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August 10th, 2004 Last few days I have been taking the features of JDK 1.5 to the limits, often for uses its wasn't envisioned and I have to say I am pleasantly surprised in most cases. My voyage was into JPDA, live code transformation capabilities, Swing text, shutdown hooks, rtf & html packages, new language features including but not limited to auto boxing/unboxing, enhanced for loop, enums, static import etc., byte code modifications etc.

November 12th, 2007 AdBlock Plus is a controversial Firefox plugin to prevent ads from displaying on web pages. There is a simple procedure to detect (and take appropriate action) AdBlock Plus.

May 7th, 2008 I was intrigued by the fact that a new scripting language was designed for JavaFX, a new technology based on the Java platform, designed to enable consistent user experiences on desktop, mobile, TV, and other consumer platforms, where existing languages like Javascript or Groovy could be embraced and extended instead. A new language means a learning curve for a developer to get proficient at and also not be able to leverage the developer base of an existing popular language like Javascript or Gorrvy.

May 6th, 2008 The JavaFX Script Programming Language Tutorial by James Weaver at JavaOne 2008 was rather insipid. In my jet-lagged state, it was enough to put me to peaceful slumber.

June 18th, 2005 Java is a language of choice for millions of developers worldwide. In a series of articles I will show simple tips and techniques which make Java extremely powerful and yet simple to use.

September 27th, 2006 Allen Holub (Author of Compiler Design in C and famous OO Guru) said: "XML is perhaps the worst programming language ever conceived. I’m not talking about XML as a data-description language, which was its original design.

November 3rd, 2004 I was recently pulled into Groovy, a new Java based scripting language. You can read a good article highlighting groovy in onjava.com.

April 13th, 2005 I have heard that Python is a great programming language which is so much superior to everything around etc. The following code in python is touted as the world's smallest p2p client & server.

May 5th, 2006 This is a list of top 10 features missing in Java, features that I think will help Java survive and thrive in 21st century. As Java developers let's take this occassion to raise our voice and let our demands be heard.

May 30th, 2007 We are currently processing huge amount of sensitive corporate data for a Fortune 500 company as the first phase of a project. You have to be very careful in data processing, much more than any standard programming effort.

June 29th, 2006 Simon Phipps, chief open-source officer for Sun, said the Sun is "months" away from releasing its trademark Java programming language under an open-source license. He said Sun is ruminating over two major issues: how to keep Java compatible and ensure no particular company uses market forces as muscle for its own implementation, a move that would threaten Java's "write once, run anywhere" mantra.

February 3rd, 2008 I just finished interviewing a candidate with B.Tech. in Computer Science from W.B.U.T.

July 19th, 2006 Java increased its lead as the leading programming language according to TIOBE's index. PHP maintained its 4th position while Ruby moved up 13 positions to 17th.

May 15th, 2008 A short survey on your programming language preferences, shouldn't take more than 1 minute of your time. Please participate and let others know too.

January 11th, 2006 Java has won the "TIOBE Programming Language of 2005" award. The Java language has increased its popularity in 2005 with 4.77%.