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June 2007
Bits : JavaFX Podcast, Articles on Cookies and Drag-and-Drop into JTree
Saturday, 30 June 2007 12:27 P GMT-08
Lots of interesting bits - including a podcast with Robert Brewin and Hal Stern. Two new articles on Cookie Handling and another one on Drag and Drop into a JTree.
Article : Redirection When Session Times Out
Friday, 29 June 2007 1:09 P GMT-08
A new article on session-timeouts and what to do about them. More...
NetBeans and Hibernate - Three New Tutorials
Wednesday, 27 June 2007 2:06 P GMT-08
Three very nice tutorials on Hibernate and NetBeans. More....
Learning JavaFX : NetBeans 6 JavaFX Preview Mode
Wednesday, 27 June 2007 12:32 A GMT-08
I started using JavaFX plugin on NetBeans 6.0 and it is better than the previous version. More...
SVG to JavaFX Converter
Monday, 25 June 2007 9:30 A GMT-08
Here is info on an SVG to JavaFX converter. More...
Bits : JavaOne Sessions & Hands-on-Labs, Media Management Tutorial
Sunday, 24 June 2007 10:07 P GMT-08
Two new bits - all the Sessions and most of the Hands-on-Labs are now available for you. Also a nice tutorial on building a media management application. More...
jMaki Bits : Dynamic Data with jMaki tutorial, Update Feature, 0.9.3 Out
Saturday, 23 June 2007 11:39 P GMT-08
Some new bits on jMaki. A tutorial that uses Derby, Java Persistence API and JMaki. jMaki 0.9.3 is available and a new jMaki update feature. More...
Learning JavaFX : Starting an IDE Project, Compiling and Building a Small Example
Friday, 22 June 2007 11:29 P GMT-08
I have finished looking at JavaFXPad and now I'm using NetBeans. Here is a look at how to build a NetBeans project and app. More...
Tutorials : Working with Tomcat, Why UML? and Ruby in 10 Minutes
Wednesday, 20 June 2007 11:17 P GMT-08
Three quick tutorials. First one deals with working with Tomcat in NetBeans. Second answers the question - Why UML? The third is a quick Ruby tutorial that works with Derby and NetBeans. More...
Learning JavaFX : Four Examples - Images & Mouse Events
Tuesday, 19 June 2007 8:09 A GMT-08
This weekend I started spending some time with JavaFX. I decided to take notes and track my learning curve. Here are for beginner's examples on how to manipulate images and catch events. More...
Bits : JavaOne LevelUp Videos, Two Articles: Midlet Local Cache, Java ME GUI APIs
Sunday, 17 June 2007 11:00 P GMT-08
Video : Java Games Technologies. Check out Chris Melissinos' Level Up series on JavaOne 2007. He has a series of videos - Chris' first L
Tutorial & Screencast: Putting Dilbert on Your Mobile ; End-to-End Java
Sunday, 17 June 2007 10:47 P GMT-08
Wow! What a great find. A demo that shows end-to-end Java development : building a web app, web service client and a mobile client. All to put Dilbert on your phone. More...
Article : jRuby and the Java Platform
Sunday, 17 June 2007 9:09 A GMT-08
How do you work with Java APIs from within jRuby ? A new article shows how. More...
Good Things : Grails 0.5.5 Released
Saturday, 16 June 2007 12:03 P GMT-08
Grails 0.5.5 was released with lots of new features. More...
Bits : Excellent GlassFish Overview (PDF), Container Scalability, Rich Client Platform(PDF)
Friday, 15 June 2007 6:55 A GMT-08
Three new bits. First, an excellent article covering a huge amount of territory on GlassFish. Second, an entry providing a series of benchmarks measuring scalability of GlassFish and Tomcat. Finally, a presentation on NetBeans Platform. More..
Reports : Security Issues in Safari on Windows Beta, Mozilla responds (Updated)
Wednesday, 13 June 2007 7:08 A GMT-08
Lots of bugs are being discovered at an unusually high rate in Safari on Windows Beta. More...
New NetBeans Resources : Google Toolbar, Spring (+screencasts), Java ME
Tuesday, 12 June 2007 11:50 P GMT-08
There are three new tutorials. They cover how to build a Google Toolbar plugin (part 2), resolving Java ME Device Fragmentation and developing in the Spring framework in NetBeans. More...
Bits : JavaFX Morph, NetBeans' Ruby Express and Groovy Macros on OpenOffice
Tuesday, 12 June 2007 9:27 A GMT-08
A few bits this morning. First, Ruby developers are seriously hopping on board the NetBeans' Ruby Express train. Second, a few examples of JavaFX Morph and finally a way to write OpenOffice Macros in Groovy.
Resource : Using the Google Ajax Map Viewer Component (tutorial/flash)
Monday, 11 June 2007 4:38 P GMT-08
There is a new NetBeans tutorial, Using the Ajax Map Viewer Component, which shows how to create web apps with the Google map service. A flash demo and tutorial are now available.
OpenJFX Project - Most Popular Project on java.net
Saturday, 9 June 2007 9:47 P GMT-08
The OpenJFX project is taking top honors on java.net - it has become the most visited site in the community. More...
OpenOffice Native MacOS X Alpha Version Available
Friday, 8 June 2007 6:46 P GMT-08
OpenOffice.org is working on a native version of OpenOffice. It is very alpha - but very promissing. More...
Resources : Getting Started with Grails Presentation (Princeton JUG)
Friday, 8 June 2007 2:52 P GMT-08
The slides from Jason Rudolph's, Getting Started with Grails talk are now available. Check it out. More...
NASA World Wind Goes Java, Offers SDK, NetBeans
Friday, 8 June 2007 8:14 A GMT-08
Note that NASA's World Wind project has gone Java! What is it ? World Wind "lets you zoom from satellite altitudes into any place on Earth." It offers an SDK. Check out the web start apps (including flight simulator). Works great with NetBeans. Mor
NetBeans Magazine Issue 3 Available (in PDF/HTML)
Wednesday, 6 June 2007 11:39 P GMT-08
The latest version of NetBeans Magazine is available with lots of info on NetBeans 6.0. Articles on core NetBeans 6.0 features, Schliemann scripting language framework, UI design in 6.0 and much more (C/C++ Pack, OpenOffice NetBeans Integration....