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* Feature 1) Articles
* Feature 2) From the Archive
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* Feature 1) ---------------> Articles <-----------------
# Java Articles
http://javaboutique.internet.com/articles/
:: Spring Framework
Officially the spring season might be over but spring still
seems to be lingering around and Benoy is spreading the word.
The Spring Framework proposes a new paradigm, a plugable, non-
intrusive and robust framework.
http://javaboutique.internet.com/tutorials/spring_frame/
:: JavaOne Jolts Developer Tribes
Sun Microsystems makes its case for continued stewardship as
developers look to maintain their own controls.
http://javaboutique.internet.com/reviews/javaone/
:: Hibernate: A Developer's Notebook
Hibernate: A Developer's Notebook shows you how to use
Hibernate to automate persistence, allowing you to write natural
Java objects and some simple configuration files, and then
Hibernate automates all the interaction between your objects and
the database.
http://javaboutique.internet.com/resources/index.html
:: The Mysteries of Business Objects - Part 1
This month Samudra covers the ground work of defining Business
Objects. We will compare EJB and POJO strategies for
implementing Business Objects, work out the business logic
implementation problems, provide guidelines for how to make
Business Objects available to the client applications and more.
http://javaboutique.internet.com/tutorials/businessObject/
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* Feature 2) ------------> From the Archive <------------
# Applet Archive
We usually focus our indices on recent and popular applets.
However, there are many 'sleeper' applets that have aged well
over the months. This archive page contains links to applets
(and applications) that have been recently updated and applets
that deserve another look.
http://javaboutique.internet.com/stats/archive.html
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* Feature 3) -----> New Applets and Applications <-------
# Latest Java Downloads
Find all of the newest additions to the vast JavaBoutique archive.
http://javaboutique.internet.com/byDate/
:: Jatto Lotery Number Generator
This program was designed with the lottery players in mind. It
allows the users a means to pick 6 random numbers in lieu of the
'Quick-Pick' option.
http://javaboutique.internet.com/jatto/
:: Weather
Weather is not just a rain applet, it's a full fledged storm,
complete with thunder and lightning! Display it over the image
of your choice and remember... bring your umbrella.
http://javaboutique.internet.com/Weather/
:: HMenus2
Horizontal Menu Scroll is a scrolling text menu applet that
allows user interaction to specify left or right scrolling.
http://javaboutique.internet.com/HMenus2/
:: The Unicode Applet
The Unicode Applet takes text and converts it to either Java or
HTML-style Unicode escapes. Amongst other things, this is useful
for writing test cases that require non-ASCII text.
http://javaboutique.internet.com/unicode/
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* Feature 4)------> Windows Technology Featured Articles <------
:: Retrieving Objects from SQL Server Using SQLXML and Serialization
This article will describe how to design a data access layer for
a set of entities. You'll learn how to write an XSD schema and
design two simple helper classes -- one for reading an XML
stream from SQL Server using SQLXML and another for
deserializing the XML stream.
http://www.15seconds.com/issue/040713.htm
:: A Sneak Peek at Visual Web Developer 2005 Express Edition (Beta 1)
I always thought Microsoft made a mistake when they eliminated
Visual Interdev as a stand alone product. I guess I wasn't alone
because it looks like it's coming back as Visual Web Developer
2005 Express Edition.
http://www.asp101.com/articles/john/vwd2005expressb1/default.asp
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* Feature 5) ---------------> Java Forum <---------------
The place to go if you have a question to ask or an experience
to share.
http://forums.javaboutique.internet.com/
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# JavaBoutique Users Poll
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* Feature 6) -----------------> News <-------------------
# Java and Jini News
http://javaboutique.internet.com/news/
http://javaboutique.internet.com/jini/
:: Extending Eclipse with Helpful Views
Knowing how to extend your IDE is a useful tool to have in your
belt, and thanks to a great plugin architecture, it's easy in
Eclipse. In this article you'll learn how to create two Views
that extend the Eclipse IDE: one that evaluates a regular
expression and another that does the same for XPath.
http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,10zf,1,8kr1,5o51,asp,6ssn
:: Sun delivers Java Studio Creator
Java developers will now have access to a visual development
environment with Sun Microsystems’ announcement of Sun Java
Studio Creator, the first Sun product to be released under a
revolutionary new subscription model as part of the Sun
Developer Network programme.
http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,10zf,1,gvhd,kmoa,asp,6ssn
:: Java 'Tiger' Divides the Enterprise
Application integrators signal a reluctance to upgrade to
J2SE 5.0 on first pass.
http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,10zf,1,1pvm,8u9t,asp,6ssn
:: J2EE 1.4 OKs Open Source App Server
Once a staunch foe of Sun's J2EE licensing requirements, JBoss
is now embracing certification.
http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,10zf,1,9xd0,21oy,asp,6ssn
:: IBM launches university open-source initiative
"The IBM Academic Initiative will work with schools that support
open standards and seek to use open source and IBM technologies
for teaching purposes, both directly and through the web.
