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What would happen to Java if Sun…

Submitted by Anonymous 2004-10-06 Java 57 Comments

This article discusses a topic that is often discussed among Java developers, and raised as a problem with Java's license by GPL advocates. What would happen to Java if Sun were to go out of business or be aquired by another company? Unfortunately, the article really doesn't give any answers. It only raises more questions and leaves room for lots of discussion.

Trove Java collection classes, a performance dream or Nightmare?

Eugenia Loli 2004-10-04 Java 7 Comments

Trove, an open source Java collection package, provides an efficient alternative to the core Java collection classes, especially for implementing collections whose keys or values are primitive types.

Bundling Java/SWT Applications for Mac OS X

Submitted by Nathan Callender 2004-10-01 Java 8 Comments

There are several ways to package a Java/SWT application on Mac OS X. However, if you want your application to look and feel like a native Mac OS X application, you will want to opt for creating an application bundle. Read more to learn how to bundle your Java/SWT application.

Java 2 Standard Edition 5 is out

Submitted by Sanjaya Sugiarto 2004-09-30 Java 44 Comments

Sun just launched the long-waited J2SE 5. Some screenshots for the new Ocean L&F here and here and also here. Moreover, Netbeans 4.0 Beta 2 is also ready to be tested.

Eclipse 3.0.1 Released

Eugenia Loli 2004-09-28 Java 23 Comments

Eclipse is a kind of universal tool platform - an open extensible IDE for anything and nothing in particular. This is a maintenance release to fix serious defects present in the previous release. These changes only affect some plug-ins and features.

New desktop features in Java Tiger

Submitted by Anonymous 2004-09-28 Java 59 Comments

In this article, Chet Hasse talks about some of the new features of Tiger (Java 1.5) intended for programmers of desktop applicatons. Some of the highlights include OpenGL rendering for accelerated graphics capabilities, and hardware accelerated image copies have been extended to all image methods with no programmer intervention required for hardware accelerated copies to be used when they can be used. CUPS support and printing of JTable objects has also been added, along with several other major desktop enhancements.

Create Java agents with Eclipse for Lotus Notes

Eugenia Loli 2004-09-22 Java 2 Comments

For a Notes developer who has to deliver well-written applications that provide solid Java code, Eclipse delivers debugging, refactoring, and source control. This article shows you how to take advantage of the Eclipse IDE to develop Java agents for Lotus Notes/Domino.

Programming With Potent XMLBeans

Eugenia Loli 2004-09-19 Java 3 Comments

On the XML and Java technology frontier, where numerous technologies jostle for space, XMLBeans is making a mark for itself in a very short time. This article introduces the technology with a simple example, takes you through the step-by-step process of compilation and binding, and discusses advanced features like XML cursors, tokens, and XQuery expressions. It also discusses how XMLBeans is more powerful than other XML-Java technology data binding techniques.

BlueJ 2.0 Released

Eugenia Loli 2004-09-18 Java 9 Comments

BlueJ is an interactive Java development environment. It provides a unique user interface that presents a graphical display of the application classes and their relationships, and it lets users interactively create objects of any class. This 2.0 release adds support for J2SE 5.0, full diagram keyboard navigation, editor improvements, interface improvements, a new text evaluation pane, improved jar file creation, and many other improvements and bugfixes.

A developer’s guide to evaluating Eclipse vs. JBuilder

Eugenia Loli 2004-09-17 Java 14 Comments

Many programmers are moving to Eclipse, the popular, open source development environment. For programmers familiar with Borland's free JBuilder X Foundation edition, this article starts with a brief comparison of both IDEs' features, ease of use, and stability, and then demonstrates essential tasks in Eclipse -- and shows how they differ from JBuilder -- so you can decide if Eclipse is right for you.

JRuby is a priceless addition to Java development

Eugenia Loli 2004-09-13 Java 12 Comments

JRuby combines the object-oriented strength of Smalltalk, the expressiveness of Perl, and the flexibility of the Java class libraries into a single, efficient rapid development framework for the Java platform. This article introduces JRuby, a sophisticated addition to your Java development toolbox.

JDemo: Interactive Testing Refactored; Mac Rendezvous with Java

Eugenia Loli 2004-09-12 Java 2 Comments

Today's software development is unthinkable without automated testing; e.g., writing unit tests using the JUnit framework. Read the article here. Also, with Apple's release of the Java source code for Rendezvous, developers can create Rendezvous-enabled applications for other platforms, as well as Mac. Michael Brewer shows you how.

A developer’s guide to evaluating Eclipse vs. Netbeans

Eugenia Loli 2004-09-10 Java 33 Comments

By now, most Java programmers have heard of Eclipse, the extensible open source development platform that is rapidly becoming the most popular IDE for Java programming. If you are considering a move to Eclipse and are currently programming with Netbeans, this article is for you.

IBM’s Method Scheduler for J2EE, Servlets and JSP

Submitted by 2004-09-08 Java 9 Comments

IBMs new Method Scheduler for Java (MS4J) is a scheduler component that allows developers to execute methods on Java objects asynchronously and/or repeatedly. MS4J can increase Web application page response times by performing certain input/output (I/O) operations (such as database updates) asynchronously, in parallel with or after page delivery to the client.

Java J2SE 5.0 Release Candidate

Submitted by Cetixx 2004-09-02 Java 32 Comments

Sun released Java J2SE 5.0 Release Candidate 1, while NetBeans was releasing v4.0b today.

Creating Custom Desktop Components

Eugenia Loli 2004-08-17 Java 36 Comments

Swing provides a complete set of standard GUI components, ranging from simple buttons and text fields to feature-rich tables, trees, and text editors. This article presents a drawing component used by an image-annotation application named JImaging.

Using the SOAP Protocol with Java

Eugenia Loli 2004-08-15 Java 11 Comments

When you're through with this chapter, you'll know not only how to use SOAP straight out of the box but also how to extend SOAP to support your diverse and changing needs. You'll have also followed the development of a meaningful e-commerce Web service in Java.

IBM provides RIB tool for Swing and Eclipse GUIs

Submitted by gham 2004-08-10 Java 22 Comments

The IBM Reflexive User Interface Builder (RIB) is an application that constructs and renders graphical user interfaces (GUIs) for Java Swing and Eclipse Standard Widget Toolkit (SWT) based upon a descriptive XML document. Arranged in this way, RIB can create and render GUIs based solely upon the information in an XML document. See new developer article on RIB that shows you how to Build Java GUIs simply and quickly.

Groovy forever changes the way that you view Java

Eugenia Loli 2004-08-08 Java 35 Comments

Whereas the Java language has won over an entire generation of programmers with its commitment to exactitude and extensiveness, Groovy heralds a new era of programming on the Java platform, one defined by convenience, expedience, and agility. This article shares an informal introduction to the proposed addition to the standard programming languages for the Java platform.

What’s the big deal about Cloudscape anyway?

Submitted by Frank 2004-08-05 Java 7 Comments

IBM Cloudscape is an open standards small footprint database that tightly embeds into Java apps.