Beyond XML and JSON: YAML for Java Developers
Get a high-level introduction to the YAML file format for Java developers. Find out how it differs from XML and JSON and examine its relative... more »
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Spring Rich Client - Part 2
Let us do some more basics with the “Spring Rich Client” 1.0.0 (SpringRC). Although it is time to give an overview of the entire architecture I won’t... more »
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Java Tip: Simplify Spring Apps with @Autowired
The Spring framework is a popular choice for Java developers due to its combination of power and simplicity. Spring is many things, but at its core,... more »
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NetBeans 6.1 Tutorial | Creating a Java Client for del.icio.us RESTful Web Services
del.icio.us is a bookmarking service where you can save, share your favorite/useful URL's. It has a REST API: http://del.icio.us/help/api/. Using... more »
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ZK vs. Ajax JSF Components: Simplicity Matters!
ZK vs. Ajax JSF Components: Simplicity Matters!
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Apache Hadoop Wins Terabyte Sort Benchmark
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One of Yahoo's Hadoop clusters sorted 1 terabyte of data in 209 seconds, which beat the previous record of 297 seconds in the annual general purpose... more »
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Discover Java and Eclipse by playing CodeRuler
CodeRuler gives users the opportunity to pit their Java programming skills against other players in a medieval world of conquest. Each player writes a... more »
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Rolling a JRuby desktop application
Atomic Object has been developing several JRuby desktop applications over the last year. I just got finished writing up how we transform a JRuby... more »
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Java theory and practice: Going wild with generics, Part 2
Wildcards can be very confusing when it comes to generics in the Java language, and one of the most common mistakes is to fail to use one of the two... more »
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JUnit vs TestNG a testing smackdown
Most developers know JUnit. Some know TestNG. You know you sjould write unit tests...but which should you choose? If you already have a suite of... more »
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Jt - Java Pattern Oriented Framework
Jt2.6 has been released. Jt is a pattern oriented framework for the rapid implementation of Java applications. Jt has been utilized in several large... more »
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Invoking Win32 API and Activex Components (Com dlls) from Java Part 1
Invoke Win 32 APIs from java without writing any native code.
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Tomcat Today, GlassFish Tomorrow?
While there are indeed several advantages to using GlassFish vs. Tomcat, it's probably useful to know that Sun is the original creator of Tomcat and... more »
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Flex Supports Spring - Are You Ready to Skip Web 2.0?
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We’ve a lot of experiences now with Web 2.0 technologies based on AJAX and JSF. Although, we hold pretty modern, almost standards-based stuff in our... more »
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Coding Challenges
Are you a fan of coding challenges? I'm certainly not, but Cedric Beust posted a little coding challenge on his blog and I tried to solve it with... more »
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Clustered Scala Actors
The first thing to do was to come up with a sample problem. After some thought, I settled on writing a parallel Fold implementation. As a quick recap:... more »
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Game Programming Crash Course (for J2ME)
A thorough tutorial for introducing people to game programming and J2ME (no Java experience required!). Explained in great detail and clear language.... more »
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Update for Java vs C benchmark
This update compares the performance for some numerical benchmarks for Sun's JVM, IBM's JVM, Excelsior JET 6.4 and 6.0, Apache Harmony M6, LLVM 2.3... more »
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BEA gets last laugh on Oracle app server
In Oracle's world nothing changes, everything stays the same and no products ever die. Except those things that get "converged" or downgraded.
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Multithreaded Server in Java
This is text no. 3 in a series on implementing multithreaded servers in Java. So far the trail discusses a singlethreaded and a simple multithreaded... more »
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Pivot: A Practical Example, Part 1: UI Markup Using WTKX
This is the first in a series of five articles that walk through the implementation of a simple but practical Pivot application called Stock Tracker.... more »
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Java: readability and some FP
There are cases where functional style is the most appropriate, and among these cases are those where it can be used in java without sacrificing... more »
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It’s ok to wet yourself every once in awhile
Dan North, the veritable progenitor of behavior driven development (or BDD), recently blogged about unnecessary DRYness (meaning don’t repeat... more »
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5 Minute Guide To Selenium IDE and Selenium Remote Control (Java) Test Tools
A simple introduction to Selenium testing tools.
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