Scripting languages dominates Web 2.0
We are seeing signs of age and dissatisfaction of Java recently. PHP and Ruby becomes popular choice for Web 2.0 development. ".NET" has increasing number of usage comparing to J2EE. So, the common question that pops up to everyone’s mind is "Will Java Die?". Yes, every language has its lifespan and [...]

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Use FlexUnit to do the job
Getting Started with FlexUnit - Darron Schall
Using FlexUnit with Ant  - Peter Martin
Advanced ActionScript 3 with Design Patterns Book  - Chapter 1
Unit testing and TDD for Flex and ActionScript 3.0 - Neil Webb
FlexUnit reference doc

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There are 2 ways that you can do to export data out from the datagrid.

You can format the data and write it to TextArea where users can use the mouse to highlight and use Ctrl+C to copy it.
You can send the formatted data back to server and the server-side script like servlet will return the [...]

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What is SSH? What is SSH Agent

We can use encrypted password for SSH authentication but it is not convenient and subject to brutal-force password guessing attack.
So,  we use public key authentication mechanism
Generate SSH key pair - public and private key (ssh-keygen)
Enter passphrase to protect private key
Copy private key to ~/.ssh/identity, mode 0600
Copy public key to the remote machine in ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
However, we still [...]

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