Web application framework and Java middleware
Web application frameworks help enterprise application developers focus on the business logic that makes enterprise application indispensable without focusing too much effort on ensuring that the applications work across browser platforms. The write once, run anywhere promise of the Java language only extends so far. Server-side developers must still concern themselves with Java integration into the enterprise architecture. Frequently, Java middleware platforms will be necessary to integrate enterprise Web applications.
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27 May 2020
HashMap vs. Hashtable: Which map should you choose?
When HashMap replaced Hashtable as part of the Java 1.2 release, it moved away from how developers previously used the collections API and Java maps. Continue Reading
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Use Tomcat, Eclipse to create a JAX-RS REST web service
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How to format a Java table with printf example
Why not make your console output look pretty? Create, format and print data tables with Java printf statements, along with a clever combination of dashes, pipelines and printf placeholders. Continue Reading
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How to git push an existing project to Bitbucket
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Definition
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AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML)
AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) is a technique aimed at creating better and faster interactive web apps by combining several programming tools including JavaScript, dynamic HTML (DHTML) and Extensible Markup Language (XML). Continue Reading
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Apache Struts Hello World by example
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A Bitnami WordPress stack installation and examination
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HashMap vs. Hashtable: Which map should you choose?
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Top 5 software development best practices you need to know
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Video
18 Apr 2019
Use Tomcat, Eclipse to create a JAX-RS REST web service
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Video
10 Apr 2019
Follow this Java screen scraper example to aggregate content
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News
28 Mar 2019
JavaScript popularity drives TypeScript adoption among devs
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20 Feb 2019
Convert JPEG to SVG to improve webpage performance
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13 Feb 2019
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30 Nov 2018
DeepCode and AI tools poised to revolutionize static code analysis
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01 Nov 2018
To the brave new world of reactive systems and back
We explore the idea of reactive systems and learn how they are designed. Continue Reading
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Blog Post
19 Jul 2018
The secret history behind the success of npm and Node
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22 May 2018
Packaging Java programs in the modern age of microservices and mobile apps
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20 Mar 2018
Rust and Python top list of most popular development languages
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30 Jan 2018
What happened to Java in 2017? Here's a comprehensive list
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Podcast
04 Oct 2017
Manico and Grimstad bring Java tech to life at JavaOne 2017
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Podcast
03 Oct 2017
How Java EE Security and MVC 1.0 simplify Java microservices
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Guide
29 Aug 2017
Top JavaScript frameworks accelerate software development
Despite its tough reputation, JavaScript frameworks are still growing in popularity in the software development world. Get the latest on JavaScript's status and future expectations. Continue Reading
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Feature
25 Jul 2017
React and Angular frameworks speeding up JavaScript performance
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News
17 Feb 2017
Pass on the JSON, and choose binary encoding formats instead
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16 Jan 2017
Web application performance tips from the wolves on Wall Street
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27 Oct 2016
SVG graphics and HTML5 key to creating consistent UIs across devices
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19 Jul 2016
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Tutorial
25 May 2016
Portlet tutorial: Defining and namespacing JavaScript objects
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Feature
01 Apr 2016
Moving beyond the virtualization tool with DevOps containers
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Feature
26 Feb 2016
In JDK 9, the Java browser plug-in will be a thing of the past
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Tip
22 Feb 2016
Five tips for choosing a UI development framework
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Feature
13 Jan 2016
Why learning Scala, JavaScript and Ruby will make you a better Java developer
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10 Dec 2015
These new features in PHP 7 will convince you to do an upgrade
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Podcast
30 Jul 2015
Beat performance monitoring hurdles in single-page interface world
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Tutorial
04 May 2015
How to invoke a JSF managed bean asynchronously through JavaScript
Sometimes great frameworks like JSF, Wicket or Spring MVC make simple tasks surprisingly difficult to do. With JavaServer Faces, the simple task of invoking a method on a managed bean is actually a bit of a chore. In this tutorial, we tackle that chore together. Continue Reading
