Java Tutorials & Articles
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A multi-tiered Java application with GWT
by Sing LiMobile applications are generally regarded as difficult. Sing Li describes a mobile architecture that is highly generalisable.
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Simple RPC with GWT
by Sing LiGoing beyond dynamic GUI and responsive interactions for web applications, GWT provides an easy-to-use remote procedure mechanism that your AJAX application can use to fetch data from a remote server. Sing Li shows how to extend a GWT application to access data across a network via RPC.
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AJAX the easy way - build 100% Java AJAX Flying Panels
by Sing LiWeb 2.0 and AJAX are exciting, but writing production grade systems that utilize these technologies is far from easy. There existed no way for Java developers to break into AJAX ‘gently' - until now! The Google Web Toolkit (GWT) lets you program AJAX in Java.
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Interactive animation with Java SE 6
by Sing LiJava SE 6 is no wimp when it comes to high performance interactive animations. Learn the tricks of the trade for Java animations and apply them in your next project.
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Virtual Earth - a Spartan AJAX web control
by Mike JamesThe Virtual Earth map control is a study in Spartan AJAX techniques. Mike James examines how it works and how you can extend it.
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Reveal your brilliance with Firefox 2 Chrome
by Sing LiThe Firefox browser uses a clever system to control its user interface, which has wide applicability. See how it works with Sing Li's easy starter project.
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Nothing but JavaScript
by Mike JamesThe Spartan Ajax motto is “no more HTML” - can this approach to creating web pages be serious? Mike James explains the idea and the inner workings.
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Wiring your way to a maintainable future
by Sing LiHands-on component development with the Spring 2 framework.
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Back to square one with Ruby on Rails
by Sing LiRuby on Rails is the unlikely sounding latest web development sensation. Sing Li examines what this new language and framework has to offer.
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On the way to AJAX
by Ian ElliotJScript is a language with lots of potential, as Ian Elliot discovers as he investigates new ways of doing old things.
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Discover the Geronimo Enterprise Server
by Sing LiRun all your J2EE applications on this open source server the easy way.
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WSDL your POJOs with Apache Axis
by Sing LiHow to give existing software systems a new life by exposing their functionality through a web service.
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Shakespeare at your fingertips
by Sing LiSatisfy your secret literary urges with a little help from the Apache Lucene search engine.
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Semaphores in JDK 1.5
by Sing LiLearn to work with Java threads and try out JDK 1.5's new semaphores.
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Gaming and MIDP 2.0
by Sing LiMIDP 2.0's built-in game API is ready for action.
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Java 1.5's hidden features
by Brett Mclaughlin David FlanaganJava 1.5 – or ‘Tiger’ to use its original code name – has lots of new features, but some of the best are well hidden. We take a look a how iterators are a thing of the past.
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JSP and custom tags
by Sing LiIf you want to do anything even slightly advanced with JSP then you need to use custom tags. Sing Li shows how easy it really is.
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Wired for sound
by Sing LiThere are lots of reasons for wanting to control your PC's sound hardware, but Sing Li just wants to sing-along with his favourite tracks.
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New features in Java 1.5
by James WintersDeveloping in Java is becoming easier, thanks to an evolving philosophy at Sun and new features in Java 1.5
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Tomcat 5
by Sing LiSing Li thinks that the time is right to use the versatile Tomcat 5 server in your applications.