Whether you like it or loath it, Java the language and Java the platform have set the standard for enterprise computing for over a decade and don’t look like giving up that top spot for a while yet. However, we continue to hear complaints about the complexity of developing applications …
Spring is a popular framework for developing java-based applications. Annotations are easy to use and they make the code more readable, being less xml based. This article provides a step by step approach on how to implement annotation based dependency injection using the Spring3 and Hibernate 3 open source java …
This video recaps the concepts presented so far in the tutorial series by creating a new Struts 2 application. It explains then how to add a sample business service and take a first look at Struts 2 tags, starting with s:property tag.
Ratpack is a micro web framework for Groovy inspired by the Sinatra web framework for Ruby. Running Jetty and Groovy’s template engine at its core, Ratpack is very capable and extensible while also enabling you to write single file web apps.
The garbage-first (or G1) garbage collector is now an officially supported garbage collector in Java 7 update 4 and later VMs based on Oracle’s HotSpot. This session describes the operational basics of G1 and how to tune it.
JavaServer Faces 2.2 is more evolutionary than it is revolutionary. This is by design as JSF 2.0 added a whole bunch of new features as part of the Java EE 6 platform. The Preface 1 from the JSF 2.2 Public Review specification provides a list of changes between JSF 2.1 …
