Oracle's OCAJP Java 7 Certification Exam Now Live

Cam McK | 16 FEB 2012 | 0 Comments

Oracle's first Java 7 certification, the Associate exam, is now live and ready to be tackled by eager test takers. Further certification exams are expected to go live in the summer.

Installing Redmine 1.3 Into Tomcat7

Alex Soto | 16 FEB 2012 | 0 Comments

Redmine is a free and open source, flexible web-based project management and bug-tracking tool, written using the Ruby on Rails framework. In this post I am going to show you how to package Redmine 1.3 into a war file so could be executed into Tomcat7.

NetBeans IDE 7.1: Unlocking the Java EE 6 Platform

Geertjan Wielenga | 15 FEB 2012 | 0 Comments

Because Oracle's NetBeans IDE 7.1 was developed in close co-operation with Oracle's Java EE engineers, the IDE's Java EE 6 tools make it a great fit when learning about the Java EE 6 platform.

Job Trends for Programmers: Who's Hot and Who's Not

Cam McK | 14 FEB 2012 | 6 Comments

Java steady. C++ steady. Visual Basic steady. C# rising. Objective C skyrocketing.

ZK 6.0 Arrives: A Powerful MVVM Pattern for Java

Nancy Lin | 14 FEB 2012 | 0 Comments

ZK 6.0 officially released with brand new features such as the new databinding system ‘ZK Bind’ which supports the MVVM development pattern, generic support, jQuery & CSS 3 style server-side selector and more!

Embedding Vaadin Applications Without a Portal Web Platform

Henrik Paul | 13 FEB 2012 | 0 Comments

Vaadin applications can be embedded in any HTML document easily and reliably with the Vaadin XS add-on.

Big Data analytics with Hive and iReport

Justin Cater | 13 FEB 2012 | 0 Comments

Introductory tutorial on implementing reports over Big Data using Hive and iReport

Complex Event Processing - A beginner's view

Mahesh Gadgil | 13 FEB 2012 | 5 Comments

Using a Complex Event Processing is not so complex. Well, initially at least. The business requirement I used for a POC was met by writing just three easy java classes.

RRiBbit website now online!

Gert-Jan Schouten | 12 FEB 2012 | 0 Comments

The website of RRiBbit is now ready and online, waiting for your visit!

Spring 3.1 Breathes New Life into REST

Vinicius Carvalho | 10 FEB 2012 | 0 Comments

A walk-through post on how to combine Spring 3.1 powerful support for REST services, while following the principles of HATEOAS.

Understanding State Driven Design

Sony Mathew | 9 FEB 2012 | 19 Comments

It's a new design paradigm that focuses on scalability, right from the start.

20 Database Design Best Practices

Fabrizio Chami | 9 FEB 2012 | 4 Comments

A list with some of the best practices to follow when designing your database.