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Total World Domination 2.0:
Posted by Skip Sauls (skip) on June 06, 2008 at 12:19 PDT | Comments (2)  

The Importance of Frontend Performance: Live-blogging from the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco in Steve Souders' presentation.
Posted by Skip Sauls (skip) on April 25, 2008 at 13:58 PDT | Comments (1)  

Play and REST on wlp.bea.com: You've seen plenty of product presentations, demos, and so on, but how often do you really get to do something on your own without going through a lot of hassle? Have some fun using some of the new features in BEA WebLogic Portal 10.2 with the new portlets on wlp.bea.com.
Posted by Skip Sauls (skip) on April 02, 2008 at 11:55 PDT | Comments (0)  

Web 2.0 Performance Optimization - Images: In this entry I'll discuss some of the ways that images can be optimized for a site, including various formats, techniques, and utilities.
Posted by Skip Sauls (skip) on March 28, 2008 at 15:31 PDT | Comments (0)  

And Now For Something Completely Different: No, I haven't abandoned the Web 2.0 Performance Optimization series, but I do want to point out some of the other new features in WebLogic Portal 10.2, starting with the REST commands.
Posted by Skip Sauls (skip) on March 20, 2008 at 10:01 PDT | Comments (0)  

Web 2.0 Performance Optimization - JavaScript: In this entry we'll look at how to combine and minify the JavaScript files using server modes, various tools, and manual optimizations.
Posted by Skip Sauls (skip) on March 19, 2008 at 16:20 PDT | Comments (0)  

Web 2.0 Performance Optimization - Testing, Measurement, and Scoring: In this entry I'll discuss the tools and technologies that we used to determine how our site was doing and learn what we might do to improve it. WebLogic Portal 10.2, Firebug, YSlow, and more are discussed.
Posted by Skip Sauls (skip) on March 12, 2008 at 10:33 PDT | Comments (2)  

Web 2.0 Performance Optimization - Get an A on YSlow!: This is the first of a series of blog entries detailing how we optimized the wlp.bea.com demo site, going from a flat F in YSlow to an A. The technologies covered include BEA WebLogic Portal 10.2, Dojo 1.0.x, Apache server, Firebug, YSlow, and more.
Posted by Skip Sauls (skip) on March 10, 2008 at 14:58 PDT | Comments (2)  

WebLogic Portal Look and Feel Techniques - Rounded Borders for Portlets: In this blog entry I'll discuss a technique used to create rounded borders for portlets using CSS.
Posted by Skip Sauls (skip) on February 22, 2008 at 12:35 PDT | Comments (5)  

Mashing WebLogic Portal Content Using Microsoft Popfly: If you've been working with or investigating Web 2.0 technologies then you've probably heard of Microsoft Popfly. It's an interesting tool for creating Mashups, and as part of my ongoing research into such things I've been using it with the REST prototype on wlp.bea.com.
Posted by Skip Sauls (skip) on August 01, 2007 at 12:32 PDT | Comments (2)  

REST-Powered Flex Applications to Access wlp.bea.com: This blog entry is based on my attempt to understand how Adobe Flex can be used with WebLogic Portal, in particular the prototype REST commands that we've made available on wlp.bea.com.
Posted by Skip Sauls (skip) on July 16, 2007 at 12:56 PDT | Comments (5)  

Web 2.0 Sample Code for REST Commands on wlp.bea.com: In previous entries I've shown you the lower-levels of how to access the REST commands on wlp.bea.com and some simple JavaScript code. In this entry I'm going to provide you with sample code that makes it easier to use so that you can start mashing up the data and content available from the site.
Posted by Skip Sauls (skip) on July 11, 2007 at 10:53 PDT | Comments (1)  

Mashing Up wlp.bea.com using REST: In this entry I'll be discussing how to use some of the prototype REST commands introduced in the previous entry. I'll provide some sample code to get you started and demonstrate how the commands may be used. By using REST to access enterprise data and content we can create more interesting and useful mashups.
Posted by Skip Sauls (skip) on July 06, 2007 at 14:41 PDT | Comments (0)  

The REST of the Story: This blog entry is the first in a series describing a set of prototype REST commands that we're making available on wlp.bea.com. These commands will make it possible to access various types of content and data from a WebLogic Portal server for use in various Web 2.0 apps and mashups. All of these are true prototypes and do not reflect the actual product features, but they do provide an indication of what we're planning for the future.
Posted by Skip Sauls (skip) on July 05, 2007 at 12:27 PDT | Comments (2)