Simplifying Java Software Development: How to Count the Number of Words in a String using Java (one-liner)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.
Open Source Java Months Away Says Sun ExecutiveJune 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.
J2SE 5: New wine in new bottle with old corkMarch 15th, 2005 J2SE stands for Java 2 Standard Edition. The 2 stands for version 2 of the platform.
Using Assertions in Java TechnologyJuly 18th, 2005 You can use assertions to detect errors that may otherwise go unnoticed. Assertions contain Boolean expressions that define the correct state of your program at specific points in the program source code.
Sun Open Sources Java (April Fool)April 1st, 2006 In a significant (read earth shattering for Java community worldwide) move Sun has announced their decision to open source Java technologies. The JCP will be disbanded in favor of open source bazaar model.
Java Quiz: Why StringBuilder Should be Used Instead of StringBuffer?August 23rd, 2008 First tell me what is the best way to concatenate large number of String objects? Is it a + b?
Most Java developers know not to use a + b (+ operator) because of huge performance problems, they use StringBuffer instead. In fact I did some tests in the past which confirms this folklore.
Java Studio Creator 2 Early Access is available for freeJuly 11th, 2005 I have found Java Studio Creator to be very useful and worthwhile for JSF based development. Join the Java Studio Creator 2 Early Access program and download the new IDE for FREE through October 2005.
Java SE Goes Beta (Feature Complete). Download Now.February 17th, 2006 Java SE 6 Beta offers the first feature complete version of next major release of the Java SE platform. Sun expects to ship the final release of Java SE 6 in the fall of 2006.
Dr. Richard Stallman is talking nonsense; A look into Java TrapMay 12th, 2005 Dr. Stallman in his article Free but shackled - Java Trap expresses his concern that Java developers may be unknowingly falling into an expensive trap. In his own words:
If you develop a Java program on Sun's Java platform, you are liable to use Sun-only features without even noticing.
Three Free Notable Java Software / APISeptember 8th, 2005 GMail API for Java
GMailer API for Java (g4j) is set of API that allows Java programmer to communicate to GMail. With G4J programmers can made Java based application that based on huge storage of GMail.
How to force any Java program to use HTTP proxyApril 14th, 2009 You can either specify it on command line or within program code by setting three system properties as below:
proxyHost=proxy_host_name
proxyPort=proxy_port
proxySet=true
For example if a proxy is running on localhost at port 8080 then we can use:
java -DproxyHost=localhost -DproxyPort=8080 -DproxySet=true YourProgram
The same properties can be set within your Java program by System.getProperties().put(key, value);
That's it folks!
Java Popularity Statistics (from JavaOne 2008)May 7th, 2008 Sun revealed the following statistics about Java at JavaOne 2008:
1. 90% of Personal Computers on Internet have Java
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An all time dumb question: [On programming languages]May 8th, 2005 An all time dumb question:
Person A. Duh... in what language should we program?
Person B.
Gripe: Java blog aggregator: javablogs.comFebruary 16th, 2004 Few Gripes on Java.blogs:
After few days with java.blogs I realized I don't want a few things. For example I am not interested in knowing anything about IDEA releases.
Open Source Java Application Server Geronimo Passes Java 2 Enterprise Edition 1.4 CertificationOctober 19th, 2005 With its latest release of the software, Apache announced that Geronimo 1.0-M5 Java application server has passed all the compatibility tests and has gained official J2EE1.4 certification of the Java server software standard. Apache Geronimo 1.0-M5 is completely integrated with the Tomcat Web server and includes a developer preview of web management console submitted to Apache by IBM.
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Fandoo Code… And its work 2.