The Ghost of OpenGL 3.0
OpenGL 3.0 seems to become more and more of a promise that’s bound to be broken; like a friend who promises you to give back the money you loaned him,... more »
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Poll Results: What Javascript Library Do You Use?
…and the jQ’s have it! The the time of this writing over 1500 people have responded to our latest poll “What Javascript Library Do You Use?” making it... more »
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I want enums in PHP
I'm currently working about equally in PHP and Java. I can't say I've fallen in love with Java. But Java does have a feature or two that would be... more »
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The hidden value of processing.js
The ever wonderful John Resig finally posted his totally awesome processing.js code to the web. If you haven’t seen it, you should go take a look. The... more »
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Pimping Builds
Cool ways to tweak your Ant and Maven builds from the "Pimp My Build" session at JavaOne.
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Should you really learn another language?
Blogger Gustavo Duarte cursed in church when he said that learning new programming languages is often a waste of time. He initially called his post,... more »
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invokedynamic: Is It What We Really Need?
invokedynamic from prospective of Groovy Core Developer
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inputEx — a YUI-based Forms Utility
Parisian coder Eric Abouaf (aka “Neyric”) released version 0.1.0 of his YUI-based forms library, inputEx.
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JavaOne: Extreme Innovation (or James Goslings Showcase) Part 1 of 2
In a week that now seems to have raced by in a blur, the main hall at the Moscone Center was packed to capacity as you would expect when James Gosling... more »
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Sorting Algorithms Demo
We all know that Quicksort is one of the fastest algorithms for sorting. It's not often, however, that we get a chance to see exactly how fast... more »
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Business Natural Languages Development in Ruby
Jay Fields presents his concept of Business Natural Languages (BNL). BNLs are a type of Domain Specific Language, designed to be readable by any... more »
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JavaOne Update - Day Three
It is simply amazing how many people and how much energy is at JavaOne. All of the movers and shakers of the industry are here to give out sage words... more »
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Encryption of strings in Cold Fusion
Simple tutorian on CFM encryption
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Reading Microsoft Word Document in JAVA
When it comes to reading Microsoft Office Word document Java does not have any in build classes to handle this but Apache POI Package developed by... more »
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JavaOne: Concurrent garbage collectors
This talk was by Gil Tene and Michael Wolf from Azul. Azul has their own concurrent garbage collector although this talk focused mostly on the ideas... more »
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Web Frameworks: Comfort vs. Expediency?
Two nights ago I had a conversation with Craig McLanahan, among others, in a slightly dubious sports bar near the JavaOne conference site. When the... more »
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Adobe Flex Coding Convention Document Triggered Discussions
On April 18, 2008, Adobe released its Flex SDK coding conventions and best practices. Adobe's Flex Team explained that the new conventions, “. . . lay... more »
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How to import Excel file into JTable
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Here are three way to do this. Use "JTableReadTableModelTask " to do this. ( recommended ) Use "ReadTableModelTask" to do this Use ModelIO to do... more »
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Next-Generation Object-Oriented Databases: An Interview with db4objects' Anat Gafni
Object-oriented databases complement relational databases in important ways, says Anat Gafni, VP of Engineering at db4objects, the company behind the... more »
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Why are you still not using Hudson?
This week Hudson was awarded the Duke’s Choice Award in the Developer Solutions category at JavaOne. In the space of a couple of years, Hudson has... more »
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The coolest thing I saw at JavaOne 2008 was...
...the Livescribe Smartpen, which comes with a Java-based development kit. The pen is cool: it's a pen with ink, but it also has a tiny camera in... more »
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4 Principles of Not Wasting Time
There are so many postings out there on all sorts of blogs about how not to waste time that I’m not sure I can contribute something very meaningful... more »
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Friday Java Quiz: What's Your Favorite Java 7 Feature..
Like in past years, I'm following JavaOne from afar. All I have access to are the general sessions and attendee's blog reactions to specific sessions... more »
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47+ Excellent Ajax CSS Forms
Sometimes it can be a challenge designing a form that provides great functionality, while not loosing its visual appeal. Check out some great ideas to... more »
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Power of Interface in Java
What is the power of "Interface" in Java and support your answer with a practical example which could be understood by most Java programmers?
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