French Burqa Ban

I am no fan of Burqa, however this ruling is bit vague and contradicts its own self. The idea is that women should not be told what to wear by men. i.e. there is a underlying assumption that all women who wear Burqa are forced to wear it. Going by that logic, isn’t state trying to do what it is trying to avoid i.e. telling women what to wear?

Lets take a look at another perspective. Let us for a moment compare Burqa with Guns i.e. think of it as a curse on society which does more harm than good. In this fictional account, the Burqa makers should have a similar ruling against them, just like  gun manufacturers would. However, I don’t see French authorities trying to stop Gucci & Prada trying to manufacture Burqas.

But then, modern societies have always been full of pretences and double standards. Is it capitalism ?

How to create a new Panel / PanelStack in ATG CSC

 

This is at a macro level without going into the details of each activity.

1. Create Panel stack definition in ServiceFrameWorkRepository_production repository.
   If you don’t know where to locate it, go to /atg/registry/ContentRepositories and it should be listed in there.
   
2. Create Panel Definition in ServiceFrameWorkRepository_production repository
   
3. Create access right in InternalProfileAdaptorRepository
   
4. Grant the access right for this panel to a role.
   
5. Add the Panel name to the list of panels in FrameworkComponents.properties
   
6. Connect the Panel stack to the Tab under which it should be appearing.
   
   That’s all there is to it.

Thanks

ATG Platform Fundamentals Developer Exam

This is an attempt to help ATG Certification takers to map the Test Objectives to ATG Manuals / Chapters. Please note that this is not a definitive list (tho I reckon its close), and you are advised to read the manuals cover-to-cover in order to familiarize yourself with all ATG concepts.

Objective I: ATG Programming Modules

Objective #	Manual	Chapter
1.1	ATG Programming Guide	4. Working with application modules
1.2	ATG Programming Guide ATG Installation & Config Guide	4. Working with application modules 3. Configuring Nucleus components
1.3	ATG Programming Guide	3. Developing and Assembling Nucleus-Based Applications
1.4	ATG Installation & Config Guide	3. Configuring Nucleus components

In a nutshell:
ATG Programming Guide: Chapter 3, 4
ATG Install & Config Guide: Chapter 3

Objective II: Nucleus Components

Objective #	Manual	Chapter
2.1	ATG Programming Guide	2. Nucleus: Organizing JavaBean Components
2.2	ATG Programming Guide	2. Nucleus: Organizing JavaBean Components
2.3	ATG Programming Guide	2. Nucleus: Organizing JavaBean Components
2.4	ATG Page Developer’s Guide ATG Programming Guide	3. Using ATG Servlet Beans 2. Nucleus: Organizing JavaBean Components
2.5	ATG Programming Guide	5. Creating and Using ATG Servlet Beans
2.6	ATG Programming Guide	5. Creating and Using ATG Servlet Beans
2.7	ATG Programming Guide	6. Working with Forms and Form Handlers

In a nutshell:
ATG Programming Guide: Chapter 2, 5, 6
ATG Page Developer’s Guide: Chapter 3

Objective III: Page Development

Objective #	Manual	Chapter
3.1	ATG Page Developer’s Guide	2. Creating Java Server Pages
3.2	ATG Page Developer’s Guide	Appendix A: DSP Tag Library
3.3	ATG Page Developer’s Guide	2. Creating Java Server Pages
3.4	ATG Page Developer’s Guide	3. Using ATG Servlet Beans
3.5	ATG Page Developer’s Guide	7. Form Handlers

In a nutshell:
ATG Page Developer’s Guide: Chapter 2, 3, 4, Appendix A

Objective IV: Repositories

Objective #	Manual	Chapter
4.1	ATG Repository Guide	4. SQL Repository Overview 5. SQL Repository Architecture 6. SQL Repository Data Models
4.2	ATG Repository Guide	7.  SQL Repository Item Properties
4.3	ATG Repository Guide	2. Repository API
4.4	ATG Repository Guide	3. Repository Queries
4.5	ATG Repository Guide	10. SQL Repository Caching
4.6	ATG Programming Guide	6. Working with Form and Form Handlers
4.7	ATG Page Developer’s Guide	8. Search Forms
4.8	ATG Repository Guide	17. Secured Repositories
4.9	ATG Repository Guide	6. SQL Repository Data Models (Item Descriptor Inheritance)
4.10	ATG Repository Guide	6. SQL Repository Data Models (Derived Properties)
4.11	ATG Repository Guide	7. SQL Repository Item Properties (User-defined Property Types)
4.12	ATG Repository Guide	13. SQL Content Repositories

