Typically, there are two main ways of debugging server-side code: you can utilize an Integrated Development Environment (IDE) with a built-in debugger or log and perform your debugging processes in a web browser.

It is not uncommon to experience the occasional slow down of a SQL Server database. A poorly designed database or a system that is improperly configured for the workload are but several of many possible causes of this type of performance problem. Administrators need to proactively prevent or minimize problems and, when they occur, diagnose the cause and take corrective actions to fix the problem. This article provides step-by-step guidelines for diagnosing and troubleshooting common performance problems by using publicly available tools such as SQL Server Profiler, System Monitor, and the new Dynamic Management Views in SQL Server 2005.

In today’s world, asking for referrals from clients is a creative, common and useful practice. It's always helpful to apply these referral techniques to the consulting business.

It’s a fact that, prospective clients are three times more likely to buy from someone if they have a strong referral to that person. And yet, many consultants struggle with or feel awkward about asking for referrals.

There is always a better way out, Building a business using referrals should be a no-brainer. After all, what could be better than having a satisfied client list eloquent about you to different clients? Granted, a referral doesn't guarantee you anything, but at least it gives you a strong calling card.

Even knowing the power of referrals, Why are so many consultants/Employees reluctant to ask for them?

Many Java vendors and open-source projects focus on complex tools, built to solve complex problems, often under the umbrella of "enterprise" Java development. Witness the explosion of complexity in J2EE, EJB, and XML. True, there's often a tradeoff between simplicity and power, but some key architects in the Java community are working to swing the pendulum from monolithic frameworks back toward cleaner, simpler ones. A number of new projects are helping to buck the trend toward complexity, choosing instead to build lighter, focused frameworks that an power simpler applications.  

In this article, we'll examine a few frameworks, and look at the basic principles that they use to embrace simplicity. We'll look at a lightweight container and a persistence framework. Then, we'll look at how the larger J2EE vendors are supporting the paradigm shift.

A few notable projects use very little of J2EE as a foundation. They are basically attempting to build a simplified notion of what it means to be a persistent object, or a container. Lightweight containers like Pico and Spring provide fewer services, but with a much less invasive architecture than EJB. Hibernate, a persistence framework, provides a persistence alternative for EJB container managed persistence (CMP).