Category Archives: Coding

XMLBuilder : Easily build XML documents in Java

Posted on December 14, 2008 by James Murty

I have long been irked by the difficulty of creating simple XML documents in Java code. While Java has excellent support for handling XML in general, if you just need to whip up a quick document — say, to interact … Continue reading →

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CloudFront: A CDN for Amazon's Simple Storage Service

Posted on November 19, 2008 by James Murty

Amazon has added a new service to their arsenal. CloudFront is a content delivery service that works closely with S3 to make public objects in your account available through a distribution network with edge locations in the US, Europe and … Continue reading →

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Code samples for new SimpleDB feature: QueryWithAttributes

Posted on September 7, 2008 by James Murty

A couple of weeks ago, a new API operation was added to Amazon’s SimpleDB service: QueryWithAttributes. This operation makes it possible to retrieve all the attribute data for SimpleDB items that match a query. Previously, to retrieve item attributes it … Continue reading →

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SimpleDB: Finally Supports Sorting

Posted on July 30, 2008 by James Murty

The latest version of Amazon’s SimpleDB service is available, and happily it now allows for sorting of query results. This highly-anticipated feature will make the service much more useful. Sorting still suffers from some limitations: you can only sort by … Continue reading →

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SSH Tip: Redirect External Internet Traffic to a Dev Machine

Posted on July 20, 2008 by James Murty

When developing a web site or application, you may sometimes need to expose the development version running inside your network to the public Internet. This can be necessary to test the communication between your application and an external service, such … Continue reading →

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PAWS Marketplace – A Rails Marketplace Application in the Cloud

Posted on May 29, 2008 by James Murty

I have added an article about my PAWS Marketplace example application to the AWS resources site: PAWS Marketplace – A Rails Marketplace Application in the Cloud. The PAWS Marketplace is a proof-of-concept Ruby on Rails web application that runs entirely … Continue reading →

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