[ 29 Nov ][ Article ]: J2ME MIDP Device Fragmentation Tutorial with Ma
This tutorial demonstrates how to create and customize project configurations to solve the problem of device fragmentation when developing a mobile application that runs on multiple devices. Additionally, it shows how to install a non-UEI compliant emulator platform into the NetBeans IDE.

Welcome to the Portlet Community
J2EE based portals, JSR 168, and WSRP

Book Review: Advanced UNIX Programming, 2nd Edition
The updated version of this classic text is as well written, detailed and informative as the original.

Java 5 Unleash the Tiger on Your Next Project
Sun has let loose the Tiger. The next version of the Java platform was just released as Java 5 with many enhancements. What happened to versions 3 and 4?

How Do You Deliver Updates To Users?

How Do You Deliver Updates To Users?
I need to deliver updates to my customers. Are there any best practices, techniques or tools available that help with this process?...

Linux in Government: How Security Exploits Threaten Government Infrast
Showing government offices and agencies how Linux and open-source software provide better security.

SwingSet2 Needs a Package

Have you ever set out to do something extremely simple only to have it turn into a 2 hour ordeal? This evening I was working on a simple example of a custom MetalTheme. I thought I'd be nice and launch SwingSet2 from my example framework using the new theme. Sounds simple enough. As I was coding the constructor I noticed IntelliJ didn't ask me if I wanted to import SwingSet2. Ignoring this abnormality I added:

import SwingSet2;

I was promptly greeted with this upon compile:

'.'expected

WTF, this class exists and now I can't use it. A quick Google search turned up Importing Unamed Packages. Apparently as of some 1.4 release, you can't import a class without a package. I thought about modifying the SwingSet2 code but that seemed counter productive since I would have to modify all the other "special"classes in the SwingSet2 demo that think they are too good to need a package. So I opted for the alternative solution presented on the page I found on Google. I installed a copy of Java 1.3.1 on my Windows box and created a wrapper class with a package that contains a method to launch SwingSet2. I then copied the compiled class into the classpath of the IntelliJ project on my OS X machine and all is happy ... an hour after I started.

Generic Examples Needed
Help provide test cases

Programming Tools: Code Complexity Metrics
In this month's column, the author explains how to determine code complexity with complexity metrics and introduces his own metric, PyMetric.