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IBM 21 September 2007 Volume 8, Issue 36 
developerWorks Weekly Edition
 
Dear Developer,

Welcome to the new developerWorks newsletter!

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 AIX and UNIX
Windows to UNIX porting, Part 1: Porting C/C++ sources
Learn how to port your software from Windows to a UNIX environment.
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AIX disaster recovery
Discover how to identify resource conflicts that typically occur during AIX disaster recovery implementation, and get suggestions for resolving these conflicts.
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 Autonomic computing
Managed Agent Explorer, Part 1: Test and inspect your WSDM endpoints
Get an introduction to the Managed Agent Explorer, a test tool to help with the development of your endpoint using the Eclipse TPTP tooling and a test and introspection tool for already deployed endpoints.
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Symptomatic event visualizer, Part 4: The Events Tool view of LTA-JD
Provide customizable links to resources for managing events in the LTA-JD and ITM 6.1.
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Press release: CMDB Federation WG announces draft
The CMDB Federation (CMDBf) working group announced August 20th it has drafted an industry-wide specification for sharing information between Configuration Management Databases (CMDBs) and other management data repositories.
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Event: IBM Pulse 2008
This is IBM's premier Service Management event! Learn about the latest developments in Autonomic Computing, visit the Expo Center, and network with subject matter experts.
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AC Toolkit | Build to Manage Toolkit | Forums

 Information Management
XMLTABLE by example, Part 2: Common scenarios for using XMLTABLE with DB2
In part 2 of this series, learn common XMLTABLE usage scenarios that will help you develop powerful XML applications with DB2 9 pureXML.
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Increase Java database development productivity
In this first in a series of articles, develop Java applications using the new Viper Developer V9.5 with pureQuery. Create new apps and use the tools to leverage existing assets.
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Demo: Create a DB2 on Rails application, Part 8
Learn how to install DB2 on Rails. You'll also see how to create a simple inventory application, from creating the DB2 database, to adding sample data, to basic exception handling.
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 Java technology
New to Java technology | Forums | Standards | Downloads | Articles | Tutorials

The busy Java developer's guide to db4o: Arrays and collections
Collections and arrays introduce new levels of complexity to the structured objects. Fortunately, db4o isn't the least bit fazed by handling multiplicity relationships -- and neither should you be.
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In pursuit of code quality: Adventures in behavior-driven development
Get started with behavior-driven development (via JBehave) and see for yourself what happens when you focus on program behaviors, rather than outcomes.
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 Linux
Applying mount namespaces
Learn about mount propagation and namespaces in Linux via a PAM example that lets users share mounts exactly as much or as little as you require.
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Linux articles | Linux tutorials | Linux forums | Reader favorites | LPI exam prep

 Lotus
Lotus ActiveInsight v6.1 Open Beta
Join the Lotus ActiveInsight V6.1 Open Beta for an opportunity to gain early experience with software specifically designed to help your organization achieve its business objectives.
Download the beta today >
WebSphere Portal V6.1 Open Beta
The WebSphere Portal V6.1 Beta is now open. Download a pre-release version of the server software and let us know what you think of it. Version 6.1 includes many new enhancements to this comprehensive portal offering.
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Article: Lotus Notes V8 workloads: Taking performance to a new level
Learn about the Lotus Notes and Domino V8 enhancements made to the NotesBench and Server.Load workloads, including the addition of three new workloads: N8Mail, N7Mail, and N8MailInit, which more closely reflect the typical tasks that Lotus Notes users perform on a Lotus Domino server.
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Article: The History of Notes and Domino
We've updated our article with new information about Lotus Notes/Domino 8. Learn about the evolution of Lotus Notes and Domino.
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Lotus Connections Deployment wiki
Find information to help you get started with Lotus Connections, including deployment scenarios validated by IBM. You can share your deployment experiences with a community of Lotus Connections users.
Get started >
Lotus Quickr Best Practices wiki
Find and contribute to various Lotus Quickr deployment configurations and topologies.
Share your experience >
 Open source
Search structured LDAP data with a vector-space engine
Use vector technology to find people in your enterprise directory faster while compensating for typographical and spelling errors automatically.
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Develop embedded applications with eJFace
The demand for mobile devices will likely increase in coming years. It's a good time to learn the open-standards, embedded JFace library, a component of the embedded Rich Client Platform (eRCP).
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Build an Eclipse plug-in to navigate content in an EMF model
Build an Eclipse plug-in that allows users to manipulate and navigate the content of an Eclipse Modeling Framework-based model.
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 Web development
Auto-save JSF forms with Ajax: Part 2
Build auto-saving into your Ajax applications to make your user's Web experience convenient and efficient. Along the way, pick up a few advanced Web techniques, like using filters and browser ID cookies.
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Web development tips: Pay attention to the CSS @media rule
The CSS @media rule is a powerful means of creating different presentation of your Web pages for screen, print, and other output devices. It's too easy not to use.
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 WebSphere
Parsing complex COBOL structures using WebSphere Message Broker V6
Use advanced message modeling and parsing techniques with WebSphere Message Broker V6 to create integration message flows between COBOL-based systems, such as CICS or IMS, and other systems that use XML or another message format.
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Tutorial: Multiple life cycles with WebSphere Service Registry and Repository
Learn how to use WebSphere Service Registry and Repository to support multiple lifecycles within a single state machine definition.
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Tutorial: Build a Web application without writing any code, Part 1
Install and configure trial versions of WebSphere Application Server V6.1, Rational Application Developer, and DB2 Enterprise V9, and then use them to create a Web application.
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Tutorial: Migrating WebSphere Commerce to SOA foundation tools, Parts 3, 4, and 5
The final three parts of this tutorial series show you how to migrate a business process from WebSphere Commerce to WebSphere Process Server, how to externalize the release-to-fulfillment process, and how to use IBM SOA foundation tools to facilitate process change in WebSphere Commerce.
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 XML
New to XML | XML Exchange | XML forums | XML tutorials | XML top ten

Voice enabling XML, Part 3: Voice blogging
In this third article of a four-part series, you will develop a simple blogging application that takes VoiceXML (VXML) as input and saves the data into your online blog. You will also learn to use this type of voice blogging to great advantage when you create tweets, or Twitter entries.
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Integrate XForms with the Google Web Toolkit, Part 1: Introducing GWT's JavaScript Native Interface
This four-part series demonstrates using the Google Web Toolkit (GWT) and XForms together to create a dynamic Web application. Part 1 starts with a bottom-up approach to the problem of using GWT and XForms together.
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