http://devnet.developerpipeline.comCMP DevNet Java http://devnet.developerpipeline.com http://devnet.developerpipeline.com/documents/s=9851/byt1157926995948/ Eclipse, the open source programmer's workbench, is gaining use as a platform for building rich client, interactive end-user interfaces for distributed systems. http://devnet.developerpipeline.com/documents/s=9851/byt1156823085500/ Mainsoft has one up on the competition: Its Visual MainWin For J2EE product suite makes the company the only place to go for all enterprise Java and .Net mix mode solutions. http://devnet.developerpipeline.com/documents/s=9851/060330_je01/ Alex Krapf discusses the challenges developers face when integrating source code from different programming languages such as Java and C++. (MP3, 5:40 mins.) http://devnet.developerpipeline.com/documents/s=9851/ddj060320dc/ Jean Elliot explains the changes that Sun Microsystems is making to its developer support programs. Sun is launching two new programs: the Sun Developer Expert Assistance Program and the Sun Champions Program. (MP3, 5:11 mins.) http://devnet.developerpipeline.com/documents/s=9851/sdm0604c/ Try Terracotta's new products to pump up performance without rewriting any code, and Sun's Java Studio Creator 2 is a free download that streamlines Web app development for J2EE. Also, two new tomes shed light on grid computing and IT defense. http://devnet.developerpipeline.com/documents/s=9851/ddj0603jv/ Algorithms, data structures, and other interesting bits for Java http://devnet.developerpipeline.com/documents/s=9851/ddj0604l/ April 2006 Of Interest. http://devnet.developerpipeline.com/documents/s=9851/ddj0604b/ Making a slow program fast can lead to both joy and frustration. But sometimes a new approach yields amazing improvements. http://devnet.developerpipeline.com/documents/s=9851/ddj0604d/ Max uses Oracle JDeveloper 10.1.2 to examine the problems you must overcome when consuming ATL/.NET web services in Java clients that rely on Apache SOAP. http://devnet.developerpipeline.com/documents/s=9851/ddj0604e/ Java Management Extensions (JMX) provide tools for monitoring and managing applications and the resources they use. http://devnet.developerpipeline.com/documents/s=9851/ddj1140548850251/ Secunia labels JRE bugs "highly critical"; no word on possible exploits. http://devnet.developerpipeline.com/documents/s=9851/ddj0602jv/ Java Intelligent Systems are made up of Java and the intelligent developers that solve business problems. http://devnet.developerpipeline.com/documents/s=9851/ddj0603c/ J2ME, the Java platform for portable devices, doesn't allow access to a device's address book. The JSR 75 Personal Information Management and JSR 75 FileConnection packages change all this. http://devnet.developerpipeline.com/documents/s=9851/ddj0601jv/ A glance at the computer-science curriculum for some universities reveals that the use of lower-level languages such as C--never mind assembler--may be fading away, even though it's still important to know the size of the bus you're riding. http://devnet.developerpipeline.com/documents/s=9851/ddj0602j/ Google's Summer of Code resulted in thousands of lines of code. Here are more students who participated. http://devnet.developerpipeline.com/documents/s=9851/ddj0602e/ Among other benefits, native queries overcome the shortcomings of string-based APIs. http://devnet.developerpipeline.com/documents/s=9851/ddj0602c/ Ajax, short for "Asynchronous JavaScript and XML," lets you create dynamic web pages. http://devnet.developerpipeline.com/documents/s=9851/ddj0511jv/ Java's success has been based on its ability to "run everywhere." But the reason this is so useful is that it enables developers to build applications that can deliver data and information to users of various computer platforms, relatively equally. http://devnet.developerpipeline.com/documents/s=9851/ddj0601i/ When it comes to real estate and mobile phones, the three most important words are "location, location, location." http://devnet.developerpipeline.com/documents/s=9851/ddj0601h/ David uses reflection to sort a list of complex types using both Java and C#.