Programming Languages

Processors: Dividing chips into many virtual cores

The era of the big, muscular CPU is on the decline. The real trend is toward slicing and dicing cores virtually, one for each thread

Java internationalization with the Properties Pre-Processor

An XML-based utility for handling localized strings

CodeGear releases Eclipse plug-ins

JGear plug-ins to improve performance tuning, visual development and collaboration challenges for Java developers

Java desktop development with Qt Jambi

A sophisticated alternative to GUI development with Swing and Java 2D

The ABCs of RIA

An InfoWorld survey of the applications and technologies we call 'rich'

Introduction to scripting in Java, Part 2

Find out what else you need to know about scripting in this second half of the JavaWorld excerpt from Dejan Bosanac's Scripting in Java: Languages, Frameworks, and Patterns (Addison Wesley Professional, August 2007)

Introduction to scripting in Java, Part 1

Learn what makes a scripting language like Ruby shine and why Groovy's suddenly so groovy, in this two-part excerpt from the forthcoming Scripting in Java: Languages, Frameworks, and Patterns (Addison Wesley Professional, August 2007).

Google adds 2-D capabilities, browser client to corporate mapping tools

JavaFX compiler released

Sun has released the source code for the OpenJavaFX compiler

SOA’s 6 burning questions

From ROI to security, six burning questions to consider before choosing SOA