Testing Java in an Object-Oriented Way   28 Mar 2006 04:00 GMT
Most developers are familiar with functional testing, but is a badly written program "right" if it passes all those tests? Soumen Chaterjee makes the case for testing that the code adheres to good object-oriented principles.
Source: Java.net

WebWork: The New Framework on the Block   25 Mar 2006 00:36 GMT
This framework distinguishes itself from others on the market by having understood their common limitations and working to eliminate them. Read about this MVC-based framework's unique features--and it's future as part of the new Struts release.
Source: JavaBoutique

Book Excerpt: AJAX Hacks   25 Mar 2006 00:36 GMT
AJAX is one of the most important combinations of technologies for Web developers to know these days. This excerpt contains five AJAX hacks, dealing with request objects and XML data.
Source: JavaBoutique

MultiSplitPane: Splitting Without Nesting   23 Mar 2006 04:00 GMT
Want to divide a GUI into many resizable pieces? The two-sided JSplitPane is hopelessly primitive, so try Hans Muller's MultiSplitPane, a much more capable alternative. In this article, he shows how to create, persist, and restore complex, resizable layouts.
Source: Java.net

Comparing XML Documents with Oracle's XDK 10g for Java   23 Mar 2006 01:38 GMT
Using Oracle's XDK 10g, you can reduce the process of comparing XML documents to a simple set of library calls that let you determine if the documents are the same, see what the differences are, or use the compare information to generate other documents.
Source: DevX

Run Tomcat with a Security Manager   22 Mar 2006 04:24 GMT
Find out how to run Tomcat with a Security Manager.
Source: DevX

Zero Configuration Networking: Using the Java APIs, Part 2   22 Mar 2006 04:00 GMT
In this second part of an excerpt from Zero Configuration Networking: The Definitive Guide, Stuart Cheshire and Daniel H. Steinberg show how Java clients can browse for and resolve Zeroconf services, and how to register and add, update, and delete services with DNS TXT attributes.
Source: O'Reilly

Advanced Configuration of the Spring MVC Framework   22 Mar 2006 04:00 GMT
Storing your Spring configuration files in source control makes perfect sense--until you and the rest of the development team start overwriting each other's settings, or production settings, in applicationContext.xml. In this article, Dejan Bosanac introduces an approach that allows for more flexible property settings and bean wirings.
Source: O'Reilly

Reading the News with Sun's RSS Utilities   21 Mar 2006 04:00 GMT
RSS is the syndication standard that powers web newsfeeds and podcasts, but at the end of the day, it's simple, parsable XML. A JSP tutorial from Sun includes a surprisingly capable RSS parser, and Chris Hardin shows how you can use it in your own applications.
Source: Java.net

Meet Arun Gupta, Staff Engineer on Sun's Web Technologies and Standards Team   21 Mar 2006 01:43 GMT
Arun Gupta discusses programming in India and the United States, the challenges of software development, Java APIs for XML Web Services Addressing (JAX-WSA), and efforts to get Sun Microsystems and Microsoft on the same page.
Source: Sun