Java is Omnipresent!March 12th, 2008 A nice video on Java showing the ubiquitousness of Java. Now read on to deflate your ego before it bursts.
Java is Everywhere (Video)April 22nd, 2006 An educational and entertaining video on Java. Enjoy!
Java Tutorial (Video) for BeginnersMarch 10th, 2008 Here is a nice video on the quintessential Hello World program. All you need is Java to go through this excellent introductory tutorial for Windows users.
Fun Java Programming PuzzlesMarch 12th, 2008 Amazon.com WidgetsCheck out this excellent video of Java puzzles from Google tech talk. There is also a nice book on Java puzzles by Joshua Block & Neal Gafter.
Eclipse & Java Tutorial for BeginnersMarch 14th, 2008 The enclosed three videos gives you a pretty good introduction of using Eclipse IDE for Java development with a test driven development approach:
Introducing Data Persistence:
How to use the debugger:
3 High Quality JRuby Introductory VideosAugust 2nd, 2008 Here are three high quality introductory JRuby videos to learn more about JRuby (obviously), how to use it with Java and how to use it on Glassfish. The first video by Ola Bini is of the best quality and provides a nice introduction to JRuby and its benefits.
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.
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 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.
YouTube Sued Over 1992 Los Angeles Riot VideoJuly 18th, 2006 L.A. News Service, a Los Angeles video news service sued YouTube Inc. on Friday in federal court for allowing its users to upload copyrighted video footage on YouTube, including the beating of trucker Reginald Denny during the 1992 riots.
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.
Google Acquired YouTube For $1.65 BillionOctober 9th, 2006 Google Inc. announced today that it has agreed to acquire YouTube for $1.65 billion in a stock-for-stock exchange. Both companies have approved the deal, which should officially close in the fourth quarter.
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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YouTube XL: World's Most Popular Videos Now On Your TVJune 3rd, 2009 With Hulu releasing its Hulu Desktop a week ago, YouTube declares a video war with its YouTube XL. With the new product, YouTube would take site viewing experience a step further.
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.