Software Development

ATG's new CSC UI looks modern but loads slower and confuses users more than the bare-bones interface it replaced.

Customizing ATG CSC UI is a nightmare compared to the straightforward JSP editing that Commerce Assist allowed.

ATG CSC Search engine brings configuration complexity and Mac incompatibility to profile and order lookups.

ATG 9.1's CSC is bloated, complex, and dependent on too many moving parts compared to the simpler Commerce Assist.

JBoss JMS with XA datasources silently fails to create tables - here's the fix and what we learned.

64-page guide to scaling ATG applications across hundreds of nodes with insights from AT&T's massive cluster.

Bad variable names and confusing method signatures make code harder to maintain - here are real examples.

Flush your ATG cache after deployments using a component triggered by Deployment Events to prevent stale data.

Eclipse templates save time and improve code quality by automating commonly repeated code blocks.

Google's speed optimization guidelines emphasize smaller code size, but avoid over-optimizing CSS at the cost of maintainability.

IE 7's JavaScript engine runs 10x slower than Safari 4, making it painful for AJAX-heavy interfaces.

Switching from Dojo to jQuery reveals how much simpler AJAX-driven interfaces become with a better framework.

Packt Publishing's "Seam 2.x Web Development" by David Salter is a practical guide to building web apps with Seam.

MSSQL with jTDS, NVARCHAR fields, and slow indexes - a learning curve for production deployments.

Seam MailSession fails with IP-based auth - configure environment-specific mail settings in components.xml.

SEO tools like SEOWorkers analyzer and Google Webmaster Tools provide keyword data and crawl insights for rankings.

Expressive URLs help both SEO rankings and user experience - avoid opaque query parameters in site structure.

Semantic HTML markup improves both search engine rankings and accessibility for users with disabilities - a win-win for web design.