StringBuffer vs. StringBuilder performance comparison
Even if the StringBuilder was around for a while now, many people still use StringBuffer in single threaded applications... So StringBuilder is... more »
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5 Things I Like Better about Visual Studio then NetBeans
I have been using Visual Studio since it first came out and have been big fan of it for quite a few years. Until just recently it had no real... more »
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Java Riddle: Static Members in Inner Classes?
Here's something that can annoy the most experienced Java developers and is guaranteed to make people to mumble in job interviews (if that's your... more »
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This Time Last Year...
As a recent member of 30s club I decided to compare a few things with last year. This time last year I was just starting a new project and a new... more »
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Ubuntu to get open-source Java heart implant
Canonical has been in talks with Sun Microsystems and SpringSource to support one of their open source Java application server stacks in the Ubuntu... more »
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OFX4J: Java Web Service APIs for Interfacing with Financial Institutions
OFX4J is a Java implementation of Open Financial Exchange, which defines web service APIs for interfacing with financial institutions. The OFX4J... more »
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How to become a good developer?
I was asked through this blog how to become a good developers. I think this is the question that many beginners want to ask. For every question there... more »
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Javadoc Documentation Inheritance
Documentation inheritance? It sounds like an idea from a person on drugs with a serious sleep deprivation. Never the less, it turns out in practice to... more »
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Eclipse-free OSGi
Most articles about OSGi are based on an Eclipse implementation, or at least refer to it in some way. In this post, JavaWorld blogger Oleg Mikheev... more »
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If JavaFX is a flop will you...
What will you do if JavaFX bombs, now is your chance to say your say.
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Inside the Cloud: 9 Sectors to Watch
Interesting categorization of cloud-enablers and leading vendors
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Don’t Get Burned When the Cloud Goes Down
Yesterday, Amazon’s S3 cloud storage service went down for the second time this year, bringing a swathe of web 2.0 sites down with it. Sites and apps... more »
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Have startups run out of ideas?
Paul Graham - the brains behind the early-stage web incubator project Y Combinator - has published something like a manifesto of ideas for startups he... more »
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Maven and MyEclipse Webinar (free, of course)
This Wednesday, MyEclipse will host a FREE webinar that will explore the latest features of MyEclipse 6.5, specifically Maven4MyEclipse.
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A Programming Job Interview Challenge #13 - Brackets
Your input is a string which is composed from bracket characters. The allowed characters are:’(', ‘)’, ‘['. ']‘, ‘{’, ‘}’, ‘’. Your mission is to... more »
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IntelliJ IDEA 7.0.x sucks
I have been a die hard IDEA fan for the last 6 years. I'm sorry to say that I've had the worst experience with IDEA 7.0.x out of all IDEA versions.... more »
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The clouds are coming
My notes from CloudCamp conference on cloud computing, held last week in London.
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SECURITY WARNING: be careful when you install Adobe AIR applications
How installing the new version of Twhirl can be dangerous
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Using Generics and Anonymous Methods to your advantage - a recursive alternative
Awhile ago, I was conversing with someone about the features of the newer .Net Framework versions. One of the features mentioned was generics. My... more »
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Smalltalk to Java - My Learnings
Differences/similarities of Smalltalk vs Java.
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JSR 296 in coma ?
I’ve been checking the upcoming features of Java 7 and found a cool detailed list here. Also, some Java One 2008 slides from Danny Coward’s... more »
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Swing links of the week: July 20, 2008
Here are some Swing links that you might have missed during this week:
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Amazon’s S3 Web Service, our #1 cause of failure
Using Amazon’s S3 has about the same cost and complexity as hosting the images ourselves, but we had thought that the reliability of Amazon would be... more »
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More Amazon S3 Downtime: How Much is Too Much?
Today's big news is that Amazon's S3 online storage service has experienced significant downtime. Allen Stern, who hosts his blog's images on S3,... more »
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Amazon S3 outage: Almost 7 hours and counting
Today has been a bad day for many web-sites and startups across the Internet. The reason? An Amazon S3 outage, which started some 7 hours ago (around... more »
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