The Open Road: Building the JDK   29 Nov 2007 05:00 GMT
Ready to work with the GPLed JDK from the OpenJDK project? Your first order of business will probably be getting the code compiled and running on your machine. And that's not an easy process. In this installment of The Open Road, Elliotte Rusty Harold relates the step-by-step process of building the JDK on Linux.
Source: Java.net

(Not So) Stupid Questions 20: Primitives and Collections   27 Nov 2007 05:00 GMT
This "stupid question" is about how collections are defined as only working with objects, yet a simple code example proves it's trivial to add primitives to collections.
Source: Java.net

Implement mouseDragged and mouseMove Events   27 Nov 2007 02:24 GMT
This tip shows you how to implement mouseDragged and mouseMove events for moving components into a frame.
Source: DevX

Catching the (Silver) Light   27 Nov 2007 02:04 GMT
Find out how easy it is to add Silverlight 1.0 to your web pages with this step-by-step walkthrough.
Source: DevX

Control Global Access to Your Java Objects with the Singleton Design Pattern   21 Nov 2007 02:51 GMT
Though the Singleton design pattern's code is quite simple, it does have some potential pitfalls. Learn about the pattern, its pitfalls, and two ways to avoid them in this tutorial
Source: JavaBoutique

Virtual Machines in the Build Process: Lower Risk, Greater Portability   20 Nov 2007 21:57 GMT
When you set up a clean build environment inside a virtual machine, the build environment is not only independent of the host environment but it also is easy to back up and restore, and port to new hardware.
Source: DevX

Chatting About Curriki   20 Nov 2007 05:00 GMT
Curriki.org is building an Open Source Curriculum (OSC) of free educational materials for grades K-12. In this interview, java.net program manager Gary Thompson interviews Curriki executive director Dr. Barbara "Bobbi" Kurshan and chief technology officer Joshua Marks.
Source: Java.net

Taking Advantage of the New Reflection API in PHP5   20 Nov 2007 01:14 GMT
Discover how to use the Reflection API to extract information about PHP classes and execute class methods.
Source: DevX

Create Highly-Available J2EE Applications   19 Nov 2007 22:09 GMT
With the latest development tips and smart network design, you can lead your teams to successful high availability (HA) application deployment. See how Avaya's SIP A/S can help.
Source: DevX

Book Excerpt: Next Generation Java Testing   17 Nov 2007 04:10 GMT
Discover successful practices for testing enterprise Java applications that you can apply using the testing frameworks and tools you like to use.
Source: DevX