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How to create AI agents with Neo4j Aura Agent

Neo4j Aura Agent is an end-to-end platform for creating agents, connecting them to knowledge graphs, and deploying to production using low-code and autogeneration tools. Let’s dive in.

By Zach Blumenfeld

Mar 19, 202610 mins

DatabasesDevelopment ToolsGenerative AI

Design with dynamic extension

How dynamic extension works in Java and how to use it in your designs

By Bill Venners

Jan 1, 1999 25 mins

Java Software Development

Java Tip 65: Measure data transfer speeds via Sun’s ORB in JDK 1.2 beta 4

Determine effective data transfer speeds between client and server using CORBA

By José Barros

Jan 1, 1999 8 mins

BeanLint: A JavaBeans troubleshooting tool, Part 1

Use this new tool to avoid JavaBeans loading and runtime problems

By Mark Johnson

Dec 1, 1998 23 mins

Java

Java: From the courtroom to the enterprise

Continuing legal struggles combined with recent (and rumored) product introductions cast some light and some doubt on Java's future in the enterprise

By William Blundon

Dec 1, 1998 9 mins

Java

Signed and delivered: An introduction to security and authentication

Find out how the Java Security API can help you secure your code

By Todd Sundsted

Dec 1, 1998 9 mins

Access Control Encryption Java

3D graphics programming in Java, Part 1: Java 3D

Get a head start with this introduction to the Java 3D API

By Bill Day

Dec 1, 1998 21 mins

APIs Java Software Development

Designing with interfaces

One programmer's struggle to understand the interface

By Bill Venners

Dec 1, 1998 17 mins

Java Software Development

Java Tip 64: Get rid of those empty black squares in your text editor

Do you go nuts when your editor shows you unreadable text? The application in this article will help you keep your cool!

By Willms and D Willms

Dec 1, 1998 9 mins

A fistful of values

Add indexed properties and complex property editors to your JavaBeans

By Mark Johnson

Nov 1, 1998 30 mins

Java

Get started with the Java Collections Framework

Find out how Sun's new offering can help you to make your collections more useful and accessible

By Dan Becker

Nov 1, 1998 16 mins

Development Tools Java

Zip your data and improve the performance of your network-based applications

Find out how Java can help you package and compress your application's data for better performance

By Todd Sundsted

Nov 1, 1998 10 mins

Build Automation Utilities

Making the Forum Swing, Part 2

Find out how to event-enable and network a Swing-based client

By Michael Shoffner

Nov 1, 1998 13 mins

Java Software Development Technology Industry

Inheritance versus composition: Which one should you choose?

A comparative look at two fundamental ways to relate classes

By Bill Venners

Nov 1, 1998 12 mins

Java

Java Tip 63: Avoid ‘constructor madness’

Learn when to just say no to constructor overload

By Jerry Smith

Nov 1, 1998 5 mins

A beginner’s guide to Enterprise JavaBeans

An introductory overview of the Java server-side application component standard

By Mark Johnson

Oct 1, 1998 20 mins

Why Jini matters

Much heralded but less often understood, Sun's Jini system promises to use Java to extend the boundaries of network computing — and it may just work

By William Blundon

Oct 1, 1998 7 mins

Agents can think, too!

Learn how to increase your agent's IQ to make it more robust, reliable, and useful

By Todd Sundsted

Oct 1, 1998 12 mins

Java

How to write OpenCard card services for Java Card applets

Use different smart cards with the same application — here's how!

By Thomas Schaeck With Rinaldo Di Giorgio

Oct 1, 1998 21 mins

Java

Progress on the media front at Siggraph ’98

Is Java Media ready? Why developers are hedging their bets

By Bill Day

Oct 1, 1998 10 mins

APIs Java Software Development

The canonical object idiom

Defining a baseline set of functionality for objects

By Bill Venners

Oct 1, 1998 14 mins

Java Software Development

Programming Java threads in the real world, Part 2

The perils of race conditions, deadlock, and other threading problems

By Allen Holub

Oct 1, 1998 20 mins

Concurrency

Java Tip 61: Cut, copy, and paste in Java

Learn the inner workings of the clipboard and how to transfer data in Java

By Jean-pierre Dubé

Oct 1, 1998 12 mins

Java

Java Tip 62: Explicit and recursive programming in Java

Use Java style and idioms to ease maintenance without sacrificing performance

By Nige Warren With John D. Mitchell

Oct 1, 1998 7 mins

Agents talking to agents

Find out how to get agents to talk to each other — simply, efficiently, and reliably

