Google Guice is a lightweight dependency injection framework for Java 5 (or later), which is explained here very well.... more »

The Sun Certified Programmer for Java Platform, Standard Edition 6 certification exam is for programmers experienced using the Java programming language. Achieving this certification provides clear evidence that a programmer understands the basic syntax and structure of the Java programming language and can create Java technology applications that run on server and desktop systems using Java SE 6.... more »

Develop code that declares classes (including abstract and all forms of nested classes), interfaces, and enums, and includes the appropriate use of package and import statements (including static imports).... more »

Discover the Java Scripting API and use it to develop a dynamic, Swing-based weather application, in this excerpt from Jeff Friesen's 'Beginning Java SE 6 Platform.'... more »

Sorry about the looo..ng hibernation! Now, it is time for updates on the Scripting project. 1. Yoko Harada updated JRuby script engine with JRuby 1.0.2 and added few other fixes in engine code. 2. I've pre-built binaries of the project (uploaded the .zip and .tar.gz files) ... more »

Java™ Platform, Standard Edition 6 (Java SE) focuses on performance, with expanded tools for managing and monitoring applications as well as diagnosing common problems. This article outlines the basis of monitoring and management in the Java SE platform and provides detailed information about the relevant enhancements in Java SE 6.... more »

I definitely think that dynamic languages for Java platform is an important topic. In that context, a Scripting API as a standardized scripting framework has its own role for Java developers. It is definitely a good thing it is included in JDK 6, but the lack of proper support for earlier JDK’s, in my opinion, slows down its wider adoption.... more »

I was happy to see that InfoQ took up the JSR 277 / JSR 291 stuff again and did a pretty good job weaving together the recent activity (including my own call to interest on the subject). ... more »

The Rails framework comes bundled with the Prototype and Scriptaculous Javascript libraries. In this entry I'll introduce how to use those libraries in a Rails application.... more »

So, REST based web services are simpler than SOAP, right? Then why's it so difficult to create a REST based web service in Java? Using tools I can crank out a SOAP based web service in seconds - not so easy with REST. But help is on the way.... more »