Test(i)ng
Alternative to JUnit?

Gentoo for All the Unusual Reasons
You might think of Gentoo as a bleeding-edge distribution for development workstations, but the simple packaging system can make it a good choice for any production system that needs to stay up to date.

A Linux Island in a C:\ of Windows, Part 2
Connecting your Linux VM to the company network and to rest of the world.

SAMS: Java's API For Mobile Services
This new Java API provides SMS and MMS functionality while eliminating portability hassles. Find out how SAMS helps bring mobile development one step closer to "write once, deploy anywhere."

Using JConsole to Monitor Applications
JConsole is the Java Monitoring and Management Console, a new graphical tool shipped in J2SE JDK 5.0. This article describes how JConsole can be used to observe information about an application running on the Java platform, with an overview of the J2SE 5.0 monitoring and management architecture and how JConsole plugs into the architecture.

Pumpkin Soup
Using more than one pot

Code for teaching
What care should be taken with the code we give our students

Getting Started With the Mobile 3D Graphics API for J2ME
This tutorial introduces the Mobile 3D Graphics API for J2ME, JSR 184. The article presents an overview, potential application areas, the differences between JSR 184 and two related APIs, the classes in the new optional package, the programming model, the reference implementation, and some programming examples.

Producing Enterprise Architecture:
A Conversation with Sun's Dan Hushon, Part Two In the final part of a two-part interview, Sun Microsystems' Dan Hushon talks about adaptive enterprise architectures, the market for developers, Java Centers of Excellence, and loosely coupled components.