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Why should I contribute to a FAQ?
To help others learn
To help make the community better
To show off your knowledge
To become famous for your expertise
Can I become a FAQ manager?
Perhaps! Do you have what it takes?!? Are you an acknowledged expert in a technical topic area that
is interesting and useful to developers? Are you willing and able
to build up and maintain th...more
Could you describe the architecture behind jGuru.com: JSP, Servlets, database, servers, transactions etc...?
[Updated Nov 20, 2002 to remove old description and point at some articles. TJP]
jGuru.com Case-Study.
Little Nybbles of Development Wisdom.more
How are FAQ submissions approved?
Submissions are periodically reviewed by the FAQ manager. The manager tries to check for appropriateness, correctness, formatting, spelling, grammar, etc. Submissions that are too specific to the ...more
What makes a good FAQ answer?
A good answer is one that fully answers the question and provides
links to other material if appropriate. Code snippets are great, but
should have associated explanatory text. Please make sure t...more
What makes a good FAQ question?
We are trying to build a resource the whole community
can use. The best questions are ones that, when answered, will help
others. We are not offering a technical support service -- we cannot
desig...more
I had a FAQ submission approved, and can see the page for it on the site, but don't see it listed with other new FAQ entries, what's going on?
This is an artifact of our database caching
mechanism. The viewing of a single entry uses
a scheme that is always fresh whereas queries like:
"show me all recent FAQ entries" are updat...more
What is a FAQ manager and what do they do?
A FAQ manager is a jGuru.com employee or
external contributor that moderates and edits
the FAQ questions and answers you submit. They also
control the topic names for that FAQ.
They normally ha...more
How can I contribute to a FAQ?
All you have to do is go to:
http://www.jguru.com/jguru/faq/submit.jsp to submit
a FAQ entry (question and answer) or you can go to
http://www.jguru.com/jguru/faq/orphan_submit.jsp to submit
a F...more
Are jGuru's FAQs Java-specific?
The jGuru FAQs are mostly Java-specific, but we have
FAQs on UML/Patterns, XML, and on tools for doing
your job in Java such as VisualAge For Java.
How are new FAQ's created?
When enough FAQ entries are submitted or
gathered to warrant a new FAQ, we will create one with
with an appropriate root topic to group
the entries.
Entries that are not currently assigned to a ...more
Can I edit my FAQ entry after it has been approved?
There currently is no direct support to edit an approved FAQ. If you would like to change a previously approved answer, or do not agree with the answer, submit feedback on the FAQ and the FAQ mana...more
What are the guidelines for question and answer text? Can I format my text and should I use HTML?
The best questions are ones that, when answered, will help others. We are not offering a technical support service -- we cannot design your application, debug your code or solve your...more
How can I schedule a Java program on Solaris (UNIX) so that the program should automatically run at a specified time?
To schedule jobs in UNIX use the cron facility. Do a man on cron to find out how.
How can I contact the FAQ manager?
You can send mail to producer@jguru.com and the producer
will contact the manager. We don't yet have a method
for you to send email without exposing the email address
of the FAQ manager, so we're...more