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Tip
30 Apr 2015
How Netflix modularized their JavaScript Codebase
Netflix implemented a modularized JavaScript Codebase to accommodate growing user interface issues Continue Reading
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Tip
29 Apr 2015
How elegant code can hurt HTML5 performance
Elegant code can lead to cleaner, precise steps. But it can also lead to application performance bottlenecks, argues Mozilla's Andreas Gal. Continue Reading
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Feature
08 Jan 2015
10 reasons why HTML5 implementation should happen now
Learn the top 10 reasons why HTML5 implementation should be your next Web development project. Continue Reading
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Tip
28 Oct 2014
Incorporating Google Maps to the Java desktop
Rob Terpilowski discusses how he and his architect team brought Google Maps to the Java desktop in this video from JavaOne 2014. Continue Reading
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Feature
18 Aug 2014
HTML5 now rules the desktop, but shortcomings make it a hard sell for mobile
HTML5 is changing the game for both mobile and desktop developers, but that doesn't mean HTML5 is a panacea. Performance problems, a lack of tooling and missing features are causing a roadblock for some organizations, especially in the mobile space. Should you go with HTML5, or is a hybrid or native approach right for you? Continue Reading
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Tutorial
20 Jul 2014
Integrating Ajax into your Facelets pages: Death to JSF's request-response cycle
If you're doing Facelets development, this might be the most important tutorial you will ever read. It will explain to you how to throw out that annoying request-response cycle, and explain how to integrate Ajax based JSF components with a dynamically re-rendering Facelets page snippet. Continue Reading
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Tutorial
20 Jul 2014
Template based web design with JSF Facelets: ui:insert versus ui:include
When creating a web page template with JSF, a developer needs to know the difference between ui:insert and ui:include. They're actually quite different, but the similar sounding names can create confusion. Here's a great example of when to use ui:insert and how to properly use ui:include. Continue Reading
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Tutorial
20 Jul 2014
Creating pages based on a JSF template: Using the Facelets ui:define tag
What do you do once you've set up a handsome page template using the Facelets functions that come with JSF 2.x? Well, you start creating new pages, meshing those ui:define tags in with ui:composition and ui:insert. It's easier than it sounds, trust me. Continue Reading
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Tutorial
19 Jul 2014
An introduction to template building with Facelets, CSS, HTML and JSF 2.2
Facelets is a great technology for creating templates for websites and then adding dynamic functionality. In this tutorial, we will introduce the idea of creating a template page with CSS, HTML, JavaScript and JavaServer Faces 2.2 (JSF). Continue Reading
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Tutorial
18 Feb 2014
How to animate your web pages using JavaScript, HTML and CSS: A tutorial
One of the great benefits to using JavaScript is the fact that it allows you to animate your web pages in simple yet creative ways. Here we look at a simple example that animates the result of a game or rock-paper-scissors. Continue Reading
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Tutorial
17 Feb 2014
Tutorial: Coding a simple Rock Paper Scissors application in JavaScript
Rock, paper scissors, or Rashambo as it is called in some circles, is a simple game that most people understand, which makes it a great scenario for learning how to program in JavaScript. Continue Reading
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Tutorial
17 Feb 2014
A simple tutorial on using the JavaScript event model
To be great at JavaScript languages like JQuery, Dojo and YUI, you must master the basics of JavaScript. Here we look at implementing a simple Roshambo application using the JavaScript event model. Continue Reading
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Tutorial
27 Jul 2013
JSR-286 development tutorial: Linking back to the portal with the PortletURL
In this JSR-286 development tutorial we look at the PortletURL and the challenge developers face when trying to link back to the portal, a portal page or a given portlet instance. Continue Reading
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Tip
05 May 2013
Two most commonly misconfigured Tomcat performance settings
Tomcat on the server is different from Tomcat on the desktop, but too many system admins fail to optimize their production servers for performance. Continue Reading
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Tip
12 Mar 2013
Performance and troubleshooting tips for JSF 2.0 Facelet developers
JSF 2.0 has provided a variety of new configuration settings to help improve performance and aid the troubleshooting task, making the lives of software developers and quality engineers much easier. Continue Reading
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Feature
10 Jan 2013
How NoSQL, MySQL and MongoDB worked together to solve a big-data problem
Choosing between schemaless NoSQL databases and strong-schema relational designs isn't an either-or decision, as this case study points out. When dealing with their big data problem, Craigslist decided that their MySQL servers could use a little help from MongoDB, and putting the two technologies together created a better system with greater availability, scalability and performance. Continue Reading
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News
11 Dec 2012
How Amazon discovered hybrid HTML5/Java Android app development
