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Meera Subbarao02/29/08
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Java/J2EE Job Interview Companion

Section 1 Interview questions and answers on: Java Fundamentals. This part covers basic questions like what are the usages of Java packages, what do you mean by polymorphism, inheritance,...

Meera Subbarao02/28/08
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Pro Netbeans IDE 6 Rich Client Platform Edition : New from Apress

Pro NetBeans IDE 6 Rich Client Platform Edition is the second Apress book to cover the agile, open source NetBeans IDE platform. The authors of this book are Adam Myatt with Brian Leonard and Geertjan Wielenga.

Meera Subbarao02/27/08
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Filthy Rich Clients

Part I. Graphics and GUI Fundamentals Chapter 1. Desktop Java Graphics APIs: Swing, Java 2D, and AWT In this chapter the authors explain very simply what AWT, Java 2D and Swing is. If you have a...

Meera Subbarao02/26/08
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Groovy Recipes: Greasing the Wheels of Java

Groovy's major plus point is its seamless integration with Java. I was attracted to Groovy mainly becuase you can mix and match Groovy with Java. If you attended the 2GX conference last week in Reston, VA you will have definitely attended Scott Davis's...

Meera Subbarao02/25/08
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Continuous Integration: Improving Software Quality and Reducing Risk

The first part of the book addresses the fundamental practices of CI and the second part describes how to create a full-featured CI system including database integration, testing, inspection,...

Meera Subbarao02/25/08
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Ant in Action

Ant in Action is divided into three parts. Part 1 introduces the fundamentals of Ant and shows how to use it to build, test, package, and deliver a Java library. Part 2 takes what you learnt in...

Pat Eyler02/15/08
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Interview with James Turnbull

Recently, I’ve been reading about Puppet because of James Turnbull’s excellent Pulling Strings with Puppet

Geertjan Wielenga02/14/08
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Interview: Author of New Book on SOA-Based Composite Application Development

A brand new book on SOA has just come out, entitled Building SOA-Based Composite Applications Using NetBeans IDE 6. Here its author, Frank Jennings, is interviewed. He tells us about the suprising wealth of SOA features he found in NetBeans IDE and shares...

John Ferguson Smart02/13/08
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Java Power Tools - coming soon to a bookstore near you!

It's been a while since I've given any updates on the status of the Java Power Tools book. So, here goes. The actual writing is done. Over the last couple of months, Java Power Tools has been proofread and typeset, getting it ready to go to print. Estimated...

Meera Subbarao02/13/08
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Two Great Books for PHP Developers

PHP is hot and this week we have two new releases to keep developers in top form. First, Pragmatic Bookshelf has released Rails for PHP Developers, a guide to Rails from the PHP perspective. Next, No Starch Press has releasedWicked Cool PHP for the...

Matt Raible02/09/08
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Reviews: Getting Started with Grails, Rails for Java Developers and Groovy Recipes

Two weeks ago, I mentioned a number of books I was hoping to read to get up to speed on Rails and Grails quickly. Over the last two weeks, I was able to polish off three of these (listed in order of reading): Getting Started with Grails Rails for Java...

Geert Bevin02/05/08
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Laszlo in Action hits the shelves

After many months of editing and fine-tuning, Manning finally published Laszlo in Action, the first comprehensive guide towards OpenLaszlo besides the reference documentation.

Meera Subbarao02/02/08
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Microsoft & .NET Titles by Apress, Manning, O'Reilly and InformIT

There are several ways to keep yourself updated in the ever changing world of IT, be it Java or .NET or any other technology; we use online forums, web sites, podcasts, attend conferences, and above all read the latest books. Books are an incredibly important...

Meera Subbarao02/01/08
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Internet outage in Middle East and South Asia; Did it affect you?

A massive Internet outage triggered by breaks in cables under the Mediterranean Sea disrupted internet access for 80% of users in the Middle East and south Asia. This has had no imapct in the USA and Europe. This was a major hit for Internet service providers...

Meera Subbarao01/31/08
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Windows Vista Annoyances

1. Get Started with Windows Vista This chapter begins with a very interesting sentence. To quote the author "Windows Vista is like a papaya; sleek on the outside, but a big mess on the...