j1-2k7-mtT05: Java Programming Contest for University Students   22 Jun 2007 04:00 GMT
In this session, we will explain why Sun and Ricoh have decided to organise this Java Programmming Contest for 3 successive years already and how we have managed to build an active community of more than 50 universities and 500 students. This session is a must for educational institutes, students and Java ME developers.
Source: Java.net

An (Almost) CPU-Free MVC Pattern with Ajax   21 Jun 2007 04:00 GMT
Moving some of your work from the server to the client with Ajax is easier said than done, but the RAJAX project makes it easier by generating client-side JavaScript objects to work with your Java web app. Paulo Lopes shows how it works.
Source: Java.net

j1-2k7-mtW05: OpenDS project introduction   20 Jun 2007 04:00 GMT
This session introduces OpenDS, an open source community project building a free and comprehensive next generation directory service. In particular, OpenDS is designed to address large deployments, provide high performance, and be easy to extend, deploy, manage, and monitor. Attendees interested in using or contributing to OpenDS will gain a clear understanding of the real-world problems solved by the project, the overall architecture, and how to get involved in this active and growing community.
Source: Java.net

j1-2k7-mtT10: Turning Unit Tests into Performance and Reliability Tests   15 Jun 2007 04:00 GMT
Java developers undertake a lot of effort to build unit and functional tests while they build software services and applications. PushToTest is the open-source SOA governance and test automation platform that turns unit and functional tests into scalability and performance tests. The new PushToTest Release 5 runtime adds support for JSR 223 dynamic scripting languages so unit tests may be written in Java, Jython, Groovy, JRuby, Rhino and many other languages. In this session Frank Cohen, founder of PushToTest, will demonstrate creating a unit test and operating it as a scalability test in a distributed environment of test machines.
Source: Java.net

Top 50: Interview with Kohsuke Kawaguchi of the Hudson Project   14 Jun 2007 04:00 GMT
In this installment of our series of interviews with developers from some of java.net's most active and prominent projects, Marla Parker interviews Kohsuke Kawaguchi about the Hudson project, a continuous integration server used by large companies and open source projects.
Source: Java.net

j1-2k7-mtW09: OpenJDK Quality Team Introduction and Discussion   13 Jun 2007 04:00 GMT
It takes a village to grow an open source project. Any open source project lives from a wide range of contributions, not just bug fixes, new features, and other changes to the software, but evangelism, user groups, artwork, and more. The OpenJDK Quality Team is being formed by Sun's Java SE quality team to inspire collaboration with the public related to OpenJDK and Java SE quality. The quality team gives you opportunities to create tests, perform test execution, give feedback on current test plans, and more. In this java.net Community Corner mini-talk from JavaOne 2007, David Herron introduces the OpenJDK quality team.
Source: Java.net

Passivation/Activation of a Stateful Bean in EJB 3.0   12 Jun 2007 21:45 GMT
The EJB container needs help when dealing with nonserializable objects. Find out how to provide it.
Source: DevX

Agile Database Refactoring with Hibernate   11 Jun 2007 04:00 GMT
Your data model was near perfect when your application was first written. Since then, it has... evolved. In this article, we will show readers how to upgrade their faulty schemas and data models without affecting existing applications or processes.
Source: O'Reilly

Put Some Ajax4JSF Magic into Data Validation   09 Jun 2007 03:57 GMT
Apply an open source framework that gives you the functionality of AJAX and the best of JSF to validate data entries dynamically on the server side.
Source: DevX

j1-2k7-mtH06: A peek into Bunny Hunters, a Darkstar based game   08 Jun 2007 04:00 GMT
In this JavaOne 2007 Community Corner mini-talk, Project Darkstar founder and community leader Jeff Kesselman introduces Bunny Hunters, a demo game written to run on Darkstar.
Source: Java.net