While their early approach to hybrid HTML5/Java Android mobile apps may have had a few hiccups, Java developers can still learn from it. Continue Reading
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Feature
12 Jul 2012
What's the big IDE? Comparing Eclipse and NetBeans
The Java community has long debated the best IDE. Is it Eclipse or NetBeans? These are the two most popular among TherServerSide.com readers. Continue Reading
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Feature
20 Mar 2012
Ten Reasons to Love Liferay
Summing it up, if you are launching an enterprise portal project, you certainly should consider using a portal product as the foundation Continue Reading
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Tip
23 Feb 2012
Five Neat Things You Can Do Out of the Box with Liferay Portal
If you've ever run a competitive portal, you know that so many of them have little more than the "weather portlet" or "bookmarks" portlet after installation. Liferay is amazing because it has such full featured functionality 'out of the box.' Here's just five featuers I love about Liferay Portal 6.1. Continue Reading
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Tip
20 Feb 2012
Compare new Java Web application tools to the basics
When evaluating new Java Web application tools look back to the most basic Java development tools and see where the new tool takes you from there. Continue Reading
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Tip
10 Feb 2012
Rich user interface design affects application success
Use rich user interface design to encourage end users to engage with the application and maximize its useful potential. Continue Reading
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Tip
26 Jan 2012
Java 7 and the intricacies of safe and unsafe casting
One of the problems with casting is that it does have the potential to cause a loss of precision, especially if the number that gets cast does indeed fall outside of the range of the target type. Here we will explain why this happens. Continue Reading
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Feature
26 Jan 2012
Has Computer Programming Really Changed Much Since Lovelace's Time?
Everyone always talks about these new computer programming languages, and how great one is over the other. But really, has computer programming really changed that much over time? Continue Reading
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Tutorial
12 Jan 2012
New Java 7 Features: How to Use a More Precise Rethrow in Exceptions from Project Coin
Afficionados of other languages such as Scala or Clojure are always slagging the fact that Java is too verbose and cumbersome. So, it's not too surprising to find out that Java 7 introduced a number of new facilities that can help to trim down the code an application developer is required to write. Continue Reading
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Tutorial
11 Nov 2011
Writing Java code in the cloud
The road bumps one experiences when they drive towards cloud computing can be avoided, especially when one has the opportunity to learn from the experiences of those who have gone before. Continue Reading
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News
26 Oct 2011
An extensive RIA technology comparison matrix
Today the people behind Vaadin released an updated comparison matrix that lines up the most popular and prominent rich Web technologies for a truthful comparison matrix. They're now trying to gather feedback for any mistakes they might've made in the data points, or other things that might've be unclear or simply wrong. Continue Reading
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Tip
02 Oct 2011
Include vs. Forward of the Servlet RequestDispatcher
The key difference between the two is the fact that the forward method will close the output stream after it has been invoked, whereas the include method leaves the output stream open. Continue Reading
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News
08 Sep 2011
Do we really need another framework to Play with? 2.0 is out with a curfew
Play 2.0 is out. Well, okay, it's not out: but it's sort of out. Some non-GA stuff is available for download and development, with the disclaimer that everything might change, although it's not too likely that it will. Continue Reading
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Tip
22 Jul 2011
Choosing Java frameworks for performance
Frank Cohen, CEO and founder of PushToTest, presents a round-up of opinions on which Java frameworks deliver a light-weight, RIA-based, high developer productivity platform. What do you think? Read the full conversation and join in. Continue Reading
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News
18 Jul 2011
jqGrid, REST, AJAX and Spring MVC integration
More than two years back I wrote an article on how two implement elegant CRUD in Struts2. Today I have taken a much more lightweight and modern approach with a set of popular and well established frameworks and libraries. We will use Spring MVC on the back-end to provide a REST interface to our resources, the jqGrid plugin for jQuery to render tabular grids, and we'll wire everything up with a pinch of JavaScript and AJAX. Continue Reading
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News
05 Jul 2011
Rod Johnson clarifies his thoughts on OSGi
"I’d like to add some clarification here, and say a little more about our experience with OSGi and my conclusions from it—note the emphasis on my, as my opinions aren’t always those of SpringSource or Vmware [...] I don’t think OSGi is a bad technology—merely one that isn’t applicable to every application out there and one which therefore didn't belong at the core of our business. […]" Continue Reading
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News
22 Jun 2011
Save seconds in page load time by upgrading your JavaScript libraries
JavaScript libraries such as jQuery provide functions that make it easy for web developers to achieve certain things, e.g.: change the style of certain DOM elements. Most of these libraries therefore provide methods called $, $$ or find that allow finding DOM elements by ID, Tag Name, CSS Class Name or specific DOM attribute values. Continue Reading
