Java, JSP, Servlets - Back To The Basics

January 9th, 2006 I informed in my previous post that I have decided to shun all java frameworks for my current project and develop with basic Java / J2SE components instead. Here is a synopsis of my journey as it is unfolding.

May 3rd, 2006 Here is a list of top 10 java features I constantly use and highly recommend; features which makes Java great as a language and platform. JSP & Servlets - Most of java development today is arguably done on JSP & Servlets.

January 12th, 2006 I just downloaded JDK1.6 aka JDK 6 (code name: Mustang). Now is a good time as any to get your feet wet with the latest version of Java platform and development kit.

June 13th, 2007 I am an avid JSP / Servlets user (and fan) since its introduction. Nothing gives me more pleasure than to quickly prototype and deliver a robust application within few days (even a single day) for a client using JSP and servlets.

July 29th, 2008 I am on to create a cool (really really cool) application with Java back-end, distributed processing and all. Expect to see lots of Java tech tips and articles in the coming days.

June 23rd, 2008 While running some Java applications (like Thinreader) you may see this strange looking error - Couldn't find per display information. You may find this error when running such applications in JDK 6 or later.

April 8th, 2009 The breaking news today is Google App Engine has finally announced support for Java. The Java environment provides a Java 6 JVM, a Java Servlets interface, and support for standard interfaces to the App Engine scalable datastore and services, such as JDO, JPA, JavaMail, and JCache.

March 15th, 2005 J2SE stands for Java 2 Standard Edition. The 2 stands for version 2 of the platform.

March 26th, 2009 This small trick will tell you how you can compile a java source file from another java file on the go. You do not need to run it on a different page and compile it there and then get back to this program.

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.

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.

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.

September 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.

August 28th, 2009 Java EE 6 arrives as a big leap transforming into an ideally simple, streamlined and well-integrated platform. Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE) has grown over the years since its in 1999.

December 25th, 2004 I have put a new blog which lists hot jobs postings associated with software & bioinformatics industry, job leads available by word-of-mouth, mailings lists of alumni associations, java architects, java user groups, vc mailings lists etc. In other words postings, often for high profile jobs, which are normally accessible to inner circle only.