Virtual SCRUM Board
Virtual SCRUM Board (VSB) is a software tool that helps Scrum teams manage the uncommitted backlog, sprints, stories and tasks. VSB empowers Scrum... more »
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Interview: Ruby On Rails Creator On The State of eCommerce
David Heinemeier Hansson created the Ruby on Rails software framework. He’s also a partner in 37signals, producers of the popular Basecamp suite of... more »
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5 Software Build Patterns
Do you want to help develop build patterns and identify? We have patterns-a-plenty for writing code. How about patterns for building it?
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Swing Explorer 1.3: NetBeans Plugin & "Addition Trace" Feature
After quite a long summer delay I'm proud to announce a new version of Swing Explorer. Swing Explorer is a tool for debugging of Swing applications,... more »
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Generate UML Diagrams into Javadoc in NetBeans Projects
How to use Meera's recent Javalobby article in the context of NetBeans IDE.
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Ubiquity In Depth
Ubiquity is an experiment two parts. It’s both an interface and a development platform. Ubiquity 0.1 focuses on the platform aspects, while beginning... more »
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How to Choose a Java Desktop Framework
If you're looking for a framework for your Java desktop applications, here are some factors to consider.
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Running an ANT script in a .bat/.cmd file under Windows
This article explains how to run an ANT script in a .bat or a .cmd file under Windows.
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IE8 Performance
Rather than join the chorus and trumpet IE as the fastest browser in the universe, this post is my attempt to demystify the performance work that is... more »
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Video: What is Project Nile?
User Experience Designer Jeff Hoffman shows how to use the features of Project Nile, a component of the Java FX SDK Preview Release.
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A must have tool for all web developers who care about performance
"Yslow for Internet Explorer"
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Netbeans: Not as crappy as you might expect.
Over the last 3 days I have been using netbeans for RoR development. Honestly I expected to hate it. I figured I would use it for a few days, then... more »
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Zero to running on EC2 in 4 minutes and more ..
Wow. Is it really this easy to play with EC2 and AWS? Where have I been and who ARE these guys? Never heard of Ylastic till I saw this today.
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Getting Started with JCODER
Today Java is used widely across the internet but it is also an invisible force behind many of the applications and devises that power our day-to-day... more »
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NetBeans Is Still Not There
Recently I have had to work a lot with NetBeans. We are working on integrating GridGain management console with SUN VisualVm, so NetBeans is pretty... more »
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Running a BPEL process created with Netbeans in Apache ODE
A BPEL process without using vendor specific extensions should run everywhere without much hassle. But unfortunately it doesn’t. In this article I... more »
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How to use the DOM Inspector to hack your Firefox UI
Before Firefox 3 was released I wrote about exclusive Firefox userChrome.css hacks got a TON of responses and requests. So in the spirit of "teaching... more »
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Discontinuing Substance NetBeans module
Starting today i am discontinuing support for Substance NetBeans module, including fixing bugs and synchronizing the module with Substance core... more »
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JavaRebel 1.2: Now With Full Spring Support
The latest stable release of the JavaRebel code reloading agent includes a plugin for Spring that reloads Spring configuration on-the-fly boosting... more »
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The Best Post on Latency You Will Ever Read
Latency is bad, mmmkay. But just how bad is it? And what can you do about it? It's very bad, and there's quite a bit you can do to alleviate its... more »
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Announcing JBoss Cache - Searchable Edition
Announcing JBoss Cache - Searchable Edition, an extension on the core cache that adds querying capabilities. This is backed by Hibernate Search and... more »
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13 Sources for Background Patterns and Textures
Patterns and textures are becoming a bigger part of web design, and an increase number of resources are available for freebies in this area. Some are... more »
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10 Cool Web Accessibility Tools - How To Check Your Website
Here’s some quick ways to test how accessible your website is for people with ‘disabilities’.
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25 Must-Have Thumb Drive Apps for Geeks
With traveling and use of many different computers, many geeks (and geek girls) often find a need to have a uniform set of tools handy wherever we may... more »
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Experience Model Driven Development with Taylor MDA 1.2.0
Taylor MDA is an open source, Eclipse-based UML modeling and code generation tool. It leverages a convention-based (on rails) code generation approach... more »
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