In a nutshell:
ATG Repository Guide: Chapter 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 13, 17
ATG Programming Guide: Chapter 6
ATG Page Developer’s Guide: Chapter 8

Objective V: Personalization

Objective #	Manual	Chapter
5.1	Personalization Programming Guide	1. Setting Up a Profile Repository
5.2	Personalization Programming Guide	1. Setting Up a Profile Repository
5.3	Personalization Programming Guide	4. Working with User Profiles
5.4	Personalization Programming Guide	5. Working with the Dynamo User Directory
5.5	Personalization Programming Guide	4. Working with User Profiles (Access Control)
5.6	Personalization Programming Guide	9. Setting Up Targeting Services (Profile Groups)
5.7	Personalization Programming Guide	9. Setting Up Targeting Services (Content Groups)
5.8	Personalization Programming Guide	7. Creating Rules for Targeting Content (?)
5.9	Personalization Programming Guide	13. Overview of the Scenarios Module 16. Designing Effective Scenarios 17. Using Scenario Events 18. Using Scenario Actions 19. Using Slots
5.10	Personalization Programming Guide	21. Adding Custom Events & Actions
5.11	Personalization Programming Guide	10. Using Targeted E-mail

In a nutshell:
Personalization Programming Guide: Chapter 1, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 13, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21

Objective VI: ATG Services

Objective #	Manual	Chapter
6.1	ATG Programming Guide	8. Request Handling With Servlet Pipelines
6.2	ATG Programming Guide	8. Request Handling With Servlet Pipelines (Customizing request-handling pipeline)
6.3	ATG Programming Guide	11. Dynamo Message System (JMS Providers – localJMS Vs sqlJMS)
6.4	ATG Programming Guide	11. Dynamo Message System (Patch Bay)
6.5	ATG Programming Guide	12. Transaction Management
6.6	ATG Programming Guide	9. Core Dynamo Services (Email Services)
6.7	ATG Repository Guide	10. SQL Repository Caching (Locked Caching – Server Lock Management)
6.8	Personalization Programming Guide	13. Overview of Scenarios Module 14. Configuring Scenarios (management of scenarios in cluster)

In a nutshell:
ATG Programming Guide: 8, 9, 11, 12
ATG Repository Guide: 10
ATG Personalization Programming Guide: 13, 14

Objective VII: Content Administration

Objective #	Manual	Chapter
7.1	CA Programming Guide	3. Understanding the CDE
7.2	CA Programming Guide	4. Setting up an ATG CA Server
7.3	CA Programming Guide	4. Setting up an ATG CA Server
7.4	CA Programming Guide	12. Setting Up Deployment (Deployment topology, Source & Dest Repositories)
7.5	CA Programming Guide	9. Adapting Workflows (Standard Workflows, Asset Life Cycle)
7.6	CA Programming Guide	9. Adapting Workflows (Custom Workflows)
7.7	CA Programming Guide ATG Repository Guide	8. Tools (Importing / Deploying Assets) 14. Repository Loader
7.8	CA Programming Guide	3. Understanding the CDE (FIle Asset storage / mgmt)
7.9	CA Programming Guide ATG Repository Guide	8. Tools (Repository Loader) 14. Repository Loader
7.10	CA Programming Guide	12. Setting up Deployment (Deploy to target with earlier product versions) ??
7.11	BCC Admin Guide	3. Setting up preview features? ++
7.12	CA Programming Guide	10. Customizing Asset Display (Custom item view mapping)

In a nutshell:
CA Programming Guide: Chapter 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 12
ATG Repository Guide: Chapter 14
BCC Admin Guide: Chapter 3

IPL and Economics

When everyone is talking IPL as batsman's game, I think the classic principle of economics need not be overlooked. I am of course talking of demand-supply principle.
When an item is over supplied, it loses its sheen a bit. In terms of IPL, the batsmen have been having a good time, however the teams which have managed to have lowest bowling averages, in my opinion, are the strongest.
Even a run rate of 10 doesn’t look beyond reach, but if you have 2 bowlers who can give you 1n over each of 5 or so towards the fag end of the game, it changes the complexion of the game a LOT.
The recently concluded game been DC & DD is prime example. 2 decent overs by Symonds & Vaas took DC were enough to take DC to a comfortable win.