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Beyond IBM's tutorial: Suggestions for creating a profile in WAS 6.0

If you’re getting some odd messages from WebSphere Application Server (WAS) 6.0 when you try to publish a page, try the following:

1. Remove your project from your server
2. Delete the server
3. Add a new server (right click in the server window, then choose New > Server)
4. Add your project to the server
5. Publish

“Tech transfer”: Making the transition from school to work

I’ve learned a few lessons since graduating with a computer science degree, and beginning my first job in the tech industry with Platinum Solutions. Here are the five best tips I can offer:

1. Don’t work in a cave

UML observations: Consolidation and collaboration

I've been working in parallel with two other developers on creating sequence diagrams from use cases. What follows are merely some experiential observations, I'm by no means a UML subject matter expert!