http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,10zf,1,5myg,lm2s,asp,6ssn
:: Ecma International Approves ECMAScript for XML
The Ecma General Assembly has unanimously approved ECMAScript
for XML (E4X) as an international standard (ECMA-357). E4X is a
vendor-neutral set of programming language extensions adding
native XML support to ECMAScript (ECMA-262, or ISO/IEC 16262),
one of the most widely used programming languages.
http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,10zf,1,i361,1g6j,asp,6ssn
:: Jakarta Standard Taglib 1.1.1 and 1.0.6
The Jakarta Standard Taglib development team has announced the
releases of JSTL 1.1.1 and JSTL 1.0.6. Both released contain
only minor bug fixes.
http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,10zf,1,71dm,hq5p,asp,6ssn
:: Java Web Services Dev. Pack 1.4
Sun Microsystems has released version 1.4 of its java Web
Services Developer Pack. "The newest version of Java WSDP, 1.4,
contains the latest versions of Java and XML technologies, as
well as key standardized technologies to simplify the task of
building reliable and secure web services.
http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,10zf,1,5f68,bk23,asp,6ssn
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* Feature 7) ----------------> JavaBytes <---------------
# Java Bytes features items of interest for novices and experts,
as well as the rank beginner who just wants an easy way to get a
few applets on their sites.
http://javaboutique.internet.com/javabytes/
:: WebPhotoStudio
A powerful, easy to use photo editing application--also great
for creating new images. Supports 14 popular file formats. Use
custom brushes for bitmap painting, or create your own XML-based
vector objects and gradients for drawings.
http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,10zf,1,99mh,2no5,asp,6ssn
:: Mp3dings (MR33-2)
Mp3dings is a small, powerful and easy-to-use program that lets
you change the names and edit the meta-information of a large
number of mp3 files at the same time.
http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,10zf,1,1ur4,e7py,asp,6ssn
:: Poor Man's Imaging Wrapper
A simple wrapper over JAI, Java2D and ImageIO. It allows you to
do a set of imaging operations (read, write, scale/ resize,
crop, grayscale, add transparency, rotate, add border, flip/
mirror, add text, overlay, blur, sharpen, etc.) with simple
direct calls.
http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,10zf,1,dn17,gwv8,asp,6ssn
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* Feature 8) -------------> New on internet.com <--------
:: A More Mature Microsoft
Big annual dividends are the sign of a mature company looking
for long-term investors. So how is Redmond positioning for
growth?
http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/3384961
Affordable Video Conferencing
GlowPoint makes expensive, jittery video conferencing a
thing of the past and lets SMBs reach out and see someone.
http://www.smallbusinesscomputing.com/webmaster/article.php/3384581
HP PSC 1315 All-in-One Review
Lift the lid and fold down the front panel of HP's silver-gray
shoebox, and you've got a color copier, scanner, and printer --
improved since last year's model with borderless photo printing,
more features, and a price cut (to $100 after rebate). Which
feature do we like the best? Which penny-pinching decision do we
deplore the most?
http://www.hardwarecentral.com/hardwarecentral/reviews/5490/1/
:: Users Weigh in on VoIP 'Must Haves'
One out of five Internet users surveyed say they are likely to
subscribe to VoIP, according to a new report.
http://www.internetnews.com/xSP/article.php/3384321
:: Akonix L7, Will Longevity Lead to Success?
Akonix was one of the first companies to tackle instant
messaging management. The enterprise-level IM gateway server
supports a family of products to secure, monitor, and manage IM
traffic. With this space heating up, will Akonix' experience be
advantageous?
http://www.serverwatch.com/sreviews/article.php/3384191
:: PKZIP and SecureZIP: Low-Carb Diets for Your Files
To cut the fat from files, PKWARE's PKZIP and SecureZIP -- a
kind of PKZIP on steroids -- offer the goods. They competently
compress files, create archives, and extract files to save hard
disk space and reduce file sizes for e-mailing and archiving.
http://www.winplanet.com/article/2448-.htm
:: PHP Zaps Security Leaks
The PHP Group patches a pair of potentially serious
vulnerabilities in the popular open-source scripting
language.
http://www.internetnews.com/security/article.php/3382181
:: Enterprise Unix Roundup — Red Hat's Spotlight, Not All Glam
Red Hat again ranked No. 1 in the Linux Web hosting market, but
its plans to restate earnings lead to a plunging stock price and
class action suits. keychain can open all of your SSH sessions
with one password, delivering the advantage of null passwords
without the risks.
http://www.serverwatch.com/eur/article.php/11773_3381741_1
Where Next for Sprint Hotspots?
We talked to the general manager of WLAN service for Sprint to
gauge the company's thoughts on the ever changing hotspot
landscape.
http://www.wi-fiplanet.com/news/article.php/3382151
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