Security Token Offering (STO) statistics

Security token offering (STO) is a type of fundraising that is performed with a company offering tokenized securities. The defining feature of security token offerings is in its definition. Stocks, bonds and managed property trusts are another examples of securities.

Tomcat 7 and Apache Maven

Here is 3 different way to control the lifetime a local Tomcat 7 container using Apache #Maven. A typical scenario would be to start a servlet container prior to running integration tests (Selenium, SAHI or using any other framework you can think of )

With the following examples, you will be able to start an instance of Tomcat 7 running your web application in the pre-integration-test phase and stop the instance in the post-integration-test phase. You can also decide to use an embedded container like Jetty instead.

Code generation from XSD with JAXB and Maven

What you will learn in this small post

• How to create JAXB proxies at build time using maven-jaxb2-plugin in a continuous build environment (TeamCity / Bamboo)
• How to generate from an XSD file (XML-Schema-Definitions) #Java code.

Requirements

• We will use JAXB2 (see JSR 222 and JAXB 2.x).
• We use #Maven 2.2.1, the latest available version

Apache Maven books

Questions for the official certification.

 JavaBlackBelt is a community for #Java & open source skills assessment. It is dedicated to technical quizzes about #Java related technologies. This is the place where #Java developers have their technology knowledge and development abilities recognized. Everybody is welcome to take existing and build new exams.

 

Maven: The Definitive Guide (Readable HTML alpha release) Covers:Maven 2.0.x Published:Not yet Authors: Sonatype (Jason van Zyl, John Casey, Eric Redmond)	Better Builds with #Maven (Free PDF) Covers:Maven 2.0.4 Publisher:DevZuz Published:March 2006 Authors: John Casey, Vincent Massol, Brett Porter, Carlos SanchezBetter Builds with #Maven is a comprehensive ‘How-to’ guide for using #Maven 2.0 to better manage the build, test and release cycles associated with software development. The chapters include: An introduction to #Maven 2.0 Creating, compiling and packaging your first project Best practices and real-world examples Building J2EE Applications Extending builds by creating your own #Maven plugins Monitoring the health of source code, testing, dependencies and releases Team collaboration and utilising Continuum for continuous integration Converting existing Ant builds to #Maven
Maven: A Developer’s Notebook Covers:Maven 1.0.2 Publisher:O’Reilly Published:July 2005 Authors:Vincent Massol, Tim O’Brien

 

Google new service: Google Base

Google may soon start a new service Google Base according to Ars technica

Google Base is Google’s database into which you can add all types of content. We’ll host your content and make it searchable online for free. Examples of items you can find in Google Base: • Description of your party planning service • Articles on current events from your website • Listing of your used car for sale • Database of protein structures You can describe any item you post with attributes, which will help people find it when they search Google Base. In fact, based on the relevance of your items, they may also be included in the main Google search index and other Google products like Froogle and Google Local.