JavaFX makes working with graphics and animation super easy. And thanks to the new NetBeans plugin you can build rich graphics interactively. In this tutorial you will learn the very basics of creating shapes, binding to variables, and simple rollover animations in about 4 minutes. Watch the tutorial on netbeans.tv
Groovy … * is an agile and dynamic language for the Java Virtual Machine * builds upon the strengths of Java but has additional power features inspired by languages like Python, Ruby and Smalltalk * makes modern programming features available to Java developers with almost-zero learning curve * supports Domain …
Validating data is a common task that is copied in many different layers of an application, from the presentation tier to the persistence layer. Many times the exact same validations will have to be implemented in each separate validation framework, proving time consuming and error. http://parleys.com/display/PARLEYS/Home#title=JSR%20303%20-%20Bean%20Validation;slide=1;talk=14123052
“Everything is content,” is David Nüscheler’s mantra. David is the spec lead for JSRs 170 and 283, Java Content Repository, a common, standardized API used by most Java-based, modern content management systems.
Nick Heudecker, the co-author of Hibernate Quickly and respected Java developer, talks about the Wicket framework, its technology, how to quickly get into it, and how it compares against JSF in this TSS feature interview.
Dr. Holly Cummins from IBM talks about the performance characteristics of Java virtual machines and dispels a few myths about run-time behaviour, such as “long GC pauses are bad for my application”. She explains why this view is inaccurate and how, overall, this may be better overall. Holly also tells …
