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		John O'Conner john@joconner.com John O'Conner is a software architect, consultant, author, and speaker. After many years developing the internationalization features of the Java platform at Sun Microsystems, he is now actually trying to use those features in real world projects. Articles Synchronizing Properties with Beans Binding (JSR 295) The idea of setting up listener relationships between your GUI models, views, and controllers is simple enough, but grinding the same "glue" code dozens or even hundreds of times is wasteful and error-prone. JSR-295, Beans Binding, offers relief from the drudgery. In this article, John O'Conner... Weblogs Creating OpenOffice Extensions One of the great things about many applications these days is their open API for end-user additions or extensions or plug-ins. OpenOffice allows you to add your own functionality to the... Do we rely too much on XP? Earlier this year I decided to renew my commitment to learning something about Java ME. I went so far as to get a RIM Blackberry device when I had the opportunity to update my cell phone. Finding... Modularity in the Java Platform JSR 277 is the technical spec for Java Modules, a way to promote the "module" concept in both your own applications and in the Java platform itself. In their JavaOne session this morning, the co-... Reviewing NetBeans 6.1 The NetBeans community approved and released NetBeans 6.1 last week. That's right before JavaOne 2008. That's convenient! And of course, some of the JavaOne demos have NB 6.1 running in the... Free, open source Linux is for hippies CommunityOne is the conference at Moscone Center just prior to the JavaOne conference, which starts in earnest on Tuesday May 6 2008. I'm here for JavaOne but couldn't resist dropping in on... Top 10 Desktop Sessions at JavaOne 2008 I've been doing a top 10 list for a couple years for... Encoding URIs and their components As you pass data from the browser to the application server... Character Conversion points You'd think this sort of problem would be resolved by now, but it's not. It's still almost impossible to... Another solution for non-UTF8 source files in NetBeans 6.1? Recently I mentioned a potential problem when saving source files in a non-Unicode charset encoding. The potential data loss is... Call for participation: Internationalization and Unicode Conference #32 The Internationalization... NetBeans 6.1, UTF-8 encoded source files, and a tale of corruption I'm always happy when a company or product adopts Unicode as its charset. I think it makes perfect sense to do so. There are lots of good reasons why standardizing on Unicode is the right thing:... Will blog, write, or program for JavaOne pass Beans Binding and my Flex friend Videos and the cubicle effect on content consumption They do great work over there on the java.sun.com editorial team, and they've been improving the site with lots of videos lately. The last three featured content pieces have been videos. That's... Should we expect more db acquisitions? Last month Sun announced it had acquired MySQL, which may very well be the most influential and widespread open source database in the world. Aside from a few announcements, there wasn't nearly as... Java applets not viable for this application? I've been working with a company that creates a chat system that helps companies sell more of their products online. The backend is all Java, complete with Spring, servlets...all good Java stuff.... Swing Fuse and the Swing Application Framework Recently I had the opportunity to investigate and write about the Swing Application Framework. Included in that... Developing Java apps for the Playstation, X-Box, or Wii A business associate recently asked me about the availability of a JRE on the Playstation, X-Box, and Wii. He wants to run his Java media jukebox software on those systems. Good riddance to the Macbook Pro After using a Macbook Pro for almost a year, I've returned it to my employer. The FedEx package should arrive today at their doorstep. What a beautiful machine! What a crisp ... The Java job market is hot! After almost 8 years at Sun, I'm moving on. I have enjoyed every minute of my employment here. But business plans, products, and teams change. Creating Extensible Applications Do you know about... Solaris for Java development? I'm a long-time Windows user. You just really can't deny that the install experience is good, that hardware drivers are easily accessible, and there are lots and lots of applications. And... Learning Curve: Declarative UI in JavaFX Script Continuing the effort to ramp up with JavaFX... You don't know Sun? How about Java? Now with Java on desktops, cellphones, and devices everywhere, there's a good chance people know about the Java brand but not the company behind it. Oh, you don't know the company? That's Sun... Learning Curve Series for JavaFX Script Learning a new technology has its own set of challenges. Sure the technology itself may have quirks -- is that a code word for bugs? -- but sometimes just getting enough information to get started... Learning the JavaFX way of doing things I set a challenge for myself:... Using JavaFX Script for UI Declarations This is an exciting time for the Java platform for a lot of reasons, and... Unicode support in JavaFX Script I was pleasantly surprised with my first real interaction with JavaFX Script. Of course, I had to test at least one of its i18n features, so I picked something simple, Unicode text in the script... Could you cut your development time in half? ... Cookie Handling ... « first ‹ previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 next › last »