Book Excerpt: Groovy in Action   28 Feb 2007 21:06 GMT
Chapter 1 explains Groovy, providing a broad overview of the language features. Find out what makes this new language so dynamic.
Source: JavaBoutique

Java 6 Navigable Interfaces: What's in Them for Me?   28 Feb 2007 03:18 GMT
A Java developer determines where in a real development scenario he would use the two new navigable interfaces in Java SE 6, NavigableSet and NavigableMap, and comes away a bit disappointed.
Source: DevX

ColdFusion for JSP Developers   27 Feb 2007 05:00 GMT
ColdFusion has been around long enough, and in different forms, that it's easy to not see it for what it is. In this article, Kola Oyedeji looks at how this long-lived scripting language has been adapted to integrate into the world of Java EE.
Source: Java.net

Expose Your POJO-Based Domain Apps as Web Services   22 Feb 2007 21:10 GMT
Combine Axis2, the next-generation web services API of Apache Axis, with Spring to expose POJO-based, domain-tier applications as both REST- and SOAP-based web services.
Source: DevX

How to Write a Custom Swing Component   22 Feb 2007 05:00 GMT
You want a GUI component with a unique behavior, and Swing doesn't offer exactly what you need. So what do you do, go without? Hardly. Swing's flexibility allows you to develop custom components with any functionality you care to model and render. Substance project owner Kirill Grouchnikov shows how this is done.
Source: Java.net

Ask the Experts Transcript: Java Plug-In Technology   21 Feb 2007 11:34 GMT
Will Java Plug-In applications running on IE7 in Vista be able to share data with Java Web Start? Get answers to this and other Java Plug-In Technology questions.
Source: Sun

New and Updated Desktop Features in Java SE 6, Part 2   21 Feb 2007 11:34 GMT
New and updated desktop features in Java SE 6 include table sorting and filtering, the new modality model, the Desktop API, and more.
Source: Sun

New and Updated Desktop Features in Java SE 6, Part 1   21 Feb 2007 11:34 GMT
Read more about desktop features in JDK 6: splash screens, the system tray, LCD text, single-threaded rendering, native look and feel, and more.
Source: Sun

Building Absolute/Relative URIs   21 Feb 2007 03:25 GMT
This tip show you how to build absolute/relative URIs by using the java.net.URI methods.
Source: DevX

(Not So) Stupid Questions 16: What's the Difference Between Wildcard Generics and no Generics?   20 Feb 2007 05:00 GMT
This "stupid question" is about the difference between specifying a wildcard generic type versus not using genericized collections at all.
Source: Java.net