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James Sugrue01/14/10
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Java 6 Update 18: Now With Windows 7 Support

Java 6 Update 18 is now available for download. One of the main features of this release is the inclusion of support for Windows 7. Along with an impressive list of bug fixes, the update includes performance improvements, an update to JavaDB and the inclusion...

Peter ___01/14/10
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Test-Driven Teaching – Object Oriented Programming

In the previous sections we learned how to create a simple Java program and tested it.

Damian Bradicich01/14/10
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Writing a Nexus Plugin Using m2eclipse

In this post, I’m going to walk you through the process of creating a new Nexus plugin using the m2eclipse plugin for eclipse from start to finish including all steps in the process. After reading this post you will know about the easiest way to...

Carl Dea01/14/10
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JavaFX – A Poor Man’s Form Designer

Software developers who build form based applications will often struggle with positioning controls dynamically while a window resizes. This is better known as “Layout Management”. Many developers will rely on GUI builders that provide a...

Mitch Pronschinske01/14/10
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JavaFX Composer a Big Step for JavaFX?

Released for early access back in December, the JavaFX Composer is a new visual editor plugin for NetBeans 6.8 (similar to Project Matisse for Swing) that uses components in the JavaFX SDK. DZone recently interviewed the JavaFX Tools QA Team lead at Sun...

Mitch Pronschinske01/13/10
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Eclipse Could Lead the OSGi Movement with dmServer

VMWare's SpringSource recently made two major announcements regarding its OSGi based Java application server. First, they announced the arrival of the 2.0 version with a new shell and Admin Console. Spring's second, more pivotal announcement, revealed...

Viral Patel01/13/10
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Struts 2 Tutorial: Introduction to Struts 2 Framework

Let us begin Part 1 of 7-parts series tutorials on Struts 2 Framework. In these tutorials we will discuss the Introduction of Struts2 framework, validation framework, the interceptors in struts 2, tiles plugin and its application with example, a file upload...

Geertjan Wielenga01/13/10
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Video: Paradoxes of API Design

A lecture on API design given by Jaroslav Tulach (NetBeans API lead architect, founder of the NetBeans project, and author of Practical API Design: Confessions of a Java Framework Architect) in Linz, Austria earlier this year.

Kirk Knoernschild01/13/10
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Fun With Modules

Tight coupling between modules is a bad idea, and the worst form of coupling is cyclic dependencies between modules. Fortunately, there are a few techniques we can use to break the cycles. They are Callback, Escalation, and Demotion, and I’m going to walk...

Ricky Ho01/13/10
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Notes on Oracle Coherence

Oracle Coherence is a distributed cache that functionally comparable to Memcached. On top of the basic cache API function, it has some additional capabilities that is attractive for building large scale enterprise applications.The API is based on a Java Map...

Mitch Pronschinske01/13/10
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Apache Takes Newcomers Under its Wing

In an effort to centralize developer resources and help newcomers to open source, the Apache Software Foundation recently launched the Community Developer project. So far, the project includes plans for a mentoring program, a "Newbie FAQ", and...

Mitch Pronschinske01/12/10
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Coder's Game: The Queue ICPC Challenge Problem

The online battle for coding supremacy is ready to begin. The 2010 Queue ICPC Challenge, which begins this week, is a programming competition based on the ACM-ICPC (International Collegiate Programming Competition) Challenge problem. This challenge,...

Alex Maier01/12/10
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Apache Portals Simplifies Releases with Nexus Staging Suite

In this guest post, Ate Douma, Lead Architect at Hippo, Apache member, and committer for the Apache Portals project, discusses how Nexus Professional’s Staging Suite is used to support open source projects such as Apache Jetspeed.

Mitch Pronschinske01/12/10
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Terracotta 3.2 and Quartz EX Unleashed

Terracotta is keeping its foot on the gas pedal in 2010. Just two months after the acquisition of Quartz, Terracotta announced today the immediate availability of an integrated product. Quartz EX is a new version of the Quartz Java job scheduler that is...

Lyndsey Clevesy01/12/10
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From Waterfall to Agile: An Exclusive Interview with VersionOne's Ian Culling

In this interview, Ian Culling, the CTO at VersionOne, explains how agile methodologies can be liberating for developers. He says, "There's so many...