Jack Slocum: Ext JS License change and personal attacks
Is it fair that some people who don’t know me at all seem to pass judgement on me as if they do? The people who know me know that for me, it’s not... more »
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Substance (Swing) Sightings Volume 2
The first volume of Substance sightings was published last August and featured four Swing media-oriented applications. The purpose of this series is... more »
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Google's Problem
Even though Google has the coolness of Apple Inc., the worldwide following of MicroSoft, and the quality of Toyota, Google has at least one major... more »
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Spring: How to Create Decoupled Swing Components
The Spring Framework's applicability in the context of Swing seems to be underhighlighted, at least when one looks around on the web. What does Spring... more »
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The list of mine top 6 AJAX Solutions For Professional Coding
Who has used Flickr, GMail, Google Suggest, or Google Maps will realize that a new breed of dynamic web applications is emerging.Similar to... more »
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GridGain - How It All Got Started
So, how did it all get started?
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6 steps to successful Continuous Integration
In early seventies, when computer aided projects become bigger and bigger, more independent companies were involved. After few months of development... more »
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Is UML on the way out?
One of the presenters at QCon (I think it was John Davies) asked the audience whether they used UML 2.0 and only a couple of people raised their... more »
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Hosting Java Web Applications: Why Is It Still So Hard?
Hosting Java Web applications is far from trivial. The article explores the currently available options and a possible ray of hope.
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Generics, Inversion of Control and Repository
Whenever I stray off the beaten path of Java generics, I instantly miss C#’s generics implementation. Earlier today, Java’s type erasure erased a few... more »
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Upgrade to WordPress 2.5 in 5 Minutes Flat
WordPress 2.5 is out with tons of sexy new features and a super slick layout. I was hesitant even though it looked really hot. Until I found probably... more »
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My thoughts about OSGi on JavaWorld
Transcript of interview with Sébastien Arbogast about OSGi, JSR 277, etc.
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10 Ways to Learn New Things in Development
Expanding upon one of the topics in my post about 5 Attributes of Highly Effective Developers, I’ve been thinking of various ways to kick-start... more »
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Twitter as a way to generate nice passwords
An interesting idea for password generation.
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Java Technology Concept Map
The Java Technology Concept Map 1.0 is an interactive diagram, a web of linked terms, to show the relationships among and uses of the Java... more »
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Doug Lea is a grandfather of all Scala Actors
What kind of exciting stuff can be done with Scala Actors? Is there something that you can get done in Scala that you can't get done in Java? We will... more »
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Unit Testing the Database Tier
Why unit testing database dependent code is so problematic, and suggestions as to how to enable it both technically and socially.
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Continuous integration strategies
A detailed follow up about the future of continuous integration. It is almost an illustrated guide about branching patterns and integration... more »
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Identifying Top Developers
Most companies realize that having top-notch software developers can have a significant impact on the success of their software projects. So how do... more »
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Relevance - A Serious Competitor for Spring
Relevance Inc., a leading provider of enterprise Ruby application development, today announced the closing of a $3.6 million Series A investment from... more »
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Google releases GWT for JavaScript 2
GWT is a lot more than a client side framework that allows you to write code in Java. It is a productivity tool that lets you developer and test a... more »
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Eclipse Announces Next Generation Platform, e4, is Now Available
Today, Eclipse has announced the immediate availability of the next major release of the Eclipse platform, code named e4. e4, which is supported on... more »
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65 Resources for Grid-Based Design
A collection of tools, article, tutorials, galleries, and more for designers that use grids or want to learn more about designing with grids.
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Release notes for Eclipse 3.4M6
Eclipse 3.4 M6 is out, with big changes to the install/update functionality (Equinox Provisioning Platform, dubbed p2), new API tooling in PDE,... more »
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Is There a Place for OSGi in Enterprise Application Development? (Part 1)
In this two-part article, Aslam Khan, technical director of PBT Group, a software consultancy based in South Africa, introduces you to OSGi and... more »
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