| This Is Your Father's IBM, Only Smarter |
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| Hmmm this issue of the buzz seems to talk a bit about IBM. Looks like IBM will be building a J2EE powered system for EBAY. The article is very interesting as it gives insights to the marketing of the various big companies. This article also highlights some of the reasons I feel IBM, next to Microsoft, will be the real major player in the web services market place. In fact IBM might be one of the few reasons Java will survive Microsoft's onslaught against Java. |
| JSP Standard Tag Libraries, Part 2 |
| Sue Spielman | May 8th 2002 |
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| Part two of a series reviewing the JSP Standard Tag Library code kit. |
| Improving Java Application Performance |
| Nagendra Nagarajayya and J. Steven Mayer | May 2002 |
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| This article is a discussion on improving time sensitive Java code by reducing garbage collection times. A good article as it discusses in depth how the garbage collector works. It is interesting as it also covers how the garbage collector has changed over time. Even though most Java programmers wont need to cover this information in the depth provided, it is a solid article to read. |
| Study Sees IT Worker Shortage in 2002 |
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| A study that says jobs might be easier to find in 2002. I disagree. What I suspect things have bottomed out, and what the study sees, only suggests to me that the market will not get worse. |
| Sun Should Open Source Java, Says IBM Standards Guru. |
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| Well of course IBM is going to be saying this, after all this is their new business model (as shown in the earlier link). This is just a sound byte article. I find it funny, which is why I included it. Should Java be Open sourced? Probably, but that is a debate I rather not get into, as it is mute until Sun feels it is in their best interest to release control of Java. |
| Compressing XML for Faster Wireless Networking |
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| This is a review of performing compression on XML using WBXML as the means to perform the XML compression. If you are dealing with low bandwidth, or are having problems due to large XML files being transferred between locations, then this article is worth reading. |
| An Interview with Robocode Creator Mat Nelson |
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| An interview with the coder responsible for Robocode. You will also find links to Robocode in the article. Robocode is a training tool and a game to help programmers learn Java. |
| Java Pros Sign Up For Virtual Bot Battle |
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| Interestingly if you think Robocode is a minor game. Think again, more than 120,000 developers have already signed up for a Java coding competition which will see the finalist's virtual robots battle it out in August. |
| Splitting and Manipulating Strings |
| Bob DuCharme | May 01, 2002 |
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| A simple article for programmers new to XSLT. The article reviews the basics to working with strings within XSLT. |
| Chapter 15. The JDOM Model |
| Elliotte Rusty Harold | May 8th, 2002 |
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| This latest chapter of Elliotte's book focuses on the core node classes in the org.jdom package: Element, Attribute, Text, etc. It discusses the methods of each one in detail and shows you how to use it. It introduces filters and many other techniques for navigation. And as with all the chapters, it points out the rough spots where JDOM can burn you if you aren't careful. This chapter's far and away the most up-to-date coverage of the very latest JDOM version you can get anywhere. |