December (Non-)Schedule

Avrom | Nov 27, 2008 14:36 -0700
The end of the year is a hectic time for most people, and I’m no exception. I’m not going to be able to get a post up this coming Monday, and I’ve realized that I’d only be kidding myself if I believed it wouldn’t happen again between now and the new year. So I’ve taken down [...]

ADF BC Tuning IV: View Objects, Part 2

Avrom | Nov 24, 2008 11:12 -0700
Continuing on from the last post, we’re looking at ways to tune ADF view objects for optimal performance and resource management. Forward-Only Mode In most applications, the user needs to be able to scroll through data both forwards and backwards–to return to a previous row in addition to simply being able to scroll forward, or to find [...]

This Week’s Post Late

Avrom | Nov 19, 2008 10:26 -0700
…due to illness. Edit Nov. 11: “Late” as in “not until next week.” I’m better, but now frantically trying to catch up. We’ll resume with Part 2 of the view object tuning on Monday.

ADF BC Tuning III: View Objects, Part 1

Avrom | Nov 9, 2008 13:18 -0700
This week's post will be the first of two about tuning your ADF view objects for good performance and memory management. In this post, we'll discover the reasons for and against basing read-only view objects on entity objects, learn how to control how much data is fetched into the middle tier at one time (and how to optimize this for your particular case), and talk about what passivation of view objects is and how to control whether and how much of it happens.