Introduction to Ajax for Page Authors   11 Sep 2007 22:30 GMT
As a page author, you can use Ajax components -- along with widgets, JavaScript technology, and other techniques -- to incorporate Ajax functionality into your web applications.
Source: Sun

Java Technologies for Web Applications   11 Sep 2007 22:30 GMT
Learn about what Java technologies you can use to create web applications, when you might decide to use individual technologies, and where to go to get started, using JDK 5.0 with the Java EE platform.
Source: Sun

Towards a Timely, Well-Balanced, Event-Driven Architecture   11 Sep 2007 04:00 GMT
What happens when your system temporarily produces events faster than it can handle them? Can concurrency help the problem? Lorenzo Puccetti looks at an asynchronous event dispatching design as a possible solution.
Source: Java.net

Building a Web Service Powered JSR 168 Financial Portlet   10 Sep 2007 19:33 GMT
Broaden the reach of your portlets by making them JSR 168-compliant.
Source: DevX

Schemaless Java-XML Data Binding with VTD-XML   10 Sep 2007 04:00 GMT
This article introduces a Java-XML binding technique based on VTD-XML and XPath. This approach doesn't mandate a schema, takes advantage of XML's inherent loose encoding, and avoids needless object creation, so it is much more efficient for lightweight data binding.
Source: O'Reilly

JavaFX: Learning by Example   07 Sep 2007 22:48 GMT
As soon as you start using JavaFX, you'll appreciate it for it's linearity and simplicity in comparison with traditional Java capabilities. This article shows you JavaFX at work, creating artistic GUIs, nice effects and animations, and complex Swing interfaces.
Source: JavaBoutique

Get Started with Silverlight Using Visual Studio 2008 and Expression Blend 2   06 Sep 2007 03:17 GMT
The Microsoft Silverlight browser plug-in enables developers to host Rich Internet Applications (RIAs), which feature animation, vector graphics, and video playback. Find out how to get started with Silverlight, and get a feel for how this new type of development works.
Source: DevX

Using XPath in JDeveloper   06 Sep 2007 02:11 GMT
XPath creates a hierarchical structure out of a given XML document, essentially making a tree of nodes. From this tree, you may access all element, attribute, and text nodes, greatly improving document navigation. Find out just how much by using JDeveloper to navigate an XML document using XPath.
Source: JavaBoutique

Instant User tracking with ClickStream   06 Sep 2007 01:10 GMT
Where are your users going on your web site and what are they doing? ClickStream, one of the many OpenSymphony projects, lets you track and log where users go during their sessions. In this article Diego Adrian Naya Lazo shows you how to configure, run, and customize ClickStream
Source: Java.net

Execute a SQL Statement with Variable Parameters   04 Sep 2007 22:41 GMT
When you have to execute the same SQL statement (in general an UPDATE) for different values you can use the PreparedStatement.
Source: DevX