Java Word (.docx) documents with docx4j

A couple of months ago I needed to create a dynamic Word document with a number of tables and paragraphs.…

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Netty: Using SPDY and HTTP transparently

Most people have already heard about SPDY, the protocol, from google, proposed as a replacement for the aging HTTP protocol.…

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Binary websockets with Play 2.0 and Scala

In a recent article I showed how you can use webrtc, canvas and websockets together to create a face detection…

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Connect to RabbitMQ (AMQP) using Scala, Play and Akka

In this article we’ll look at how you can connect from Scala to RabbitMQ so you can support the AMQP…

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Protect a REST service using HMAC (Play 2.0)

We have HTTPS, what more do we need? When you talk about security for REST based APIs, people often point…

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How to use SPDY with Jetty

SPDY is a new protocol proposed by Google as a new protocol for the web. SPDY is compatible with HTTP…

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Play 2.0: Akka, Rest, Json and dependencies

I’ve been diving more and more into scala the last couple of months. Scala together with the “Play Framework” provides…

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How should REST services be documented?

REST has become the standard way of creating APIs and exposing resources on the internet. Traditional web services (using SOAP…

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Embedded Jetty, Vaadin and Weld

When I develop web applications I like to be able to quickly start them from Eclipse without having to rely…

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