Using the PIM API for Java ME, Part 2 - Portability Considerations   07 Jun 2007 07:23 GMT
In this installment, Enrique Ortiz explores how to test for PIM API presence on your device and test for presence of the various databases and fields.
Source: Sun

Bundling Ajax into JSF components   07 Jun 2007 04:00 GMT
Ajax provides desirable client-side ease of use, but it's not always straightforward to see how it integrates into server-side web app frameworks. In this article, Chris Hardin argues for putting your Ajax and JSF together in the form of reusable components.
Source: Java.net

j1-2k7-mtH05: Managing Player Awareness in Darkstar   06 Jun 2007 04:00 GMT
A common problem with most online games is making players aware of other players that are near them. In this mini-talk, Jack Strohm offers one idea of how to implement this efficiently within Darkstar.
Source: Java.net

Force JScrollPane to Display a Scrollbar   05 Jun 2007 20:43 GMT
When it comes to using JscrollPane or other scrollable components, I've found that the scrollbar is unable to appear even when the JComponent (for instance, JPanel)'s size is larger size than JScrollPane.
Source: DevX

Top 50: Interview with Joe Walker of the Direct Web Remoting Project   05 Jun 2007 04:00 GMT
In the second of our series of interviews with developers from some of java.net's most active and prominent projects, Marla Parker interviews Joe Walker about the Direct Web Remoting project, which provides an infrastructure for developing Java-based Ajax web applications
Source: Java.net

Java Mobility Podcast 7: OpenLaszlo and Project Orbit   05 Jun 2007 04:00 GMT
Max Carlson, Laszlo Systems co-founder, and Hinkmond Wong, Sun senior staff engineer, discuss OpenLaszlo and Project Orbit. Designed to free content developers from worrying about runtime issues, OpenLaszlo supports zero-install deployment of Ajax applications in multiple environments. Project Orbit is the Sun Java ME viewer for Laszlo Web 2.0 content on set-top boxes and smart cell phones.
Source: Java.net