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Create cross-platform database-driven applications with JDBC

The Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) API offers a unified interface to different databases, providing a series of generic functions that are internally translated into native function calls. This makes it extremely easy to create database-driven applications that work across different RDBMS types. Read more »

Introduction to the Google Web Toolkit

At the Google Developer Day conference 2008 in Sydney, Lars Rasmussen, the head of engineering for Google Australia gave an overview of the Google Web Toolkit (GWT) with his presentation "AJAX with Google Web Toolkit". Read more »

Monitor and manage Java applications with JConsole

The jconsole command launches a graphical console tool that enables you to monitor and manage Java applications on a local or remote machine. Read more »

Manage relational data with the Java Persistence API

The Java Persistence API (JPA) is a Java framework that allows developers to manage relational data in J2SE and J2EE applications. The JPA is defined as part of the EJB 3.0 specification (which is part of the Java EE 5 platform). Read more »

Implementing the callback pattern in Java

A callback in programming is executable code that is passed as an argument to other code. The higher-level code usually starts by calling a function within the lower-level function, passing to it a pointer, or handle to another function. Read more »

See how the Java API for XML Registries works

Web application developers must deal with a number of distributed registries, each with its own API or protocol. The Java API for XML Registries (JAXR) aims to unify these approaches so that each may be used as needed in an automatic fashion. Read more »

Java security: Policies and permission management

This article explores three areas of Java security: security managers, access controllers, and access permissions. Read more »

Is Java Windows for Unix?

Java is an incredibly successful toolset -- but what is it really and how did it get to be so popular? Read more »

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Examine class files with the javap command

Javap is useful when you want to see what your compiler is doing for (or to) you, or when you want to see what effect a code change will have on the compiled class file. Read more »

Add security to applications by using JAAS

Java Authentication and Authorization Service (JAAS) provides the ability to implement the two things that any decent security system needs: authentication and authorisation. See how JAAS may save you time and effort the next time you need to add security to your Java app. Read more »

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  • Lana Kovacevic What's new in GWT 1.5?

    I recently wrote an introduction to the Google Web Toolkit based on Lars Rasmussen's session at the Google Developer Day 2008 in Sydney. Following the introductory session Lars gave us a deeper insight into GWT, particularly what's new in version 1.5. Read more »

    -- posted by Lana Kovacevic

  • Lana Kovacevic The Portal of the Future

    At this year's Gartner Application Development, Integration and Web Services Summit, I attended Gene Phifer talk: "Portal of the Future: What's Beyond Web 2.0?". Read more »

    -- posted by Lana Kovacevic

  • Staff Google's new foray into image search

    Google is developing visual crawling software that can be used for facial recognition and scene analysis. In addition images can be matched with display ads and utilise geotagging information for various applications. Read more »

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