Running a java webapp in a VPS

The market is swarming with cheap Virtual Private Server (VPS) or Virtual Dedicated Server (VDS) offers [1] these days, and the specs don't look bad: you can get as much as 2GB RAM, 50GB storage space and a double core 2GHz CPU for less than 10$ / 8€ and nearly unlimited traffic. That's ideal for … Continue reading Running a java webapp in a VPS →

GWT RPC calls with Http GET method

GWT's RPC [1] component comes handy when communicating with java backends - it's like RMI restricted to asynchronous calls, however it escapes any attempts to cache server responses. This post discusses a moderately simple way of making RPC responses cacheable by Http proxies and browsers. I'm not going into the details of the RPC lifecycle … Continue reading GWT RPC calls with Http GET method →