Introduction to Hibernate Search
Many Web applications exist to provide access to copious amounts of data stored in a relational database, but what's the easiest way to enable users... more »
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JUnit 4 in 60 Seconds
Fast introduction to Junit 4 testing framework...
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Code review - The meaningless ritual
Most of the time code reviews are a meaningless ritual. Everybody pays lip service to the importance of code reviews and a lot of people, especially... more »
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Persistence in the Enterprise: A Guide to Persistence Technologies
Persistence in the Enterprise is currently the best book out there for a Java developer to learn and also to compare the various persistence... more »
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"Agile on DZone"
Yet another site moved from Digg to DZone.
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Firefox 3 features you may not know
While the awesome bar, download pause and resume, malware protection, the new themes, and serious performance improvements are perhaps the most... more »
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Subversion 1.5 merge-tracking in a nutshell
As I’ve mentioned in other posts, the Subversion project is on the verge of releasing version 1.5, a culmination of nearly two years of work. The... more »
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The Best Java Tools You Never Knew Existed
This is a breakdown of a JavaOne session that I went to that lists heaps of cool Java libraries that you ought to know about along with links and... more »
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SimpleJPA - Java Persistence API for Amazon SimpleDB
SimpleJPA is a Java Persistence API (JPA) implementation for Amazon's SimpleDB. In other words, an object-relational mapping framework for Amazon's... more »
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SUN: please source Java COMM API
From many years yet the JAVA Comm API (a pure JAVA API with a native implementation) that is used to communicate with serial devices is "stagnated".
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Obfuscation and NetBeans
Today I was asked about obfuscation. In fact, the question was "how to obfuscate code in NetBeans". Well, code in NetBeans is like any other Java code... more »
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James Gosling: Closures
There has been a lot of chatter about the closures proposal penned by Neal Gafter. And, in particular, whether or not I support it. I absolutely do.... more »
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How not to pass the SCJP exam
This last Friday I took the Sun Certified Java Programmer exam (Java 5 edition). I am going to talk about the experience, what I would have done... more »
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MySQL GUI Tools
MySQL has released a suite of GUI tools that rival Microsoft’s offerings for a RDBMS management studio. And bonus: They’re cross-platform.
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Red Hat and Sun Collaborate to Advance Open Source Java Technology
Red Hat, the world's leading provider of open source solutions, today announced an agreement with Sun Microsystems to advance open source Java™... more »
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So Long Apple. The Party's Over
I think we've been quite loyal to Apple. But as of today, that's all changing for me. Today I am saying "so long Apple. The party's over."
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Slides for Seam talk at the New England JUG
I gave a 2-hour talk on JBoss Seam in the New England Java User’s Group last Thursday. Although the talk was at the same night as a crucial game for... more »
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Jarminator: simple java JARs examinator.
Jarminator helps browsing the content of multiple JARs individually or explores all their packages joined together. Both JAR files and folders may be... more »
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Programming Can Ruin Your Life
There are many essays and articles extolling the virtues of becoming a great programmer. You’ll have a sharp mind, great abstract reasoning skills,... more »
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Java Puzzlers on Video, from Google
Those of you who attend JavaOne will know Josh Bloch, Neal Gafter and Bill Pugh's series of highly entertaining Java Puzzlers. Now, for the first... more »
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Why you'll never see an iMac on my desk
With the release of the new iMac yesterday I thought it would be appropriate to vent my frustration with the product. Now before you start flaming me... more »
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Google Web Toolkit - Getting Started Screencast
In this screencast tutorial you are going to see how to setup and use the Google Web Toolkit (GWT). This tutorial covers installation, basic concepts,... more »
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Search the JDK Documentation easily
Here's a custom Google Search Engine that searches the entire JDK Documentation. You can even specify which version of the JDK you're targeting. Great... more »
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Struts 2 Ajax based Login application
Here you will learn how to develop Login application using Ajax (DOJO) in struts 2. Struts 2 Ajax support actually makes the development of Ajax based... more »
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Using the Singleton pattern in Java
The Java Singleton pattern belongs to the family of design patterns that govern the instantiation process. A Singleton is an object that cannot be... more »
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