[ tag word day English learner’s meaning ] Learner’s Word of the Day Anxiety anxiety /æŋˈzajəti/ noun 1 : fear or nervousness about what might happen [noncount] feelings of anger and anxiety She suffers from chronic/acute anxiety. Read more…
[ tag word day English learner’s meaning ] Learner’s Word of the Day He gave her a big smooch on the cheek. smooch /ˈsmuːtʃ/ noun [count] informal : a kiss Give me a big smooch Read more…
[ tag word day English learner’s meaning ] Learner’s Word of the Day Fabric with a floral pattern floral /ˈflorəl/ adjective : of or relating to flowers a floral display/design [=a display/design that has pictures of flowers] a floral pattern in wallpaper Read more…
[ tag word day English learner’s meaning ] Learner’s Word of the Day Installing solar panels solar /ˈsoʊlɚ/ adjective 1 : of or relating to the sun a solar eclipse/phenomenon 2 : produced by or using the sun’s light or heat solar Read more…
[ tag word day English learner’s meaning ] Learner’s Word of the Day Man slouching over his computer slouch /ˈslaʊtʃ/ verb [no object] : to walk, sit, or stand lazily with your head and shoulders bent forward Sit up straight. Please don’t Read more…
[ tag word day English learner’s meaning ] Learner’s Word of the Day April 11 A patient arriving at an emergency medical facility facility /fəˈsɪləti/ noun 1 a [count] : something (such as a building or large piece of equipment) that Read more…
[ tag word day English learner’s meaning ] Learner’s Word of the Day A patient arriving at an emergency medical facility facility /fəˈsɪləti/ noun 1 a [count] : something (such as a building or large piece of equipment) that is built for Read more…
[ tag word day English learner’s meaning ] Learner’s Word of the Day Corn wrapped in foil foil /ˈfojəl/ noun 1 [noncount] : a very thin and light sheet of metal Cover the dish with aluminum foil. kitchen foil [=foil used to Read more…
Programming Tips for JDBC a. Use DataSource whenever Possible If you have a choice, you always should use javax.sql.DataSource to get a JDBC connection. Data sources, which were introduced with JDBC 2.0, make the job of configuring a database connection and connecting to a database nearly fool proof. Consider the following Read more…
JavaScript DOs and DONTs 1. Use Shortcut Notations: This code [Avoid] Is the same as [Use Instead] var lunch = new Array(); lunch[0]=’Dosa’; lunch[1]=’Roti’; lunch[2]=’Rice’; lunch[3]=’what the heck is this?’; var lunch = [ ‘Dosa’, ‘Roti’, ‘Rice’, ‘what the heck is this?’ ]; Read more…
Do not use the test-case constructor to set up a test case [Junit] Context: Setting up a test case in the constructor is not a good idea. Consider: public class SomeTest extends TestCase public SomeTest (String testName) { super (testName); // Perform test set-up Read more…
Tips for Swing UI Layout 1. Avoid using JEditorPane and JTextPane: Most Swing components in Java 6 have a meaningful baseline. However, some seem to have no correct baseline (for no apparent good reason). JEditorPane and JTextPane are examples of such components. This means that it is impossible to Read more…
How to improve client-side EJB lookup code Context: Typical EJB applications make use of a client layer that invokes one or many EJBs several times. This is true for many web applications as well. When a client layer must use a particular bean multiple times, there needs to Read more…
Best Practices for Multithreading in Java 1. Synchronization: If you have shared mutable data, synchronize access to it. Synchronization makes sure that an object is seen only in a consistent state by any thread, as it ensures mutual exclusion. It also guarantees reliable communication between threads as it ensures Read more…
Character encoding in Java Java iterates through all the characters that the string represents and turns each one into a number of bytes and finally put the bytes together. The rule that maps each Unicode character into a byte array is called a character encoding. So it’s possible Read more…