Using XML and Jar Utility API to Build a Rule-Based Java EE Auto-Deployer   16 Nov 2007 05:00 GMT
In this article Colin (Chun) Lu discusses some of the complexities facing a large-scale J2EE application and demonstrates a rules-based Java Enterprise Edition auto-deployer using XStream and the JAR Utility API.
Source: O'Reilly

Java Mobile Podcast 27: JVTOS (TV set top box) at Cineca Research   16 Nov 2007 05:00 GMT
Lorenzo Pallara is a researcher with Cineca, an Italian consortium of 31 universities, 2 Scientific Research agencies, and the Ministry of University and Research. The JVTOS project is a open sourced Java based end to end interactive TV broadcasting platform based on phoneME advanced.
Source: Java.net

PHP Developers Don't Need Silverlight—Or Do They?   15 Nov 2007 22:05 GMT
Think PHP developers don't need Silverlight? Think again. By dynamically generating XAML (Extensible Application Markup Language), PHP developers can buff their skills with some very cool Microsoft® Silverlight™ tricks, adding a whole new responsive visual element to their PHP pages. This walkthrough goes through the details of building a simple Silverlight app just using XAML code, JavaScript, and PHP.
Source: DevX

Microsoft's Popfly: Making Mashups Easy   14 Nov 2007 23:58 GMT
With Microsoft's Popfly site, you can easily leverage AJAX and Silverlight to create powerful mashups in a matter of minutes. This short video in Silverlight highlights what you need to get started with Popfly.
Source: DevX

Using the &ltidbag&gt Element in Hibernate   13 Nov 2007 05:20 GMT
Hibernate's <idbag> facility allows you to map many-to-many associations and collections of values to a single table with a surrogate key.
Source: DevX

Mapping Mashups with the JXMapViewer   13 Nov 2007 05:00 GMT
Having introduced SwingLabs' JXMapViewer and JXMapKit in a previous article, Joshua Marinacci puts these components to work by showing how you can bring in geographic data from external sources and use Painters to create custom geodata GUIs.
Source: Java.net

Create Domain-Specific Languages with ANTLR   13 Nov 2007 01:14 GMT
The latest version of ANTLR provides the tools you need to build a parser for special-purpose languages.
Source: DevX

Bridging Configuration from Spring to Legacy Frameworks   08 Nov 2007 18:28 GMT
Spring's POJO-based programming model has proven to be a much better way to write, test, and assemble robust Java EE applications, but it works only if you configure your objects with Spring. What happens when you combine Spring with an in-house legacy framework or Java EE technology such as EJBs or servlets?
Source: DevX

Introduction to Amazon S3 with Java and REST   08 Nov 2007 05:00 GMT
S3 is a file storage and serving service offered by Amazon. In this article, Eric Heuveneers demonstrates how to use Amazon S3 via its simple REST API to store and serve your own documents, potentially offloading bandwidth from your own application.
Source: O'Reilly

Stop and Start Tomcat Directly from Ant   06 Nov 2007 23:55 GMT
This simple tip shows you how to stop and start the Tomcat server directly from an Ant script on the Windows system.
Source: DevX