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September 18, 2009

Poll Result: Java Is Most Preeminent in Europe. Some voters in this past week's java.net poll questioned whether the question could be answered, but the result showed that a plurality of voters considered Europe to be region where Java has the greatest market share among competing technologi...

September 17, 2009

Sun Collaborates with Software Freedom International to Connect More than 25,000 Developers and Students in 30 Countries for Software Freedom Day 2009. Building on its commitment to empower developers and students across the globe, Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA) is sponsoring more than 300 community style events in more than 30 countries for Software Freedom Day (SFD) on September 19, 2009. W...

August/2006

August 08, 2006

Waterfelons

category: Developers

Photographic proof of inhumane treatment of fruit in Russia.

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Use jMakis Pub/Sub to Handle UI Events

category: Developers

Jennifer Ball shows how to use the jMaki pub/sub mechanism to handle UI events - for example - events generated by widget onClick events. The example demonstrates how to integrate this mechanism with the dojo Fisheye widget. The Pub/Sub mechanism is a ...

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Version Control Part 1: Preparing a Project

category: Developers

Java Studio Creator Evangelist David Botterill provides step-by-step instructions on how to prepare a project for version control in his weblog.

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Code Advice #12: Use final on constructor and setter parameters

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(See intro for a background and caveats on these coding advice blog entries.) In my previous code style entry I recommended a setter pattern where the parameter is identical to the field name, as in the following: void setTemp...

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