Configuring Eclipse for Remote Debugging   31 Aug 2005 04:00 GMT
Debugging a server-side application? You probably don't want to dig through the log files and wonder what happened. Instead, you can run your server application in debug mode and attach to it with Eclipse, bringing the IDE's powerful debugger to bear on the remote application.
Source: O'Reilly

Locating the Fonts Available to Your Java Apps   31 Aug 2005 03:30 GMT
Learn about a couple different ways to locate the fonts available to your Java applications.
Source: DevX

Using Annotations with Aspects in Pre-Java 5 Versions   30 Aug 2005 19:31 GMT
If you're interested in combining the power of annotations and aspects but can't yet move to Java 5, don't be discouraged; you still have robust options. Several AOP frameworks provide this capability today.
Source: DevX

Java Tech: The Sweet Song of the BlueJ, Part 2   30 Aug 2005 04:00 GMT
BlueJ, an IDE for beginning Java programmers, has more under the hood than you might expect. In the second part of his survey of BlueJ, Java Tech columnist Jeff Friesen looks at BlueJ's support for debugging, unit testing, building executable JARs, its configurability, and more.
Source: Java.net

Discover the Eclipse Modeling Framework (EMF) and Its Dynamic Capabilities   27 Aug 2005 03:43 GMT
Given a model, EMF can generate Java source code that will allow you to create, query, update, serialize, deserialize, validate, and track changes to instances of your models. EMF provides an efficient reflective API and allows you to work with dynamic, non-generated, models.
Source: DevX

Automate Data Persistence with Firestorm/DAO   27 Aug 2005 00:31 GMT
This Java code generator helps reduce your development time by automating the repetitive task of creating DAO objects and the associated helper classes required for data persistence. Find out how you can free yourself up to focus on business logic implementation.
Source: JavaBoutique

Review: IntelliJ IDEA 5.0 Enhancements Must Compete with 'Free' IDEs   25 Aug 2005 21:21 GMT
A satisfied IntelliJ IDEA 4.5 user reviews the new features in the IntelliJ 5.0 release. As productive as the enhancements to the new IDE are, he explains why he still probably will switch to Eclipse down the road.
Source: DevX

Developing AJAX Applications the Easy Way   25 Aug 2005 04:00 GMT
AJAX is all the rage, but who wants to write all that JavaScript code to mess with DOMs, XMLHttpRequest, etc.? With Direct Web Remoting (DWR), you don't have to. Joe Walker shows how this java.net project provides solutions for developing both the server- and client-side pieces of an AJAX web application.
Source: Java.net

ICEfaces Offers a Novel, Pure Java Approach to the Rich vs. Thin Dilemma   24 Aug 2005 22:59 GMT
Fat, thin, fat, thin. As the pendulum of distributed application architecture prepares to swing back toward fat, one vendor offers a thin client solution that uses Java Server Faces to get around tricky HTML and Javascript issues.
Source: DevX

Using Drools in Your Enterprise Java Application   24 Aug 2005 04:00 GMT
Enterprise Java developers have many fine framework choices at the presentation and persistence levels, but what about the business logic that sits in the middle? Do you want to recompile a mass of if ... then spaghetti code every time a manager drops a new gotcha in your lap? In this article, Paul Browne suggests that a rule engine like Drools may be an ideal fit for this task.
Source: O'Reilly