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The Best Java Tools You Never Knew Existed

I was at an awesome presentation at JavaOne of the long tail of Java tools that not many people have come across, which I had to share. So, in no particular...

8 replies - 6947 views - 05/12/08 by Jakub Korab in Articles

An Inconvenient Truth: A Global Software Crisis

Every project manager or project sponser would love to have a model that churned out the probability of a project succeeding or failing. We may never achieve...

0 replies - 2411 views - 05/08/08 by Aslam Khan in Articles

When Should You Jump? JSR 308. That's When.

One of the frequently asked questions at the No Fluff, Just Stuff expert panels boils down to, "When should I get off the Java train?" There may be...

13 replies - 2913 views - 05/08/08 by Michael Nygard in Articles

A Simple OSGi Service

Lately, I’ve been experimenting more with OSGi, and I want to share some of the examples I’ve put together. The examples involve Felix, Spring Dynamic...

2 replies - 2863 views - 04/29/08 by Kirk Knoernschild in Articles

Is the Expansion of JavaFX Too Late?

JavaFX will be getting some more spotlight at this year's JavaONE conference. But is it too little, too late? A year has passed since the initial...

27 replies - 3203 views - 04/24/08 by James Sugrue in Articles

Emergent Design: The Evolutionary Nature of Professional Software Development

Software development projects are notoriously late. We still have difficulty living up to promised releases.

0 replies - 1991 views - 04/24/08 by James Sugrue in Articles

Where Did That Code Snippet Come From?

Have you ever wondered where that code snippet that saved the project (again!) came from? It's probably not a question you'd ask yourself when it's resulted in...

4 replies - 3575 views - 04/18/08 by James Sugrue in Articles

Looking Forward to JPA 2.0

The Java Persistence API (JPA), version 1.0, released in May 2006 as part of the Java EE 5 platform, represented a significant leap forward for architects and...

18 replies - 10392 views - 04/17/08 by Mike Keith in Articles

First Class Commercial Support for Spring Development

Recently I met up with Neelan Choksi, Chief Operating Officer at SpringSource, to discuss their first commercial product offering targeted at large enterprises...

1 replies - 2429 views - 04/16/08 by James Sugrue in Articles

Jetty: Rising Star of Server-Side Java?

Light and fast seems to be a recipe for success for Jetty these days, giving new life to server side applications in Java. As more and more developers realize...

6 replies - 4729 views - 04/14/08 by James Sugrue in Articles

The Biggest Loser's Next Contestant: Java Bloatware

If the tech community were to host their own version of the popular TV show The Biggest Loser (or maybe Celebrity Fit Club) you would see enterprise Java front...

3 replies - 2557 views - 04/11/08 by Rod Johnson in Articles

RIA Development Made Simple with Appcelerator and Eclipse

Appcelerator, a Rich Internet Application (RIA) vendor for SOA-based applications, recently released RIA Developer, an Eclipse plug-in that makes it easy for...

0 replies - 2826 views - 04/08/08 by James Sugrue in Articles

Java Jobs in Decline? Not So Fast!

If you read Tom H's recent posting on Java Programmer Trends, then you may have the feeling that all is not well in the Java jobs marketplace. From a peak in...

27 replies - 6560 views - 04/07/08 by James Sugrue in Articles

TSSJS: Java pandits usher in the age of multilingual programming

Reporting from TheServerSide Java Symposium last week, eWEEK reporter Daryl Taft sat in on a keynote presented by renowned book author, blogger and consultant...

1 replies - 873 views - 03/30/08 by Nitin Bharti in Articles

Interview: Authors of Head First Software Development

A brand new book on Software Development was recently released by O'Reilly, titled Head First Software Development. I had the opportunity to review the book...

0 replies - 1671 views - 03/21/08 by Meera Subbarao in Articles