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AJAX Base 64 Decode/Encoder & MD5 Generator Utilities

I would like to announce the launch of a couple new AJAX-enabled online utilities that software developers might find handy:

Base64 Encoder/Decoder
MD5 Generator

For those interested the utilities are written using the Play! Framework (Java) and JQuery/JQuery UI and the Base64 and MD5 generation is backed by the Commons Codec project.
These utilities are free to use, enjoy!

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@Override Compiler Errors in Play! Framework “Must Override a Superclass Method”

@Override Compiler Errors in Play! Framework “Must Override a Superclass Method”

If you are working with the Play! Framework and have run into exceptions that read like “The file <MyFile>.java could not be compiled. Error raised is : The method <MethodName> of type <ClassName> must override a superclass method” then you might be wondering if there is a compiler bug in Play! – worry not, it’s [...]

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Develop using the Play! Framework

Develop using the Play! Framework

Not too long ago I posted an article on the Play! framework. The framework has some promising features that really helps develop web applications in Java. To show how easy it is to use, I wanted to demonstrate with an example.
Update #1: Since the article posting there have been a couple of suggestions for updating [...]

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The Play! Framework

In an endless search for efficiently building Web applications, one might stumble upon a new framework called Play! Using enterprise backed Java with a Rails-esque feel, the Play! framework seems to offer quite a bit over traditional web development tools with its straightforward development environment and ease of deploying.
Taken from the website:
The Play! framework makes [...]

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