Interview: Bruce Tate on the "Politics of Persistence"   22 Jul 2005 23:48 GMT
Author Bruce Tate talks about the major Java persistence frameworks, the politics involved in which framework dominates, and the future of Java technology in general.
Source: JavaBoutique

A View From Asia: A Conversation With Technology Evangelist Chuk Munn Lee   22 Jul 2005 12:00 GMT
Sun Microsystems' technology evangelist Chuk Munn Lee, who has spent six years working with key Asia-Pacific ISVs to design, prototype, develop, tune, size, and benchmark their applications, presents his distinctive perspective on Java technology.
Source: Sun

Building 2-D Graphics Applications Using Java and SVG   21 Jul 2005 23:23 GMT
If you're tired of generating static bandwidth-heavy JPG files for charts, maps, and other graphic images in your Web applications, SVG provides a way to display and interact with dynamically-generated graphics in a browser.
Source: DevX

Java Tech: The Sweet Song of the BlueJ, Part 1   21 Jul 2005 04:00 GMT
It's hard to teach the object-oriented concepts of Java when the first thing the student sees is the very procedural public static void main (String[]). BlueJ offers a way to teach Java's OO concepts in a visual environment, allowing the student to connect and implement classes with mouse clicks and drags. In this installment of "Java Tech," Jeff Friesen introduces this educational tool.
Source: Java.net

Managing XML Encryption with Java   21 Jul 2005 02:22 GMT
XML is a text format, and as such, provides no wire security by itself; however, using standard Java encryption techniques, you can transmit and receive XML securely.
Source: DevX

NetBeans Field Guide   20 Jul 2005 11:10 GMT
NetBeans Field Guide Chapter 5, "Debugging Java Applications," shows you how to set and manage breakpoints, monitor variables, expressions, and control thread execution. Also, you'll learn how to fix code during a debugging session and view multiple debugger windows.
Source: Sun

What Is Business Process Modeling?   20 Jul 2005 04:00 GMT
Business Process Modeling (BPM) is a set of technologies and standards for the design, execution, administration, and monitoring of business processes. In this article, Mike Havey, author of Essential Business Process Modeling, briefly describes the state of BPM today and the BPM standards, then builds an ideal BPM architecture using the example of a retailer process.
Source: O'Reilly

Bean-Managed Transaction Suspension in J2EE   20 Jul 2005 04:00 GMT
Container-managed transactions seem more capable than bean-managed transactions in the EJB spec, with the latter unable to, for example, suspend and resume transactions. But what looks like a limitation isn't necessarily so, according to Dmitry Maximovich, who shows you how to get to the underlying TransactionManager, making BMT as powerful as CMT.
Source: O'Reilly

Cross-platform Builds Made Easy: From Microsoft Visual Studio to ARMCC Using Ant and XSL   20 Jul 2005 00:14 GMT
Tired of keeping embedded make files in sync with your Microsoft Visual Studio project? Use Ant's XSL processor to convert Microsoft Visual Studio project files on-the-fly before cross-platform builds!
Source: DevX

The Artisan and the Artilect, Part 1   19 Jul 2005 04:00 GMT
Max Goff previously compared the professions of "The Blacksmith and the Bookkeeper," one of which is extinct while the other thrives. In his new series, he looks to the future of artificial intelligence and compares the roles of the human craftsman and the human-created superior intellect.
Source: Java.net