Fling Scroller   27 Sep 2007 04:00 GMT
Does your Swing work focus on "look" and not so much on "feel"? The gestures available to a user can make a big difference in how your UI is enjoyed. In this article, Jan Haderka introduces a new behavior to JLists to allow users to "fling" off the top or bottom of the list and have the scrolling continue briefly as a result of the gesture.
Source: Java.net

Create Scalable Semantic Applications with Database-Backed RDF Stores   27 Sep 2007 02:43 GMT
Store your RDF triples in a database for faster performance and greater scalability.
Source: DevX

Simplify Your Java Configurations   26 Sep 2007 22:32 GMT
There are many ways to configure Java applications, each with its own advantages and drawbacks. Wouldn't it be nice if there was a uniform API to handle all of these methods? Apache's Commons project contains a package that does the trick.
Source: JavaBoutique

Java Mobile Podcast 21: Wireless Toolkit   24 Sep 2007 04:00 GMT
The Sun Java Wireless Toolkit for CLDC and CDC is a state-of-the-art toolbox for developing wireless applications that are based on Java ME's Connected Limited Device Configuration (CLDC) and Connected Device Configuration (CDC), and designed to run on cell phones, mainstream personal digital assistants, and other small mobile devices. The toolkit includes the emulation environments, performance optimization and tuning features, documentation, and examples that developers need to bring efficient and successful wireless applications to market quickly.
Source: Java.net

Create a JSF Portlet with Oracle WebCenter Suite and JDeveloper   22 Sep 2007 00:35 GMT
A portal provides users with a unified presentation of portlets generated from disparate data sources. Learn how to develop a JSF portlet with JDeveloper and run it in Oracle's WebCenter Framework.
Source: DevX

Scripting With Balance in Design and Performance   20 Sep 2007 04:00 GMT
Java SE 6 introduces a new framework for integrating with scripting languages. But what's the right way to mix these languages with Java? Dejan Bosanac, author of Scripting in Java, looks at how an interface-driven approach allows you to maintain good design as you combine languages.
Source: Java.net

Boost Web Service Performance in JAX-WS with Fast Infoset   19 Sep 2007 00:15 GMT
Web service performance depends largely on the size of the XML data being transmitted and the speed of XML processing. Fast Infoset helps greatly with those aspects.
Source: DevX

Calling an SAP Function Module from Java   18 Sep 2007 23:32 GMT
This tip shows how to call an SAP function module from a Java application.
Source: DevX

Using the Queue Collection Effectively   17 Sep 2007 20:43 GMT
Now that the generalized Collection API and the Queue specialization are supported in the Java 1.5 and 1.6 JDKs, you'll want to know how to characterize and categorize Queue collections for their performance--as well as how to use them in multi-threaded environments.
Source: JavaBoutique

Java Mobile Podcast 20: Mobile AJAX   17 Sep 2007 04:00 GMT
Web services and mash-ups of web services really bring a whole new dimension to the web and mobile computing. Terrence Barr, Vincent Hardy, and Akhil Arora have create Mobile AJAX as a subproject of the meapplicationdeveloper project to make it very easy for the Java ME developer to harness the power of Ajax-style web services. Interesting applications can be built by combining (mashing-up) information from these multiple sources and remote web services, limited only by application developers' imaginations. Mobile Ajax highlights what is possible through a number of demos as well that utilize libraries that interact with web services.
Source: Java.net