http://jenkov.com/rss/rss_all.jsp News from Jenkov.com about new releases, new articles etc. en http://tutorials.jenkov.com/java-generics/index.html Part 2 of the Java Generics tutorial is out. Another 5 texts covering more advanced details including how to generify your own classes and methods, generic wildcards, and how to make your own classes work with the new for-loop. Go check it out. http://tutorials.jenkov.com/java-generics/index.html 2009.11.02 http://tutorials.jenkov.com/java-generics/index.html I have started a new trail on Java Generics. So far only 5 texts have been published, but they cover the most basic things you need to know: Generic List's, Set's, Map's and the new for loop in JDK 5. Texts with deeper detail will be added in the future. http://tutorials.jenkov.com/java-generics/index.html 2009.10.27 http://tutorials.jenkov.com/software-as-career/education.html Does education matter to your softare developer career? Should you stop after the bachelor degree, or pursue a masters? Here is my and some of my colleagues take on that subject. http://tutorials.jenkov.com/software-as-career/education.html 2009.10.19 http://tutorials.jenkov.com/software-as-career/index.html Since a lot of the questions I am getting by email is about career advice more than technical assistance, I have started a new trail about software development as a career. There are currently only 3 texts, but I have lots more planned. It will be very interesting, even to people well into their careers. You are also welcome to tell me your story or your goals if you want some feedback or ideas. http://tutorials.jenkov.com/software-as-career/index.html 2009.10.03 http://tutorials.jenkov.com/flex-components/component-with-data-provider.html The tutorial explaining how to develop custom GUI components for use in your Flex applications, has been extended with two new texts. These texts explains how to make your component use an XML data provider, and also how to load that XML via a remote HTTP service. http://tutorials.jenkov.com/flex-components/component-with-data-provider.html 2009.08.11 http://tutorials.jenkov.com/java-web-apps/web-app-maintenance.html Once in a while you need to block the users of your Java web application so you can do maintenance on the system. Maintenance could be backing up databases, files, or other systems used by your web app, or it could be running some jobs on the database, or upgrading it. It general, I mean maintenance which require exclusive access (no users using them) while being executed. http://tutorials.jenkov.com/java-web-apps/web-app-maintenance.html 2009.08.04 http://butterfly.jenkov.com This version contains support for a global exception handler, and switching your web app into maintenance mode, where you can backup databases, files etc. without the users accesing them - without taking the web app offline of course. http://butterfly.jenkov.com/22 2009.08.04 http://butterfly.jenkov.com Version 5.2.0 contains support for connection and transaction scoping. via the ScopingDataSource. This is something that can otherwise be quite messy to handle yourself. http://butterfly.jenkov.com/23 2009.08.04 http://butterfly.jenkov.com Version 3.0.0 contains support for using Butterfly Container as an internationalization mechanism for both components and texts. http://butterfly.jenkov.com/24 2009.06.29 http://jenkov.com/book-reviews/dependency-injection.html I as approached by Manning Publications and asked if I would be interested in writing a book review of their upcoming book "Dependency Injection" by Dhanji R. Prasanna. Being the developer of the dependency injection container for Java, Butterfly Container, and having written about dependency injection before, I was naturally interested in what this book had to offer. It turned out to be a very good book. Want to know more about this book? Then go ahead and read the review now! http://jenkov.com/book-reviews/dependency-injection.html 2009.02.19 http://scriptdraw.com Version 1.2.0 of ScriptDraw.com - the free online SVG editor - contains buttons for left, right, up and down arrows. These arrows are generated using the SVG path element. http://scriptdraw.com/3 2009.04.03 http://scriptdraw.com Version 1.1.10 of ScriptDraw.com - the free online SVG editor - contains support for "undo", meaning it is now possible to undo the last 20 actions. In addition, buttons have been added for inserting SVG for basic shapes (rect, circle, ellipse, line etc.). Finally, all buttons have now also been given keyboard shortcuts. These are visible when you hover the mouse over the buttons, in the tooltips. These changes make ScriptDraw a lot easier to work with! http://scriptdraw.com/2 2009.02.03 http://scriptdraw.com ScriptDraw is a simple free online SVG editor. You type in the SVG XML and press a button to see the SVG image as it is rendered in your browser. More features will be added in the future. http://scriptdraw.com/1 2009.01.15