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Design for performance, Part 2: Reduce object creation

Avoid performance hazards while designing Java classes

Become a programming Picasso with JHotDraw

Use the highly customizable GUI framework to simplify draw application development

HP launches e-services software suite

Bluestone's Total-e-Sever J2EE application server central to HP's plans

Speed up file searching in JFileChooser

Implement a type-ahead feature for faster file selection

Java, Linux trim the fat at Omaha Steaks

Customers move from call center to Website

Java Product News (February 16, 2001)

Plant your data in a ternary search tree

Create an English dictionary that checks spelling and matches words as you type

Add the power of asynchronous processing to your JSPs

Create custom JSP tags to use with JMS

Double-checked locking: Clever, but broken

Do you know what synchronized <em>really</em> means?

Imaginations run wild with Java Lego robots

Learn to program the ultimate geek toy — Lego Mindstorms — in Java

Java Product News (February 9, 2001)

Warning! Threading in a multiprocessor world

Find out why many tricks to avoid synchronization overhead just don't work

Add XML to your J2EE applications

Integrate an XML presentation layer in the J2EE layered architecture

Sun answers Microsoft with Net services push

J2EE, XML occupy the core of the Sun ONE initiative

Get disconnected with CachedRowSet

The new J2EE RowSet implementation provides updateable disconnected ResultSets in your JSPs

Is Sun paranoid of open source?

To not let Java fall behind, Sun should enthusiastically embrace open source

LinuxWorld: Sun unveils Java for Linux appliances

New J2ME components improve Java support on Linux-based devices

Java: It’s a good thing

Why Java isn't slow, ugly, or irrelevant

Java Product News (February 2, 2001)

Learn Java from Ben Franklin

Write better Java code using Franklin's learning techniques

Microsoft outlines Java migration path to .Net

JUMP tools to translate Java code to .Net; will it work?

Java Product News (January 26, 2000)

Servlet 2.3: New features exposed

A full update on the latest Servlet API spec

Combine the power of XPath and JSP tag libraries

Achieve simple data access in JSPs using XPath expressions

Sun, Microsoft settle Java lawsuit

Sun claims victory for Java's "Write Once, Run Anywhere" promise

Thanks type and gentle class

Type and class are not interchangeable terms, but two carefully distinguishable object-oriented concepts

Sun outlines J2EE strategy

J2EE gets glowing one-year report card; version 1.3 on the way

Get the app out

Discover the ins and outs of J2EE application assembly and deployment

Process JSPs effectively with JavaBeans

Transport JSP processing logic into a JavaBean with the Template Method design pattern

Macworld report: Big news for Macintosh enthusiasts

Mac OS X will move Java on the Mac from also-ran to serious contender

Letters to the editor

A Java case study: The power of J2EE

How the Energy Information Administration secured a complete J2EE solution in less than five months

Design for performance, Part 1: Interfaces matter

Avoid performance hazards when designing Java classes

Retrofit existing applications with RMI

Minimize code changes and gain flexibility by using the Adapter pattern on the client side

When is a singleton not a singleton?

Avoid multiple singleton instances by keeping these tips in mind

Java Product News (January 12, 2001)

Java Product News (January 5, 2001)

Java developers: High in demand, low on loyalty

Java developers are hot commodities, but for how long?

Calculating Java dates

Take the time to learn how to create and use dates

Java Product News (December 29, 2000)

Validation with pure Java

Build a solid foundation for the data-validation framework with the core Java API

E-business choice: Java or Windows?

Two InfoWorld Test Center veterans debate the pros and cons for e-business of J2EE vs. Microsoft 2000

Take control of the servlet environment, Part 2

Alternatives to servlet session management

C#: A language alternative or just J–?, Part 2

The semantic differences and design choices between C# and Java

JUnit best practices

Techniques for building resilient, relocatable, multithreaded JUnit tests

Java Product News (December 21, 2000)

Untangle your servlet code with reflection

Simplify servlet structure by breaking down functionality into separate methods

Make an EJB from any Java class with Java Reflection

Make any single-tier Java application into an enterprise application

Java Product News (December 15, 2000)

Java security evolution and concepts, Part 3: Applet security

Tackle Java applet security with confidence