A while back I was required to parse an rss feed on my company’s website. Having little experience with Java Tag Libraries (.tld), I decided to give one a try. The following is how I implemented RSS into a JSP page.
Import and include the tag library into your project.
In this case it is rssutils.tld and rssutils.jar. This can be achieved many different ways either in the XML configuration or in the GUI Editor’s Import function (i.e. File > Import or Tools > Manage Libraries) etc.
As a software developer, I have repeatedly heard the phrase release early, release often. But in the back of my mind, I have always wondered how companies handle customers when they release buggy software. Well, the other day I finally got my answer and found it quite amusing.
After downgrading a failed major upgrade on software that we use, I called technical support to see if we could come up with a resolution. As I was put on hold on the technical support line, the automated voice said: “Due to the excitement of release 11 (ahem..bugs), we are experiencing higher than usual call volumes.” Brilliant, I though. I am going to have to keep that one.