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April 02 2005

Quest for a Silent PC: Is your computer too loud for you? Mine was, and it finally drove me to do something about it. In this blog, I share my experiences with building a quieter PC that is powerful as well.
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POJO - Complex New Perl Classes: The "Web word of the year" award should definitely go to POJO. The hands-down runner up is "annotation". Are they more than a couple of buzzwords soon to be gone?
Posted by kirillcool at (08:29 PDT) | Permalink | Discuss (0)  

April 01 2005

Keep the objective in mind: We often get lost in the minutiae and confuse details with objectives.
Posted by johnreynolds at (15:20 PDT) | Permalink | Discuss (0)  

How to Make Java Suited For Desktop Apps: Even if you manage to create a terrifc first Swing app for your users, the second one will probably hurt you.
Posted by flozano at (08:01 PDT) | Permalink | Discuss (1)  

Improving search: Is the user the weak link?. . . also
Feature article: Add your April Fools stories
Weblogs: Why don't you ship Swing Apps? What is your title? and , BoF on JSF
Also in Java Today: Inside WSRP and multilingual PDF generation
Projects and Communities JCP requires Solaris and Duke released under JRL
Forum posts: Indigo Preview and Mustang on Darwin
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JAXP 1.3 sources now at Java.Net!: The JAXP team just posted the sources for JAXP 1.3 to Java.net -- and here is a nutshell summary of what's new in JAXP 1.3...
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March 31 2005

myjxta :: voice: voice over (my)jxta ... opening up for broader testing.
Posted by gonzo at (17:24 PDT) | Permalink | Discuss (0)  

Engineer, Conductor or Brakeman?: What does it say on your business card?
Posted by johnreynolds at (12:11 PDT) | Permalink | Discuss (0)  

JavaOne BOF: Exploring the JavaServer Faces Ecosystem: I'm pleased to say that my session has been accepted for this year's JavaOne conference.
Posted by kito75 at (11:48 PDT) | Permalink | Discuss (0)  

Why don't you ship Swing apps?: Joshua asks what prevents you from using and shipping your applications using Swing.
Posted by joshy at (11:26 PDT) | Permalink | Discuss (35)  

Quick Tip for OSX Users: A quick utility to remap the alt and command keys (and others)
Posted by joshy at (11:16 PDT) | Permalink | Discuss (0)  

Building a Wizard: Improving usability . . . also
Feature article: The Wizard Component part 2
Weblogs: JAXB - fields or properties?, Java killer app and , new db benchmark
Also in Java Today: Autocompletion and securing web services
Projects and Communities Paint Helper and the Portlet front page
Forum posts: Media in Mustang and semifinal
Posted by daniel at (08:37 PDT) | Permalink | Discuss (0)  

March 30 2005

Test Driven Learning: A good idea in any language is still a good idea.
Posted by davidrupp at (22:15 PDT) | Permalink | Discuss (3)  

Should JAXB Work With Fields or Properties?: One of the issues we spent a lot of time on is whether JAXB 2.0 should work with fields or getter/setter method pairs (properties). Today I'd like to go through the issues, so please tell us what you think.
Posted by kohsuke at (18:33 PDT) | Permalink | Discuss (18)  

A Desktop Java "Killer Application": I've often fielded questions about the apparent lack of a killer java desktop application. Ask no more: we've got one.
Posted by hansmuller at (10:35 PDT) | Permalink | Discuss (6)  

Fighting OS license proliferation: Jini chooses Apache 2 . . . also
Weblogs: Jini Starter Kit beta, Communicating Connundrum and , XQuery adoption rate
Also in Java Today: Java APIs for XML registries and Java Component Development
Projects and Communities Jini release and Survey Tool
Forum posts: JavaSound in Mustang and source for JAXB2
Posted by daniel at (07:28 PDT) | Permalink | Discuss (1)  

A new DB benchmark in town:
Posted by herkules at (05:43 PDT) | Permalink | Discuss (2)  

Beta Release of Open-Source Jini: Yesterday Sun released the Jini Starter Kit 2.1beta that besides adding interesting new features is the first release of Jini under the Apache Software License 2.
Posted by slohmeier at (03:09 PDT) | Permalink | Discuss (3)  

March 29 2005

Recent finding: XQuery Adoption Rate Soaring?: In a recent developer survery conducted amoungst XML developers, some interesting findings jump out immediately: '52% of XML developers have already started working with XQuery in the last 12 months and another 33% have plans to start using XQuery in 2005'
Posted by jonbruce at (11:44 PDT) | Permalink | Discuss (4)  

Communicating Conundrum:

Kim Burchett posted a great story illustrating the Misunderstandings that happen in the software business. Hilarious, in a sad, scary, and all too true way.

Phones games not "Doomed": Carmack on J2ME . . . also
Weblogs: Doom on cell phones, Common Annotations draft and , OS Java privacy repair suite
Also in Java Today: Cell phone adventures and Printing JTables
Projects and Communities Teach your TiVo new tricks and Create a MIDP application
Forum posts: Swing vs AWT performance and FileReader and FileWriter
Posted by daniel at (08:28 PDT) | Permalink | Discuss (0)  

March 28 2005

Doom on Cell Phones: So, today we find out that John Carmack has entered the world of cell phone games.
Posted by yensid at (20:26 PDT) | Permalink | Discuss (3)  

First draft for Common Annotations is out: The first early draft for JSR-250, Common Annotations for the Java Platform, is available. We are waiting for your feedback.
Posted by mister__m at (12:45 PDT) | Permalink | Discuss (5)  

About Online Communities: self-evident truths . . . also
Spotlight: AppFuse
Weblogs: Building Swing and , voice added to MyJXTA
Also in Java Today: Helen Chen on Online Communities and Event Executors
Projects and Communities HyperJAXB Project and Web Database Manager
Forum posts: Don't deprecate FileReader and alternate implementations of JAXB2.0
Posted by daniel at (09:29 PDT) | Permalink | Discuss (0)  

Notes towards an Open Source Java privacy/security/repair suite: After scouring the internet for traces of an Open Source Java toolkit capable of scouring virus and spyware habitat on a Windows machine, I've concluded that more development needs to be done in basic infrastructure utilities before a full-fledged Java privacy/security/repair suite can be written. My research notes begin with index.dat.
Posted by n_alex at (08:09 PDT) | Permalink | Discuss (1)  

March 25 2005

MyJXTA :: Can You Hear Me Now!: The MyJXTA community so rocks. These lads added a sweet "voice/jxta" module the other day. This is just the beginning. Tall cans in the air compadres!
Posted by gonzo at (18:00 PDT) | Permalink | Discuss (0)  

Improving applications: Beating on betas . . . also
Feature Story: Autoboxing
Poll: Have you switched to Tiger
Weblogs: Is MS reaching out to Java?, JAXB2.0 draft available and , Java and scripts and pipes
Also in Java Today: The vanishing middle and SwarmStream
Projects and Communities Swing Pointers and rename-packages
Forum posts: static imports and deprecating FileWriter
Posted by daniel at (08:40 PDT) | Permalink | Discuss (2)  

March 24 2005

Is Microsoft reaching out to Java?: A few Java community leaders were invited to participate in a summit organized by Microsoft and Rick Ross, the founder of JavaLobby, created presentation about it. No matter if you like, dislike or hate Microsoft the presentation is worthwhile to be listened to.
Posted by schaefa at (13:12 PDT) | Permalink | Discuss (5)  

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