What Does it Take to Build the Best RIA?   14 Mar 2008 02:47 GMT
With the proliferation of Rich Interactive Application (RIA) platform choices out there, you no longer have to take a one-size-fits-all approach to developing your next RIA application. Knowing the strengths (and weaknesses) of each platform can help you to decide the best RIA for your next application.
Source: DevX

Generate a Stub/Proxy Client from a WSDL File   11 Mar 2008 19:55 GMT
Follow these simple steps to generate a stub/proxy client from a WSDL file.
Source: DevX

Book Excerpt: Tapestry 5: Building Web Applications   08 Mar 2008 02:50 GMT
Apache's open source framework is designed to help you build contemporary, real-life web applications in Java.
Source: JavaBoutique

Java Mobility Podcast 38: Developing and deploying content in the real world   07 Mar 2008 05:00 GMT
This week feature listens in the the MEDD Panel session Developing and Deploying Content in the Real World. It is a frank discussion amongst large and small application developers, oems, device manufacturers, carriers, and tool vendors.
Source: Java.net

Sun and MySQL: How It Stacks Up for Developers   06 Mar 2008 23:51 GMT
MySQL, the world's most popular open-source database, fills an important niche in Sun's software stack. With Sun's reach and resources, MySQL is poised for even wider adoption.
Source: Sun

From Java Platform Improvements to Better Teaching: A Conversation With Java Champion Cay Horstmann   06 Mar 2008 23:51 GMT
Java Champion Cay Horstmann, a computer science professor and author of noted books on Java programming, discusses needed platform improvements, developer challenges, and ways to inspire students.
Source: Sun

Core Java: Volume I, Fundamentals   06 Mar 2008 23:51 GMT
With its many code samples and short explanations, this is both an excellent resource for learning and a great reference book.
Source: Sun

The Open Road: SuperPackages   06 Mar 2008 05:00 GMT
Wonder what the relationship between com.example.package and com.example.package.test is? There isn't one! This lack of an orderly package-visibility relationship has made life difficult for a number of programmers trying to balance organizational needs against practical concerns. In this entry of The Open Road, Elliotte Rusty Harold takes a look at how JSR 294 "superpackages", intended to be part of Java SE 7, proposes to fix this problem.
Source: Java.net

Passing SAX Events to a FOP Processor   04 Mar 2008 23:36 GMT
This tip shows a Java application that can be used to pass SAX events to a FOP processor. It uses the javax.xml.parsers.SAXParser class.
Source: DevX

Deliver On-the-Fly Mapping Services to Your Rich Desktop Java Application, Part 2   03 Mar 2008 22:59 GMT
Learn how to build a rich client Java application that visualizes mapping data and examine how to keep current with the explosion of free mapping services without recompiling Java code.
Source: JavaBoutique