By Todd Sundsted

Sep 1, 1998 10 mins

Java Software Development

Opening up new ports to Java with javax.comm

Sometimes a simple set of APIs can be exceptionally powerful

By Chuck Mcmanis

Sep 1, 1998 15 mins

Java

Image processing with Java 2D

Sophisticated image processing support comes to Java in the 2D API

By Bill Day and Jonathan Knudsen

Sep 1, 1998 15 mins

APIs Java Software Development

Making the Forum Swing, Part 1

Find out how to develop and deploy a commercial-quality GUI with Swing

By Michael Shoffner

Sep 1, 1998 24 mins

Java Software Development

The ‘event generator’ idiom

How and when to make a Java class observable

By Bill Venners

Sep 1, 1998 22 mins

Java Software Development

Programming Java threads in the real world, Part 1

A Java programmer's guide to threading architectures

By Allen Holub

Sep 1, 1998 17 mins

Concurrency

Java Tip 59: Applet parameterization — initializing arrays

Java Tip 57 showed you how to make applets easily configurable from HTML docs — but that was just the beginning. This month we complete the process, with a look at how to automate array initialization

By Yvon Sauvageau

Sep 1, 1998 13 mins

Java

Java Tip 60: Saving bitmap files in Java

A tutorial — including all the code you need to write a bitmap file from an image object

By Jean-pierre Dubé

Sep 1, 1998 8 mins

Are you ready for the Java backlash?

Industry publications and more than a few gurus are questioning how far Java has really come and how far it can go — it's time to set them straight

By William Blundon

Aug 1, 1998 9 mins

Java Technology Industry Web Development

My ENIGMAtic Java Ring

Using the model of an old wartime encryption machine, find out how to fashion your own secret encoder ring

By Chuck Mcmanis

Aug 1, 1998 39 mins

Antialiasing, images, and alpha compositing in Java 2D

Java 2D adds support for antialiased rendering, image transforms, and alpha compositing

By Bill Day

Aug 1, 1998 17 mins

Java Media and Entertainment Industry Small and Medium Business

Build your own ObjectPool in Java, Part 2

Go beyond increased app speed and reduced memory requirements: Optimize and stabilize your ObjectPool utility

By Thomas Davis

Aug 1, 1998 4 mins

Concurrency Data Management Java

3D Graphic Java: Render fractal landscapes

Get a behind-the-scenes look at 3D graphics rendering with this hands-on discussion of fractals, quaternion transformations, shadows, rasterization, and Gouraud shading

By Merlin Hughes

Aug 1, 1998 38 mins

Java Software Development

Design for thread safety

Design tips on when and how to use synchronization, immutable objects, and thread-safe wrappers

By Bill Venners

Aug 1, 1998 26 mins

Java Software Development

Java Tip 57: Applet parameterization via class reflection

Making applets configurable from HTML docs can be a chore — unless you know how to do it the easy way

By Yvon Sauvageau

Aug 1, 1998 7 mins

Java Tip 58: Fast launcher for Java apps

Use a simple double-click of the mouse to launch Java apps from the Windows desktop

By Andrei Cioroianu

Aug 1, 1998 7 mins

Browsers

Exceptions in Java

The full story of exceptions in the Java language and virtual machine

By Bill Venners

Jul 1, 1998 31 mins

Java

Agents on the move

Bolster your client apps by adding agent mobility

By Todd Sundsted

Jul 1, 1998 14 mins

Java

Getting started with Java 2D

New support for 2D shapes, transforms, curves, and fonts enters the core environment with Java 1.2

By Bill Day

Jul 1, 1998 16 mins

Java Media and Entertainment Industry Small and Medium Business

Write a session EJB

Find out how EJB frees developers from the complexity of middleware development by providing complete infrastructure support

By Michael Shoffner

Jul 1, 1998 15 mins

Java Web Development

Designing with exceptions

Guidelines and tips on when and how to use exceptions

By Bill Venners

Jul 1, 1998 16 mins

Java Software Development

Java Tip 55: Work around a major performance bug in JDK 1.2 Beta 3 for Windows NT/95

How to use your own font directory to drastically reduce start-up times

By Bill Day

Jul 1, 1998 3 mins

Java Tip 56: How to eliminate debugging problems for RMI-based applications

Make your development of RMI-based applications much easier — use an in-process server to develop and test your client/server code

By Satheesh A. Donthy

Jul 1, 1998 13 mins

App Testing Java Security

Turn Java classes into JavaBeans

Reuse your existing Java classes as JavaBeans components

By Mark Johnson

Jun 1, 1998 18 mins

Java

Java in Wonderland

History repeats itself — the first time as tragedy, the second time as farce. What comes after farce? Read any article on the Java marketplace and find out

By William Blundon</a>

Jun 1, 1998 8 mins