spring Cloud Gateway, logging with the ELK stack, metrics with Prometheus and Grafana, security with the Hashicorp Vault, and modern deployment practices with Kubernetes and Istio. about the technology Microservices break up your code into independent interconnected services that require careful forethought and design. Fortunately, Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, and Spring Cloud Gateway simplify the tedious plumbing and infrastructure setup required for microservice applications. Spring Boot removes the boilerplate code involved with writing a REST-based service. Spring Cloud provides a suite of tools for the discovery, routing, and deployment of microservices to the enterprise and the cloud. Spring Cloud Gateway provides a clear and effective routing to APIs, with a single entry point into a system. Together, they make it a snap to spin up Spring applications as microservices and wire them together into a reliable, scalable system. about the book Fully updated and upgraded for the latest version of Spring, Spring Microservices in Action, Second Edition is an expanded revision of a Manning bestseller. In it, you''ll learn how to build microservice-based applications using Java and the Spring platform and how to efficiently monitor and log your microservices operations. Throughout the book, carefully selected real-life examples expose microservice-based patterns for configuring, routing, scaling, and deploying your services. You''ll see how Spring''s intuitive tooling can help augment and refactor existing applications with microservices and how Spring Cloud Gateway makes it easy to handle multiple APIs with a single tool. You''ll also pick up best practices for using Spring with modern deployment platforms based on Kubernetes and Istio. what''s inside Core microservice design principles Microservices best practices Using docker containers to run microservices Managing configuration with Spring Cloud Config and Hashicorp Vault for sensitive information Client-side resiliency with Hystrix, and Ribbon Managing application metrics with Prometheus and Grafana Intelligent routing using Spring Cloud Gateway Distributed tracing with Spring Cloud Sleuth, Zipkin and ELK Stack Deploying Spring Cloud applications with Kubernetes and Istio about the reader This book is written for developers with Java and Spring experience. about the authors John Carnell is a senior cloud engineer with twenty years of experience in Java. Illary Huaylupo Sánchez is a software engineer with an MBA in IT management and over twelve years of experience in Java.
A loving parody of Tolkien's characters from his trilogy "Lord of the Rings, The Roadkill of Middle Earth" finds a killer truck on the loose, flattening any wizards, dragons or Hobbits that get in its way. Illustrations.
A day-to-day chronology of space technology and rocketry from 360 BC through 1993, drawing on previously unavailable documents from the Soviet space program as well as other primary sources. Some 7,000 entries contain technical specifications such as fuel capacity and rate of ascent for every major rocket, satellite, and space probed launched, paying particular attention to space programs abandoned due to lack of funds or redirection of political agendas. Includes bandw photos and a glossary. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
An irreverent lampoon of the "Star Wars" films, characters, and stories, featuring the "Whack the Ewok" game, the "Tell U, I Will" test of knowledge, and more.
Dr. Montgomery contends that no one can sit in a house by the side of the road and watch the world go by. Everyone is caught up in the flux of human life, and there is no naturalistic resting resting place within human history from which one can gain a universal, absolute perspective on man's life. Christianity is the only answer to this basic human predicament, for it claims, and by the resurrection backs up its claim, that there is a God and that He entered human history and revealed its essential nature.
The obscure village of Coxwold had suddenly become the centre of attention of every daily newspaper. People from all over had descended upon it, investigating, questioning and sending reports to London. Something had happened in a nearby wheat field which had reduced two normal, healthy men to insanity and death. The police, suspecting foul play, lacked any evidence. So what could it be that had driven the victims to madness? This was unlike any crime ever before recorded...
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