by David Orriss Jr | Sep 2, 2007 | Linux, Mac OS X, Operating Systems, Windows XP
Chris Pirillo’s website has a great breakdown of Leopard vs Vista where he shows overall why Leopard is a better OS than vista. Mac OS X Leopard vs Microsoft Windows Vista While the article IS interesting what really caught me off guard was this comment from one...
by David Orriss Jr | Nov 26, 2006 | Java
Within Swing you’re supposed to be able to specify the minimum size for a frame with a simple call. For instance, assume that I made a frame that extends JFrame. Consider adding the following line to the constructor: setMinimumSize(new Dimension(600,400)); This...
by David Orriss Jr | Nov 26, 2006 | Java
[Originally Posted 18-Nov-2005] Here’s a pretty cool trick for Java GUI-app developers. From the O’Reilly Book “Swing Hacks”, Joshua Marinacci and Chris Adamson show how to make transparent windows…...
by David Orriss Jr | Nov 25, 2006 | General
[Originally Posted 28-Apr-05] Last night my daughter, Isabelle, says to my wife Mommy, what do chamelions do when they get mad? (no I don’t know where she gets these questions, but that doesn’t stop me from having fun) I promptly replied: They spit...
by David Orriss Jr | Nov 25, 2006 | Java
[Originally Posted 25-July-2004] Most Java programmers know that as of Java 2 release 1.4 a new keyword “assert” has been added. But far less programmers know what it’s good for. Developer Exchange has a great article explaining assertions and how to...
by David Orriss Jr | Nov 25, 2006 | J2EE
[Originally Posted 20-July-2004] TheServerSide.com has a new free book offering from authors Jayson Falkner and Kevin Jones. This new version of their book covers Servlet Spec 2.4, JSP 2.0 and JSTL 1.0. This book covers a wide range of topics from installing J2SE on...
by David Orriss Jr | Nov 25, 2006 | J2EE
[Originally Posted 18-July-2004] OnJava.com has a great article on Aspect Oriented Programming and the Spring Framework. AOP via Spring is done in a very neat and pragmatic approach. No pre-compilers (like AspectJ) needed. Just simple XML configuration of your Spring...
by David Orriss Jr | Nov 25, 2006 | Java
[Originaly Posted 22-June-2004] I knew that Java was gaining ground on C++ in a lot of areas with respect to performance, but this is quite impressive… http://kano.net/javabench/index Note that while the client JavaVM still has pretty bad performance (it’s...
by David Orriss Jr | Nov 25, 2006 | J2EE
[Originally Posted 26-May-2004] This tutorial is a beginner’s guide to developing enterprise applications using the Java Web Services Developer Pack (Java WSDP). The Java WSDP is an all-in-one download containing key technologies to simplify building of Web...
by David Orriss Jr | Nov 25, 2006 | J2EE
[Originally Posted 13-May-2004] Once again the Open Source movement has a profound impact on the commercial Java market. Apparently the new Enterprise JavaBean spec (EJB 3.0) will be based on the Hibernate ORM system. Hibernate’s biggest reason for existance (in...
