Java Developer Magazine

I admit it … I bought the Kindle on an impulse. Now that I have bought it and have been using it (I may be rationalizing but) I do like my Kindle and there are several reasons for liking it. You must be thinking why Kindle, why not iPad or Galaxy? After all, with these devices you get color, touch, browsing and many other things. Kindle is monochrome and without touch screen. You also need a Wi-Fi connection to browse. Then why did I buy the Kindle? It all started when Mahadevan announced that he is going to buy a Kindle. He has checked one of his friends who is an avid book reader and has got a strong recommendation for Kindle. I was under the impression that Kindle will not work properly in India. However, I was wrong. The 3G version of Kindle comes with a built in 3G connection which will work anywhere in the world and there are no extra charges for it. That did... (more)

WebRenderer Swing Edition 6.0 – 64bit Beta Ships

JadeLiquid is pleased to announce the long-awaited beta release of the WebRenderer Swing Edition 6.0 supporting 64bit systems. The beta of WebRenderer 6.0 includes support for both 32 and 64bit systems on Windows, OSX and Linux (other platforms to follow). The WebRenderer Swing Edition renders in lightweight Swing and is the only commercial strength Java browser SDK with this capability. New features found in the WebRenderer 6.0 beta include an updated Firefox engine, SVG support and overall performance improvements in the areas of rendering and Javascript. The standard WebRend... (more)

What You Need for Building Cool Enterprise Applications with JSF

My session on What You Need for Building Cool Enterprise Applications with JSF was accepted for JavaOne 2011 conference in San Francisco. Title: What You Need for Building Cool Enterprise Applications with JSF Time: Tuesday, 10:30 AM, Hilton San Francisco – Golden Gate 3/4/5 JSF is the standard UI technology in Java EE, but on its own, it lacks tools for effectively building real-world rich enterprise applications. RichFaces 4, an open source extension for JSF, fills this development gap. RichFaces Core provides major enhancements for Ajax request customization, rendering and exec... (more)

Book Review: Oracle ADF Enterprise Application Development Made Simple

There are very few pieces of software where a casual approach can be taken to the process of software development. Software development is intrinsically a difficult process, gathering requirements, design, development and testing all taking large effort. In reaction enterprises have setup and adopted strict development processes to build software (or at least the successful enterprises have ;-). ADF and JDeveloper are sold as productivity boosters for developers. Yet in the end they are just a technology platform. By themselves they don't solve the complexities of software develo... (more)

Externalizing Fine-Grained Authorization from Applications

The recent spike in insider threats, coupled with a rise in compliance considerations, has forced organizations to ensure only authorized users access sensitive application functionality and data. Historically, user entitlements or authorization logic has been embedded inside an application. For example, if the user of an application meets specific conditions, such as a specific role, access to that application function will be granted at runtime. But if the definition of specific authorization conditions changes over time, then the application developer needs to modify the appli... (more)