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RIP…JDK 1.4

Ok, I’m a little early. In one month on Halloween eve, JDK 1.4 will officially enter End of Service Life (EOSL) as part of the Sun end of life policy. JDK...

6 replies - 6922 views - 10/02/08 by Alex Miller in Articles

The Top 10 Things You Should Know About Flex

Flex is getting a lot of buzz lately. A lot of people may be interested in using it just because they’ve heard good things, but they aren’t really sure if...

29 replies - 11426 views - 09/29/08 by Schalk Neethling in News

The Great GWT Roundup

Over the past two months or so we here at the web builder zone, thanks to Manning Publishing, have been publishing a comprehensive series on GWT. We recently...

0 replies - 11401 views - 09/26/08 by Schalk Neethling in News

More Suggestions For Suturing JSF Breach

In turning this problem over in my mind, a few quick suggestions keep holding sway, then a raft of larger potential implications continue to haunt the...

1 replies - 2895 views - 09/25/08 by Rob Williams in News

Using the Java Deployment Toolkit with JavaFX Applets

First, let me apologize for resurrecting the very humble JavaFX program shown below, but I want to keep this example very succinct.  This will enable you to...

6 replies - 4314 views - 09/25/08 by Jim Weaver in Articles

Creating the Perfect Media Player in Java - Part 1

Not a title that is easy to live up to… Well, at least I am going to try. If you are interested I invite you to tag along for the ride. It is going to be...

12 replies - 6045 views - 09/24/08 by Mikael Grev in Articles

Podcast: OSGi and the Enterprise

Ben Hale, SpringSource outlines what OSGi is, where it comes from and who is using it. This talk is a great introduction and primer to OSGi. Ben also...

0 replies - 1903 views - 09/22/08 by James Sugrue in Uncategorized

Podcast: The Future Of Java For Rich Internet Applications

Simon Ritter gives an introduction to JavaFX and discusses where it's going in this podcast recorded at a recent conference. JavaFX was the big news story at...

4 replies - 3560 views - 09/16/08 by James Sugrue in Uncategorized

Using JSF and Flex Components Together

Exadel Fiji extends JavaServer Faces (JSF) by allowing the use of Flex components within a JSF page. Fiji stands for “Flex and JSF Integration.” When using...

5 replies - 55411 views - 09/16/08 by maxkatz in Articles

Vikings and Wizards in JavaFX

I have two objectives for today's article:Continue teaching you how to create UI custom controls in JavaFX.  This lesson is a new addition to the JFX Custom...

4 replies - 2227 views - 09/16/08 by Jim Weaver in Articles

JSF 2.0 New Feature Preview Series (Part 2.2): Resources

This is the third blog in the JSF 2.0 New Feature Preview Series. The previous entry covered packaging of resources.  Now we'll...

4 replies - 3419 views - 09/15/08 by Ryan Lubke in News

Two Useless Java Customs

A couple common Java practices that annoy me. Calling super() in a constructor If you use Eclipse to generate a constructor it will look something like...

12 replies - 5547 views - 09/12/08 by Derek Young in News

Back To Basics With JSF and Ajax

This past week I had the pleasure of attending (and presenting at) the Ajax Experience in San Francisco. The collection of talks were good and the...

0 replies - 5223 views - 09/10/08 by rogerk in Articles

Hudson Project-Based Matrix Security is Out!

One feature that I've been waiting for a long time to see in Hudson is project-level security. To be able to say that certain projects can only be built by...

1 replies - 2310 views - 09/04/08 by John Ferguson Smart in News

JavaFX Applets Meet Google Chrome

In the JFX Custom Nodes category of my blog, graphics designer Mark Dingman of Malden Labs and I have been collaborating on an imaginary Sound Beans...

6 replies - 6669 views - 09/04/08 by Jim Weaver in Articles