Tutorials written by Abhijit Belapurkar of

Abhijit Belapurkar

Author Bio:
Abhijit Belapurkar has a bachelor's degree in computer science from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi, India. He has been working in the areas of architectures and information security for distributed applications for almost 10 years, and has used the Java platform to build n-tier applications for more than five years. He is a senior technical architect in the J2EE space with Infosys Technologies Limited in Bangalore, India.

Tutorials written by Abhijit Belapurkar:

Common Threads: Advanced Filesystem Implementor's Guide, Part 1
With the 2.4 release of Linux come a host of new filesystem possibilities, including ReiserFS, XFS, GFS and others. Sure, these filesystems sound cool, but what exactly can they do, what are they good at and exactly how do you go about safely using them in a Linux production environment? In the advanced filesystem implementor's guide, Daniel Robbins answers these questions by showing you how to set up these new advanced filesystems under Linux 2.4. Along the way, he shares valuable practical implementation advice, performance information and important technical notes so that your new filesystem experience is as pleasant as possible. In this, the first article in the series, he explains the benefits of journalling and ReiserFS.
Friday, 3rd December 2004

Server Clinic: A Must-Have Book for Linux Developers
The best thing you can do for your servers and the programs you host to buy your own copy of Thomas A. Limoncelli and Christine Hogan's The Practice of System and Network Administration. This new book, though aimed at administrators, is full of valuable lessons for developers, too. While it mentions Linux only once in almost 800 pages -- and obliquely at that -- the principles it explains will help make more sense of your work every day. Share your thoughts on this article with the author and other readers in the discussion forum by clicking Discuss at the top or bottom of the article.
Tuesday, 30th November 2004

Tip: Dual-Booting Linux
Having multiple Linux installations to work with allows you to easily test different libraries with the same program, watch how your program interacts with others, or just tweak a parameter here or there to see what happens. This comes in handy for development and testing -- as well as for customer support. You say that you don't have oodles of boxes to work with? No worries -- installing multiple instances of Linux on a single box is a cinch, as you'll soon discover in this tip from IBM interns Chuks Onwuneme and Farhan Khawaja.
Tuesday, 21st September 2004

Use Continuations to Develop Complex Web Applications
If you've ever developed a non-trivial Web application, you know that development complexity is increased by the fact that Web browsers allow users to follow arbitrary navigation paths through the application. No matter where the user navigates, the onus is on you, the developer, to keep track of the possible interactions and ensure that your application works correctly. While the traditional MVC approach does allow you to handle these cases, there are other options available to help resolve application complexity. Developer and frequent developerWorks contributor Abhijit Belapurkar walks you through a continuations-based alternative that could simplify your Web application development efforts.
Friday, 22nd April 2005

wxHTML for Beginners
Many applications use HTML for reporting and online help, among other things. Embedding a Web browser in your application eliminates the need to worry about which browser a client uses to view your pages, and also allows you to create custom tags that tie the HTML page back to your application. For example, for the help system in an IDE, a user could browse a function reference where you have created custom tags, and when the user clicks on the function name, the function call could be inserted into the user's code.
Saturday, 30th October 2004