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News
21 Jun 2011
Easy Java Persistence (EJP)
EJP is the next major release/fork of jPersist, and is a Java persistence framework. It is a trouble free, configuration and annotation free, framework based on JDBC. It is not a JPA implementation. It is much simpler and smaller. Continue Reading
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Tip
09 Jun 2011
Integrating Eclipse and WebSphere Portal 7
Using Eclipse to develop applications for WebSphere Portal 7 can save you a considerable amount of licensing expense, but the integration can be a bit tricky in the early stages. Continue Reading
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News
02 Jun 2011
Zero-downtime Deployment (and Rollback) in Tomcat; a walkthrough and a checklist
If you thought Tomcat could not get any better, you thought wrong. Tomcat 7 introduces what is called Parallel Deployment. Simply put, parallel deployment is the ability to deploy more than one version of your web application in parallel, making all versions available under the exact same URL. Think about this for a minute. If you have a new version of your application, you can simply drop it into the Tomcat that is running the old one and it will Just Work™. In fact, they will both work. Continue Reading
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News
06 Apr 2011
The future of Java on the Mac
Hopefully, by now, everyone knows that Apple joined the OpenJDK project last year. This is good news for Java developers who want to develop on Mac. It's also good news for Mac users - as it means that, for example, the native Aqua look-and-feel will continue to be supported - so Java desktop apps on Mac will look lovely. I, for one, can't wait to see what Nimbus look-and-feel will look like under native Aqua. Continue Reading
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Tutorial
02 Mar 2011
Working with CDI and JSF 2.0 on Tomcat 7: Configuring Weld
By default, you can't use CDI in your JSF 2.0 applications when they are simply deployed to a standard servlet engine such as Tomcat 7. But, with Weld, you can make it work. Continue Reading
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Feature
30 Nov 2010
Applying control theory concepts in software applications
Control theory is a discipline originated in mathematics and engineering science but was adopted also in psychology, social sciences and other research domains. It deals with influencing the behaviour of dynamical systems. In this article it is shown that concepts of control theory can also be applied to software architectures that have a need for controlling dynamical behaviour. Software applications that react to external input in form of GUI requests, batch input or service calls are in deed dynamical systems whose behaviour depends on current event, environment and actual system state. Continue Reading
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News
01 Apr 2009
What is the Asynchronous Web, and How is it Revolutionary?
Legacy web applications are synchronous in nature. The user interacts with the web interface presented in the browser, the browser makes requests back to the server based on that user interaction, and the server responds to those requests with new presentation for the user - fundamentally a synchronous process. Continue Reading
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News
01 Oct 2008
An Introduction to GMaps4JSF
GMaps4JSF is one of the JSF Mashups libraries that enable JSF users to build Web 2.0 Mashup applications in JSF easily. In this article, I will introduce what the GMaps4JSF library offers, how to configure it, and its components, and finally an example that illustrates a simple application that utilizes the library. Continue Reading
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News
01 Sep 2008
Getting Started with jBPM and Spring
Business process management (BPM) – while also its own independent practice and school of thought – is an application of technology that is served by many products, not the least of which is jBPM. Continue Reading
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News
01 Jan 2008
Introducing Apache Wicket
This article approaches Apache Wicket by presenting the core concepts behind the framework, and moves to reinforce those concepts with an example leveraging some of Wicket's strengths. Continue Reading
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News
01 Apr 2007
Ajax CRUD with Struts2 and Tibco GI
In this article you will learn how to create a new Ajax RIA front end to an existing Apache Struts2 .jsp application using TIBCO General Interface (GI), an open source Ajax toolkit with a MVC architecture similar to that of Java Swing. GI is optimized for creating business productivity applications and communicating with XML, SOAP, JSON and other types of services in a SOA. Continue Reading
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News
01 Feb 2007
Pragmatic Design
If Java is truly to replace COBOL as an enterprise-wide standard, then it needs to be as easy to write as COBOL and as fast a C++ at runtime. In my experience with all of these implementations, Java at the command level is clearly easier to learn than C++, however, Java the platform is complicated. This article attempts to address this issue by developing criteria for assembling applications. Continue Reading
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News
11 May 2006
Free Book: Jakarta Struts Live
Jakarta Struts Live contains thorough coverage of both the Struts MVC architecture and building each of the Struts components of this architecture. You'll learn to use vital features like Tiles, the Validator, DynaActionForms, plug-ins, and internationalization. You also look at how you can leverage other open-source technologies to improve your Struts development process and experiences. Continue Reading
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News
01 Apr 2005
HiveMind: What's it all about?
