Query by Slice, Parallel Execute, and Join: A Thread Pool Pattern in Java   31 Jan 2008 05:00 GMT
Pagination is a much-needed feature; one that's harder than it looks. For large datasets, reading all results into memory is impractical, if not dangerous, but only fetching small chunks can make it difficult to apply business logic across all results. Binildas C. A. shows how to combine the database's ROWNUM function with Java SE 5's thread pools to create highly effective pagination.
Source: Java.net

Get the Current Date Using GregorianCalendar   30 Jan 2008 00:03 GMT
To get the current date, your first instinct is probably to use the java.util.Date class. However, this class has so many deprecated methods that it's probably best to ignore it. A more powerful and flexible alternative is java.util.GregorianCalendar.
Source: DevX

Glassfish v2: Open for Business   29 Jan 2008 23:39 GMT
Find out why the open source GlassFish v2 application server is a good choice for handling critical business applications and the demands of a production environment.
Source: Sun

JSFTemplating and Woodstock: Component Authoring Made Easy   29 Jan 2008 23:39 GMT
Frustrated with the complexities of writing a JavaServer Faces component? With the help of the JSFTemplating and Woodstock projects, you can write a component with only two files.
Source: Sun

Ultra-low Bandwidth Communication with ZigBee and JavaME   29 Jan 2008 23:39 GMT
Bruce Hopkins explores how to use Java ME and Sun SPOT technology to create a low-bandwidth wireless system to read sensor data. He provides two fully functioning applications: the first one is the base station application, which will receive data from the second application, the free roaming wireless Sun SPOT.
Source: Sun

Book Review: JavaFX Script: Dynamic Java Scripting for Rich Internet/Client-Side Applications   29 Jan 2008 23:39 GMT
Do you want to learn about JavaFX Script technology? This book is a quick and easy read for those who are already familiar with GUI programming in the Java platform.
Source: Sun

Ask the Experts Transcript: NetBeans IDE 6.0   29 Jan 2008 23:39 GMT
Is there an obfuscator function in NetBeans? How can I run/invoke JavaFX code from a NetBeans module? What is the current status of PHP support in NetBeans? Get answers to these and a wide variety of other questions about NetBeans in this transcript.
Source: Sun

Ending the Spam: SDN Newsletters Migrate to RSS   29 Jan 2008 23:39 GMT
SDN has moved to a blog/RSS model for developer communications. Find out why.
Source: Sun

Getting to Know System Tray   29 Jan 2008 23:39 GMT
Learn how to add applications to the Microsoft Windows taskbar, the Gnome notification area, or KDE's system tray.
Source: Sun

Java SE 6 Performance White Paper   29 Jan 2008 23:39 GMT
This overview of performance and scalability improvements in Java Platform, Standard Edition 6 (Java SE 6) provides benchmark results that demonstrate the impact of these improvements.
Source: Sun