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Book Giveaway & Exclusive Chapter Download: Flex 3 in Action

DZone and Manning Publications have partnered to bring you an exclusive chapter from 'Flex 3 in Action' (by Tariq Ahmed). This chapter covers ActionScript's...

2 replies - 1065 views - 11/16/09 by lyndsey in Articles

Essential JavaFX

Essential JavaFX is a well written introduction to JavaFX. It is written in a conversational style and there's lots of diagrams and screen shots to break up the text and show you the results of...

5 replies - 3058 views - 09/25/09 by Burk Hufnagel in Book Reviews

Programming Complexity - Art, Engineering or Monkey Work?

Aside from the fact that Oracle's Java Problem contains all kinds of factual and other errors (see the comments on the post) this sentence caught my eye in...

8 replies - 4537 views - 05/01/09 by Scott Leberknight in News

Win Your Copy: Practical API Design: Confessions of a Java Framework Architect

“Practical API Design” is divided into three parts:In part one, Jaroslav describes the theories underlying his approach to API design and his reasons for writing “another design book.” This...

18 replies - 3584 views - 03/28/09 by Burk Hufnagel in Book Reviews

OpenEdit Digital Asset Management v5.2014

Open source OpenEdit is the most feature rich platform for Digital Asset Management.About OpenEdit Digital Asset Management: Open source OpenEdit is the most...

0 replies - 1217 views - 01/21/09 by julier in Announcements

Being a Better Programmer #3: Ahab and the White Whale Snippet

As developers, we solve problems for a living. We spend our hours at work fixing things, testing things, troubleshooting things. It gives one a great sense of...

3 replies - 2684 views - 08/20/08 by CollinCusce in Articles

The Productive Programmer

Chapter 1 is the introduction, and in it Neal explains what productivity is and why he felt the need to write a book on how to improve it. This is followed by a nifty example of a tip that anyone can...

0 replies - 6007 views - 08/15/08 by Burk Hufnagel in Book Reviews

Dragging Graphical Nodes in JavaFX: Examples by Silveira

Featured at the finale of the I Hear Voices: Post JavaFX SDK Preview Release post, Silveira Neto is a CS student, CEJUG member and Sun Campus Ambassador at...

0 replies - 1774 views - 08/12/08 by Jim Weaver in Articles

Being a Better Programmer #2: Don’t Be a Missionary

I've spoken a great deal thus far about the importance of knowing when black and white thinking is helpful and when it's harmful. For most people, it's easy...

0 replies - 5461 views - 07/17/08 by CollinCusce in Articles

Fractal Programming

This is a continuation of my previous posts describing layers of code written in different programming languages. I have thought about the things involved for...

0 replies - 5869 views - 06/03/08 by olabini in News

Can Automation Aid Manual Testing? An Interview with Jonathan Kohl

 Since 1998, Jonathan Kohl has worked on a variety of software development projects, mostly as a software tester. During that time he has developed many...

0 replies - 2498 views - 04/07/08 by Bruce Daley in News