The Java Speech API: A Primer on Speech Applications   09 Jul 2005 01:19 GMT
Now that speech applications need to be integrated with Web-based applications, Java has become the language of choice in which to build them. Benoy Jose explains the basics of how speech applications work and how the Java Speech API can help you build applications that inter-operate with each other and with all Java-compatible platforms.
Source: JavaBoutique

J2ME Tutorial, Part 3: Exploring the Game API of MIDP 2.0   07 Jul 2005 04:00 GMT
In part three of this J2ME tutorial, you will use the mobile gaming package to develop a simple game, which uses all of the classes of this package, as a learning tool.
Source: Java.net

Mobile Java Gets a Much-needed Boost from Sun's New Mobility Toolkit   06 Jul 2005 04:07 GMT
J2ME developers are accustomed to neglect, but the new NetBeans Mobility Pack 4.1 is among the best updates to the wireless development toolbox yet this decade.
Source: DevX

Getting Started with Maven   06 Jul 2005 04:00 GMT
In this excerpt from Maven: A Developer's Notebook, authors Vincent Massol and Timothy M. O'Brien show you how to install and start working with Maven, the do-it-all Java project builder/manager.
Source: O'Reilly

Generics in J2SE 5.0   06 Jul 2005 04:00 GMT
Generics are one of the most prominent language features in J2SE 5.0, but are you using them yet? Properly used, they allow greater flexibility, compile-time type safety, and fewer annoying and potentially unsafe casts. In this article, Budi Kurniawan shows how they work.
Source: O'Reilly

Use Java to Extract All the Name-value Pairs from a URL   06 Jul 2005 01:29 GMT
Find out how to use Java to extract all the name-value pairs from a URL.
Source: DevX

Create a Simple IoC Container Using Annotations   05 Jul 2005 04:00 GMT
The combination of dynamic proxy and annotations makes Java code smaller and allows you to build systems that are more dynamic and less coupled.
Source: Java.net

Review: Altova UModel 2005   01 Jul 2005 20:21 GMT
Though UML is widely supported by key development players such as Microsoft, Oracle, and IBM, the cost of UML tools has prevented it from becoming widespread. Altova aims to change that by offering an inexpensive UML tool designed specifically for the smaller development shop. Is it time for you to start working with UML? Drew Falkman investigates.
Source: JavaBoutique

Daily Prompt for Thursday: Thursday Already?   01 Jul 2005 11:06 GMT
It's Thursday already. Who would have thought that the week would go by so fast? Did you catch those "Extreme GUI Makeover" talks? Wow!
Source: Sun