Open Source Java Reporting with JasperReports and iReport Snooped: May 12, 2008 By John Ferguson Smart - JasperReports is a powerful and flexible open source reporting solution. The iReport visual designer enables you to take advantage of the full power of JasperReports without in-depth knowledge of the JasperReports native...
Good Java Style, Revisited Snooped: May 12, 2008 By Rob Lybarger - Learn the elements of good Java code style and why they are important.
Learn to Use the Annotation Feature of Java 5.0 Snooped: May 1, 2008 By Javid Jamae - Developers have always struggled to find ways of adding semantic data to their Java code. They had to: Java didn't have a native metadata facility. But that all changed with version 5.0 of Java, which allows annotations as a...
Spring: Creating Objects So You Don't Have To Snooped: May 1, 2008 By Javid Jamae - As a dependency injection framework (not to mention one of the more popular open source Java projects today), Spring links objects together using XML definitions. Find out about Spring and the ways you can invert control in...
Integrate the Eclipse Web Tools Platform and Maven Snooped: May 1, 2008 By Raghuraman Ramaswamy - Leveraging the Eclipse Web Tools Platform (WTP) and the M2Eclipse (M2) plugin in the same project has compelling benefits for the Java web developer.
Simplify Your Web App Development Using the Spring MVC Framework Snooped: Apr 11, 2008 By Javid Jamae - Struts is in fairly widespread use in the Java world, but the Spring MVC framework promises to provide a simpler alternative to Struts for separating presentation layer and business logic. Learn how to build a simple stock trading...
Integrate the Jad Decompiler Plug-in into Eclipse Snooped: Apr 11, 2008 By Stephen Lum - Follow this complete step-by-step guide to integrate the Jad decompiler into Eclipse. Along the way, you'll find out what makes this particular Java decompiler such a handy addition to the developer's toolkit.
Get Acquainted with the New Advanced Features of JUnit 4 Snooped: Apr 11, 2008 By Antonio Goncalves - Learn how to migrate from JUnit 3.8 to JUnit 4. Discover version 4's new features, including extensive use of annotations, and find out the status on IDE integration.
Stepping Through Jakarta Struts Snooped: Mar 11, 2008 Struts, from the Jakarta Project, is a development framework for Java servlet applications based upon the Model-View-Controller (MVC) design paradigm. Keld Hansen gives a quick intro to Struts, covering the necessary details to make it possible...
The Power of Three - Eclipse, Tomcat, and Struts Snooped: Mar 11, 2008 This month Keld examines how Eclipse, Tomcat, and Struts can be a powerful set of tools, which can really help you get your Java projects done in a very solid development environment and the best part is they are all free.
Ruby on Rails vs. Java: An Expert Roundtable Snooped: Mar 11, 2008 Barry Burd asked three experts to compare Java with Ruby on Rails--framework, built on the Ruby language. Here's what the experts had to say.
Good Java Style: Part 1 Snooped: Feb 22, 2008 By Thornton Rose - Worrying about good style may seem like a waste of time, but it behooves us to write our code such that the thoughts and ideas it expresses are exceptionally clear.
10 Commandments for Java Developers Snooped: Feb 22, 2008 By Aleksey Shevchenko - Would you like your life to go much smoother? Follow these rule and you can make it happen.
