OOo Off the Wall: My Objects All Sublime
OOo Off the Wall: My Objects All Sublime
Hibernate: A Developer's Notebook Part III
In the third and final installment in the series we look at the progress we've made setting up our database and how Hibernate has eased the development process.
Linux in Government: The Government Open Code Collaborative
Can a 'gated Open Source community' really work?
Desktop Java Live: Weekly Update
Well last week was a productive one in terms of writing. I should send the GUI Builders chapter off to technical editing later tonight. All that is left is a few pages on the builders in Spring Rich. They provide a good example of just how far you can go with reusable layout and model driven forms. The chapter should clock in at 25 or so pages in Word format.
Stuart was nice enough to get the Layout Manager chapter back to me over the weekend. After a few changes it will go off to copy editing this week as well.
This week I'll start on the Look and Feel chapter. It has been a few months since I've had to wrap my head around UI delegates and look and feel classes. It should be a welcome change from layouts.
ClientJava.com Links(3) - WinLAF 0.5, FormLayout vs. GridBagLayout, Ri
Worries about "rich web applications"
I've been readinlg a lot of articles about "rich web applications"recently. (for example, here ). I can't help worrying that knee-jerk adoption of such things could greatly reduce the usability of the web, though.
FormLayout and GridBagLayout
I recently joined a project that has switched from GridBagLayout to JGoodies'FormLayout as a standard.? I'm happy about about this decision, because I have been using FormLayout for over a year.? However, one of my fellow developers is very skeptical of FormLayout, believing that GridBagLayout can do anything we need to get done.?
WinLAF 0.5 Released
WinLAF 0.5 has been released. WinLAF 0.5 contains new fixes for 15 inconsistencies in the Java Windows Look &Feel, and a further 24 inconsistencies fixed in previous WinLAF releases. It also contains a number of bugfixes for new issues introduced by WinLAF 0.4.
Linux in Government: The Government Open Code Collaborative
Can a gated Open Source community really work?
A Closer Look At Java Business Integration (JSR208)
JBI proposes to eliminate vendor specific integration solutions by defining a standards based Integration framework. This week Benoy Jose digs into this new JSR that is now in the early draft review stage.
JavaServer Faces, Web Applications Made Easier
JavaServer Faces (JSF) attempts to standardize the way we develop Java Web applications and provides a set of rich ready-to-use UI components. In this article, Mike Houghton will discuss the JSF technology, what's right, what's wrong and why it's necessary.
Kino Tips: Installing from Scratch and Exporting MPEG Videos
If you're ready to give video editing and movie making a try now that you know about Kino, here are some tips to get you up and running.