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Distributed transactions in Spring, with and without XA
Before you settle on a transaction-processing pattern for your Spring application, make sure you understand the variety of options and how each one will impact the performance, safety, reliability, and data integrity of distributed applications. SpringSource engineer David Syer walks through seven patterns for distributed transaction processing in Spring.
Dr. David Syer, January 2009

Open source Java projects: NetBeans plugins
NetBeans plugins let you do all kinds of things you can't do with NetBeans alone, and they're open source. Jeff Friesen introduces five useful plugins, then gets you started with creating your own plugins for NetBeans 6.5.
Jeff Friesen, December 2008

Year in Review: The Java tools roundup
As Agile techniques become more mainstream, tools for the software development lifecycle are adding new features and optimizations to make developers happy. Find out what's new in build automation frameworks, testing tools, and IDEs, with this year-end review from Java Power Tools author John Ferguson Smart.
John Ferguson Smart, December 2008

REST for Java developers: Restlet for the weary
'Tis the season of weariness for many around the world, so sit back and enjoy a long, tall sip of Restlet: A toolkit for building and consuming RESTful Web services in Java. This article also introduces JSR 311: JAX-RS.
Brian Sletten, December 2008

Continuous integration with Hudson
Looking for a continuous integration server solution? Hudson is free and open source, and configuration is a snap. This article gets you started with Hudson in a Windows or Linux environment using JBoss AS or Tomcat 6.
Nicholas Whitehead, December 2008

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Podcasts

• Unwrapping JavaFX 1.0 12/04/08

• High scalability and Java with Todd Hoff 11/26/08

• Rod Johnson: SpringSource and the future of Spring 10/07/08

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• JW Blogs

  From F3 to JavaFX 1.0 - Effects

  An important and impressive innovation between F3 and JavaFX is the Effects framework created by... Submitted by Chris Oliver on Mon, 01/05/2009 - 10:45

  The Agile Rules in HP's Original Garage

  According to a recent HP poster, these were the rules in Bill Hewett and Dave's Packard famous... Submitted by Andrew Binstock on Mon, 01/05/2009 - 4:09

  "Pragmatic Architecture", in book form

  For a couple of years now, I've been going around the world and giving a talk entitled "Pragmatic... Submitted by Ted Neward on Sun, 01/04/2009 - 21:30

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• Java Q&A Forums

  "java -v" error on server

  Submitted by jignesh on Fri, 01/02/2009 - 15:29

  java.lang.outofmemoryerror

  Submitted by jignesh on Fri, 01/02/2009 - 14:24

  Uses of Java language in mobile phones

  Submitted by aditichauhan on Tue, 12/30/2008 - 3:25

  Please help in errors

  Submitted by needhelp on Sun, 12/28/2008 - 11:53

  NetBeans 6.5 to Eclipse Ganymede

  Submitted by konqueror on Sat, 12/27/2008 - 8:00

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NEWS & VIEWS

The 2009 tech career planner
01/06/2009 -  Tech jobs are in trouble, with new layoffs announced almost every week, and many IT workers are scrambling for a new career plan. InfoWorld's Galen Gruman distills career advice from across the IDG news network.
Galen Gruman, InfoWorld

R.I.P., SOA
01/06/2009 -  Burton Group Research Director Anne Thomas Manes has declared the demise of SOA, killed by death, and the economic recession. Service orientation will live on, she says, expressed by newer acronyms such as SAAS, BPM, and ESB.
Paul Krill, InfoWorld

Rails and Merb to merge
12/24/2008 -  Developers for Rails and Merb have announced that the two Ruby-based frameworks will merge, a welcome end to the cold war that some say has "torn the community apart."
James Niccolai, IDG News Service

Sun's plans for open source JavaFX
12/23/2008 -  A VP of Sun's Client Software Group has offered an updated roadmap for JavaFX, saying the company will open source more of its RIA framework in time.
Chris Kanaracus, IDG News Service

ICEsoft picks up Project Woodstock
12/19/2008 -  ICEsoft Technologies has announced it will pick up Project Woodstock, recently abandoned by Sun Microsystems. ICEsoft will provide UI components for Woodstock via its JSF-Ajax framework, ICEfaces. InfoWorld's Paul Krill reports.
Paul Krill, InfoWorld

Server virtualization's tricky math
12/17/2008 -  Server virtualization is meant to save cash by consolidating enterprise resources, but those numbers don't exactly add up. InfoWorld's Tom Kaneshige reports on the hidden costs of virtualization, especially for small- and medium-sized businesses.
Tom Kaneshige, InfoWorld

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