If you want to integrate PayPal with your Google AppEngine application, there are a limited number of options available. My own open source project offers a servlet that can parse and log IPN messages. This will quickly get you up and running with PayPal Payments Standard.
More …If you’ve ever created anything using jMonkeyEngine’s SimpleApplication and you use something other than the American standard QWERTY keyboard, you might have had the same frustration as me: Why isn’t there quick way to switch the keyboard layout? The SimpleApplication base class is supposed to make your life easier, yet there you are, completely stuck with that unnatural keyboard layout. Read on for a quick copy-and-paste solution.
More …Whenever you’re proposing a web site or application to a client, showing him what it’s going to look like can work wonders. It avoids confusion and can fix doubts. But how do you show off a website when you haven’t written one line of code and HTML? Wireframe tools and website mocks are the answer. This article compares a few of the many tools available.
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More …One question I get asked a lot, is where and how to host your Java web application. It’s all fine to create it inside Eclipse with an embedded server, but how do you get it to the people? For a long time, there was no answer for enthusiast programmers. There were only expensive and way oversized options. Things have changed lately, but it’s still not an easy choice.
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