HiveMind, one of the newer Jakarta subprojects at The Apache Software Foundation, is described as "a framework for creating applications, not an application, or even an application server, itself." Howard Lewis Ship created HiveMind while working on WebCT's enterprise e-learning product, Vista. Howard also created Tapestry, a very popular web development framework. Tapestry paved the way for component-based web application frameworks and HiveMind is also beginning to make some waves of its own. In fact, the soon-to-be-released version of Tapestry actually uses HiveMind extensively. Continue Reading
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News
12 Dec 2004
Internationalized Data in Hibernate
We've seen a few people using internationalized reference data where labels displayed in the user interface depend upon the user's language. It's not immediately obvious how to deal with this in Hibernate, and I've been meaning to write up my preferred solution for a while now. Continue Reading
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News
01 Dec 2004
Java GUI Development: Reintroducing MVC
Model-View-Controller (MVC) paradigm is an intuitive and widely accepted strategy in UI design, be it web or rich client. In fact it is so well established as a de-facto standard, that "compliance with MVC" is often used as a way to measure quality of UI frameworks, and even as a marketing slogan. Continue Reading
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News
01 Oct 2004
ACID is Good. Take it in Short Doses
This article is about why ACID is good for you, why ACID doesn't work in long doses, why you shouldn't give up and what concepts, models and technologies you can take in longer doses. Continue Reading
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News
09 Apr 2004
Sending Velocity-based E-mail with Spring
See how easy setting up Spring's JavaMail support on a PositionManager class, followed by replacing the e-mail's text with a Velocity template can be. Continue Reading
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News
01 Apr 2004
Using The Digester Component
Web services are unimaginable without XML, and with the usage of Web services projected to boom over the next few years, there is no escaping XML. In this article, you will look at the Jakarta Commons Digester component and how it can make working with XML a simple task. Continue Reading
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News
01 Mar 2004
Cocoon as a Web Framework
Art of Java Web Development covers several different Model 2 web frameworks. Cocoon is more than one type of framework. Cocoon automatically transforms documents based on the request context. It presents a new kind of application service, leveraging XML technologies to create web sites with unprecedented flexibility. Continue Reading
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News
01 Feb 2004
Part 4 - Modeling simultaneously in UML, Java, and User Perspectives
One of the benefits claimed for the Naked Objects approach is that it helps in the capture and modeling of business requirements. Continue Reading
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News
01 Jan 2004
Introducing JFig
Java applications are typically deployed in multiple environments and platforms, each requiring some unique configuration. Additionally, many applications consist of many component applications, all sharing common configuration data. JFig gives developers a simple yet powerful tool to manage their applications' configuration. Continue Reading
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News
01 Aug 2003
Introduction to Maverick
This article will cover the code and experience in building an application using the Maverick framework. Continue Reading
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News
01 Jun 2003
Keel - The Next Generation Meta Framework
This article explains the technical architecture of Keel and its core functionalities and services so that one has a better idea why Keel is best suited to answer the above stated important questions for any project. Continue Reading
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News
01 Feb 2003
Integrating JSP/JSF and XML/XSLT: The Best of Both Worlds
The long awaited releases of JavaServer Faces TM (JSF) version 1.0 and JavaServer Pages TM (JSP) version 2.0 promise to transform the way J2EE developers build Web applications. Meanwhile, Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations (XSLT) version 2.0 is in the final stages of specification, and many developers are seriously considering XML-based presentation layers. Continue Reading