Diagnostic Tests with Ant 12 Oct 2005 04:00 GMTDetermining what's gone wrong with your software--source or binary--in a remote location is no simple task. Before taking a call and walking the user through error-prone troubleshooting, why not collect information about the user's system and the application files? Koen Vervloesem shows how you can do this with Ant.
Source: O'Reilly What Is Spring, Part 2 12 Oct 2005 04:00 GMTIn
part one of this two-part excerpt from
Spring: A Developer's Notebook, authors Bruce Tate and Justin Gehtland showed you how to automate a simple application and enable it for Spring. Today, the authors will cover how to use Spring to help you develop a simple, clean, web-based user interface.
Source: O'Reilly Unit Testing Hibernate Mapping Configurations 11 Oct 2005 04:00 GMTHibernate's use of mapping files to define object-relational mappings means that these files are as much a part of your program as the Java code... and sometimes they don't work. Johannes Brodwall shows how you can apply unit testing techniques to test and verify your Hibernate mappings.
Source: Java.net Open Source Java Game Utilities: LWJGL 0.98 and Game Gardens 10 Oct 2005 19:54 GMTFaster processors and improvements to JVM technologies mean you can start doing some pretty cool stuff with graphics and interactivity--good news for game development. Drew Falkman investigates two open source game libraries that can help you take advantage of the latest advancements.
Source: JavaBoutique October is SOA/Web Services Month 06 Oct 2005 11:57 GMTWe've pulled together a wide variety of content about SOA and web services, including articles, tips, white papers, code samples, and more.
Source: Sun Meet the Engineer: Kumar Srinivasan 06 Oct 2005 11:57 GMTYou've downloaded their code, commented on their technical articles, and read their blogs... Now it's your turn to meet some of Sun's most influential engineers and discover what exciting new projects they're working on and where they see Java technology going. In this installment we chat with Kumar Srinivasan, a Sun staff engineer.
Source: Sun