My post about Java regular expression gets a lot of hits daily. Someone commented that the regular expression I included in that post does not block certain invalid email addresses. So I updated the Java regular expression to validate email address. I am pretty sure that the following Java regular expression will validate any email […]
One of the changes in WordPress 2.7 release is the disappearance of page id column from the admin console. As far as I know, currently there is no way to display the page id column. Page ids can be used to exclude or arrange links to the pages in the navigation menu. I use page […]
If you need to read the properties file in your Spring application all you need is to configure a PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer bean in your application context.The following example shows how to read property values from a properties file named config.properties. This file needs to be in your classpath so Spring can find it. Let’s begin by […]
Image credit:Kyle Wegner OK, admit this. You have a nice-looking website. The color and the graphics look pleasing to visiting eyes. But you do not get a lot of loyal visitors. The problem may not be your design, it may be the static content that is turning the visitors off. If you do not update […]
Your blog or personal website can be a source of revenue. Some people are more successful than others in generating revenue off their websites. The reason is they know how to market their websites and attract more visitors and advertisers to their websites. Sure you can search the Internet and find zillions of tutorials and […]
Starting a web site development project using an existing template is much more efficient than starting the project from scratch. You may use your existing web sites as the starting point and make changes to meet your new project’s requirements or get the templates from one of the following web sites that provide thousands of […]
Image credit:lloydi Have you been typing HTML entities by hand to include special characters in your blog post. For example to include < sign you will have to write "<" in your post. It is fine if you have only few special characters in a post. But it quickly becomes cumbersome if your post is […]
Today I stumbled upon a rather useful website. CSS Color Chart contains a neutral colors code chart and a general-purpose color code chart. You can easily toggle between Hex and RGB codes for the colors. In addition to the color code this site has the English name of every color. I’ve bookmarked the website and […]
In Spring MVC, DispatcherServlet relies on handler mapping to determine which controller the request should be sent to. All handler mapping classes in Spring implement org.springframework.web.servlet.HandlerMapping interface. Spring distribution contains following four implementation of HandlerMapping interface. BeanNameUrlHandlerMapping SimpleUrlHandlerMapping ControllerClassNameHandlerMappign CommonsPathMapHandlerMapping BeanNameUrlHandlerMapping is the simplest of all and DispatcherServlet looks for this mapping by default. You […]
One of the most popular file-sharing applications DropBox has a new and improved web interface. It now offers a new and improved navigation. They have also transformed their FAQ section into a comprehensive help center. I think the most important feature is the ability to drag and drop files and folders on the web interface. […]