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The J2EE Architect's Handbook

By Derek Ashmore

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The Argument for Stateful Session Beans

In the latest TSS Cartoon, we see the drawbacks of stateless session beans. Without a good conversation, how could you attack a cute bean?

Rich Internet Applications

By Vic Cekvenich

Vic Cekvenich thinks that the promise of JSF will come to fruition; however, it won't come from JSF, but rather from JDesktop Network Components (JNDC). This article builds the case, and gives examples of using RIAs in your solutions.

HttpClient and FileUpload

By Harshad Oak

The Jakarta Commons offer tools to help the everyday developer. In this article, Harshad Oak discusses the HttpClient and FileUpload components. He walks us through the usage of the two components via example.

Using a BLOB data type in a CMP Entity Bean

By Debu Panda

You cannot directly map a java.sql.Blob field type in a CMP entity bean to a BLOB data type in the database and use byte to manipulate the BLOB data type. Debu Panda paints the picture for a work-around.

Hibernate3 Filters

By Steve Ebersole

Steve Ebersole looks at the ability in Hibernate3 to pre-define filter criteria and attach those filters at both a class and a collection level.

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Oracle releasing new "Standard Edition" of their appserver
Oracle is to release Oracle Application Server Standard Edition One, which will consist of a J2EE container, portal, integration, business intelligence and identity management software for machines running two CPUs. Oracle did a similar thing with its database, and shows its push for the mid-level market.

Borland JBuilder 2005 announced
Borland has announced JBuilder 2005, which will have a GA release in September. This release has support for JDK 1.5, JavaServer Faces, J2EE 1.4 on the Java front. There is also better integration with other Borland products such as OptimizeIt, StarTeam, and CaliberRM.

Early Access of NetBeans Profiler available
The NetBeans project is pleased to announce that the first look at NetBeans Profiler, an integrated CPU and memory profiler for NetBeans IDE 3.6, is now available. The Profiler is based on the JFluid research project that has been in development at SunLabs for the last two years.

Introducing the Reflexive User Interface Builder
The IBM Reflexive User Interface Builder (RIB), a new technology available from alphaWorks, is an application and toolkit for building and rendering Swing and SWT GUIs. RIB specifies an XML markup language for describing Java GUIs and provides an engine for creating them. You can use RIB to test and evaluate basic GUI layout and functionality, or to create and render GUIs for an application.

The Incredible Shrinking Workforce
The U.S. Bureau of Labor just came out with some statistics on the IT workforce. Some 160,000 fewer Americans identify themselves as IT professionals as was the case in 2001. At the same time, the total U.S. employment in IT fell from 3.5 million to 3.2 million -- shrinking some 7%. People are now discussing what this means, including whether open source is a cause ;)

Sun releases Java Technology Concept Map 1.0
The Java Technology Concept Map 1.0 is an interactive diagram, a web of linked terms, to show the relationships among and uses of the Java technologies. You can use the Map to get an overview of the Java landscape as well as learn more about the details of its components.

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