Java Knowledge Update
My JavaWorld, Javalobby, SDN, … newsletters have been pilling for tool long. I went throught them today and read:
- javootoo.com, the Look and Feel Source for Java developers, because I am still worried about the work that has to be done to make Java UI look decent.
- J2SE 5.0 in a Nutshell, I still haven’t embraced Tiger.
- Url Rewrite Filter, a Java Web Filter for any J2EE compliant web application server, which allows you to rewrite URLs (like Apache’s mod_rewrite) before they get to your code. Good to know that there is now a solution to avoid having Apache in front of Tomcat/Resin.
- Snap Mobile, for Java multiplayer gaming communities… I am wondering if SNAP is still supported…
- JavaDesktop is gathering place for members of the Java platform’s graphical user interface (GUI) community.
- Understanding Rendering Hints, as I still miss some of the aspects of the control of rendering in Java2D.
- GUI Design patterns, how a certain part of your application needs to behave or how you should present things to the user.
- Changes in Working With ContentPane in JDK 5.0.
- Swing: System Tray Icons, to knwo that a solution exists…
- GUIdebook, Graphical User Interface Gallery
- Professional Swing: Creating Polished Apps and part 2. I really like the advice to uniquily use the GridBackLayout with Packer.
- My favorite Java 5 change, the enhanced for loop, combined with generics.
- Five Reasons to Move to the J2SE 5 Platform
- Go Fishing with the New MIDP 2.0 Game APIs, mobile phone game development could become more fun.
- Graphical Editing Framework (GEF) allows developers to take an existing application model and quickly create a rich graphical editor.
- XFlows, a cross-platform XML and XSLT manager.