Managing and Monitoring JBoss, Part 2   30 Nov 2005 05:00 GMT
In part one of this two-part excerpt from JBoss: A Developer's Notebook, authors Norman Richards and Sam Griffith covered how to use the Web Console and its MBeans to manage your web apps. In today's excerpt, learn how to create a monitor for your app, how to configure alerts to be sent via email, and how to manage JBoss from the command line.
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What Is On-Demand Computing   30 Nov 2005 05:00 GMT
On-demand computing is a much-repeated term, but what does it mean, and what does it deliver? As Stephen Morris explains, autonomic computing, policy-driven workflows, and grid computing are all part of the answer.
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Getting Started with EJB 3.0 and Enterprise Bean Components   29 Nov 2005 22:11 GMT
The time is ripe to give the EJB 3.0 spec, which was engineered to offer big gains in productivity, a test drive. Learn how to start using JBoss and Maven to develop EJB 3.0 enterprise bean components.
Source: DevX

Solving Sudokus in Java   29 Nov 2005 05:00 GMT
Sudoku puzzles are wildly popular, and offer an ideal introduction to contraint programming. Rather than using brute force to find every possible solution, CP allows you to specify what must be true in a problem space and then efficiently finds an answer. Yan Georget shows how this works.
Source: Java.net

Using Reflection to Execute Class Methods at Runtime   29 Nov 2005 02:28 GMT
Find out how to use reflection to execute class methods at runtime.
Source: DevX

(Not So) Stupid Questions 6: Comparability of Minimum, Maximum Dimensions   24 Nov 2005 05:00 GMT
This "stupid question" is about the definition of AWT/Swing Components' getXXXSize() methods, given that the Dimensions they return are not Comparable.
Source: Java.net

Hacking Swing: A JDBC Table Model   23 Nov 2005 05:00 GMT
Databases have tables, Swing has tables. Why should it be a hassle to bring the two together? In this excerpt from Swing Hacks, authors Joshua Marinacci and Chris Adamson show you how to put some JDBC behind your table model, and bring your database to life in Swing.
Source: O'Reilly

Managing and Monitoring JBoss, Part 1   23 Nov 2005 05:00 GMT
In part one of this two-part excerpt from JBoss: A Developer's Notebook, you'll learn how use the Web Console (an advanced version of the JMX Console), how to work with its enhanced monitoring capabilities and MBeans, and how to create snapshots of your data over regular intervals.
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Fitnesse Testing for Fast-Paced Agile Web Development   22 Nov 2005 05:00 GMT
If you're developing a web app, maybe it's time to make your test suite web-aware too. Fitnesse gives you a web interface to test development and execution, allowing you to test assertions against HTML, XML, and your Java code's behavior. Robert J. Miller gives an introduction.
Source: Java.net

Eliminate Log Messages on the Console in JDK 1.4   22 Nov 2005 03:36 GMT
This tip shows a quick way to eliminate log messages sent to console when using JDK 1.4 and later.
Source: DevX