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(Jun 29, 2010)
Performance guru Kirk Pepperdine discusses how to find fundamental performance problems in Java applications.
(Jun 29, 2010)
Software developer Gautam Muduganti easily creates his first JavaFX application using the recently released NetBeans IDE 6.9 ad the JavaFX Composer.
(Jun 29, 2010)

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You know that I've moved to Maven more than one year ago and I don't regret. I think I would be unable to manage the number of projects I'm managing on my own without it (or at least without an effective artifact repository). But Maven needs a proper and clean environment. Maven experts are constantly advising about that. One of the most important pieces of the environment is the artifact...
Maven 3, Selenium 2/WebDriver, easyb, Hudson, and more! The next sessions of the Java Power Tools Bootcamps are coming up soon in Wellington, London, and Canberra. Don't miss out on this great opportunity to learn some very useful and very cool skills and best practices in the areas of build automation, code quality, automated testing and continuous integration. This is always a popular course,...
Btrace is a wonderful tool for debugging complex application problems. I have used it recently to debug a strange finalizer problem in an application running on Glassfish V3. Since getting it to work with v3 wasn't very straightforward, I will share my findings here in case someone else is trying to do the same... BTrace works as a JVM Agent, which means it gets the chance to modify classes...

Also This Week

Introduction to the multi-part NetBeans E-commerce Tutorial.
(Jun 29, 2010)
Today’s post highlights the design of MilesDowsett.com. A somber color palette of beige, olive, dark brick red and dark desaturated brown sets the tone for the site...  
(Jun 25, 2010)
Hunts around the web and interactions with developers have brought up a big bunch of lesser known NetBeans RCP applications. Or actually, of course, these applications are very well known within their domain, but less known as being NetBeans RCP applications. In recent weeks, where possible, the developers behind these applications have written a few words about their work and have shared a few screenshots...  
(Jun 24, 2010)
Most Flex (and AIR) developers like to build, compile and package their applications using Adobe’s Flash Builder (formerly known as Flex Builder).  A few use alternative IDE(s) like FDT and IntelliJ IDEA. A smaller few bravely get everything done without an IDE.
(Jun 28, 2010)
This news came down today through the Twitter stream with a few links and tidbits of info to share.  Terracotta and their Ehcache, Hibernate, and Quartz products are still on a roll with speedy releases coming almost on a monthly basis.  You can grab the beta when it goes live tonight (US Pacific time I think).
(Jun 24, 2010)
The JavaZone folks put up a great trailer for "Java 4-ever" A Masterpiece!! :-) It's hilarious. Way better than anything the folks in the Emerald City could do (or would do! Wusses!). Thanks! You made my day.  ...
(Jun 25, 2010)
The latest 6.1dev drop of Substance look-and-feel library (code named Trinidad) completes the collection of skins that can be used on the Flamingo ribbon component by adding Office Black 2007 skin to the existing Office Silver 2007 and Office Blue 2007 skins. Here is how the ribbon looks under Office Black 2007 skin...  
(Jun 27, 2010)
A fairly quiet week in the JavaFX world this week, but nevermind, I’m sure it’s just because the majority of you are too busy working on your blog masterpieces for next week...
(Jun 27, 2010)
When two products are developed by the same company / team / a lonely guy in his mom’s basement, you expect them to work well together. In my case, i develop Flamingo component suite and Substance look-and-feel – both targeting modern Swing-based UI applications...  
(Jun 26, 2010)
Recently a few useful documents turned up on the web related to JavaFX, so I thought I’d briefly provide the links to them in case you weren’t aware of their existence...
(Jun 25, 2010)