Head First Software Development sums up decades of research on what works and what doesn't in the often arcane world of software development.]]>
Java VisualVM is a new GUI-based tool for troubleshooting Java applications and is available as part of Java SE 6 Update 7. VisualVM incorporates technologies such as jvmstat, JMX, the NetBeans profiler, and more. Also see the
Open Source Project Page.]]>
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JSR 205: Wireless Messaging to view a page summarizing its packages, system properties, and relevant technical articles.]]>
Java Champion and creator of the Java Specialists' Newsletter, discusses the importance of design patterns and unit testing, the 10 laws of Java concurrency, and life as a developer on the island of Crete. ]]>
Making Java Technology Faster than C with LRWP, we showed that the Long Running Web Process (LRWP) implementation in Java using GlassFish was faster than the implementation in C and Xitami. This paper describes that LRWP implementation.]]>