Sun's Gosling: Already Plenty of Java 'Harmony' Under the Sun   16 May 2005 20:03 GMT
The open source community may be looking for 'Harmony' but "Father of Java" James Gosling says enterprise Java customers would sooner go "screaming into the hills." Gosling talks to DevX about why Sun is ambivalent about Apache's Harmony, the future of the tools market, and the expectation for a language that will one day eclipse Java.
Source: DevX

Execute EJB JUnit Tests in Your Deployed Apps   14 May 2005 00:17 GMT
Extend the life of your JUnit tests by enabling them to be executed inside a real deployed J2EE app, not just on developer PCs.
Source: DevX

Timing is Everything   13 May 2005 11:56 GMT
Any time you introduce dynamic effects, animations, or time-based events to a Java application, you find yourself re-implementing the same functionality you have written for every application that required timing or animation. This article considers the current situation and what is needed in a timing framework.
Source: Sun

Building a Better Mousetrap: Making Development Easier with Java Tools   13 May 2005 11:56 GMT
Sun Microsystems' tools architect, Bob Brewin, discusses the future of Java tools, developer productivity, and collaborative application development.
Source: Sun

Anniversary Pictures   12 May 2005 04:00 GMT
We're coming up to the second anniversary of java.net, and looking for your pictures of Duke and family celebrating this event.
Source: Java.net

Five Things I Love About Spring   11 May 2005 04:00 GMT
For hardcore enterprise development, Bruce Tate turns to Spring, the topic of his latest collaboration, Spring: A Developer's Notebook. In this article, Bruce describes five reasons why he is hooked on Spring.
Source: O'Reilly

Configuring Database Access in Eclipse 3.0 with SQLExplorer   11 May 2005 04:00 GMT
It's 2005 and you're using Eclipse. Should you still be creating your database tables and seeding them with data by hand, from an SQL command-line utility? Deepak Vohra introduces the SQLExplorer plugin for Eclipse, which allows you to put a GUI on your development-time database access.
Source: O'Reilly

Introducing AXIOM: The Axis Object Model   10 May 2005 04:00 GMT
XML parsing often offers a Hobson's Choice of implementations: get events during the parse (and lose the parsed structure), or get the whole structure (and wait for the entire stream to be parsed before you can have any of it). Apache Axis 2 is using a new object model, AXIOM, that offers a different way to think about XML parsing. S. W. Eran Chinthaka looks at how it works.
Source: Java.net

Turn Your J2ME Mobile Devices into Web Service Clients   10 May 2005 01:01 GMT
If Web services are expanding within your enterprise, it might be time for you to look at all those mobile devices as potential clients of your Web services. Learn how to use the J2ME Web Service APIs to extend the enterprise to include J2ME devices with a simple example application.
Source: DevX

Review: InterSystems Cache 5 Database   09 May 2005 21:12 GMT
This "post-relational" database combines object-oriented data storage with a robust relational database. It's generated a lot of buzz, but what does it offer for Java developers? Drew Falkman takes a look under the hood.
Source: JavaBoutique