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by gautam on May 21, 2008
Today I am not going to talk about Java or Ajax or any other technology but another topic which is also close to my heart and has got the support of Sun. The company has got a mention in Environmental...
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by gautam on December 6, 2007
It seems Sun is leaving no stone unturned to make its open source initiative a success and for this it is ready to fork out $1 million per year in awards to participants of any of several contests i...
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by gautam on November 30, 2007
All those people looking forward to gain knowledge about Sun Java Certification need to read this. My friend Peter has made an effort to highlight the various Java certifications offered by Sun and as...
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by gautam on September 21, 2007
You must be aware of the fact that Sun Certified Enterprise Architect certification is the highest level of Sun Java certification and one need to spend around $650 to get it but are you aware of the ...
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by gautam on September 11, 2007
Our environment around us is quite fragile and it has been suffering since a number of years due to the apathy of the Human Beings on the planet. Realizing this Sun plans to maintain the ecological ba...
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by gautam on September 4, 2007
I think you all need to opt for this self paced learning course titled Developing Enhanced Web Experiences with Microsoft® ASP.NET AJAX Extensions being offered by Microsoft for free as of now. It is ...
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by gautam on September 2, 2007
We all must be aware that Java is a programming language which was given birth by Sun but how many of us know how Java got its name? I think probably very few. So let me tell you how Java got its pres...
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by gautam on February 26, 2007
Sun turns 25 this week and probably there will be celebrations at the company but are these celebrations worth it? This is a question which might be popping in the minds of the top brass. If we look a...
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by gautam on January 19, 2007
The market is flooded with a number of books on Ajax but most of them are written keeping in mind the server side programmers with in depth knowledge of programming knowledge but this book is a bit &#...
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by jason on December 14, 2006
I received an email today from Google Adsense and one bullet caught my eye. The line read "Promote & enhance your website using Gadgets." Using the word Gadget struck me as odd but I cli...
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by gautam on October 14, 2006
Recently there was a post on Microsoft Watch titled Windows Vista: Aero Glass and Java Don't Mix which stated that Java does not gel with Windows Vista but Chet Haase, Java Client Group Architect ...
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by gautam on October 4, 2006
Sun Microsystems Sun Java Certification exams are a necessary element to aid your learning process and equip you with the necessary skills required for performing specific jobs. These certification pr...
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by gautam on September 26, 2006
In case somebody is interested in the free online course session of Java EE Programming which starts from the 23rd of October, 2006, one can register at one or both of the following email addresses gi...
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by jason on June 28, 2006
I found this interesting article on the evolutionNext Weblog. There Daniel Hinojosa takes us through an installation of Ubuntu Distrobution of Linux (Ubuntu means "humanity to others" or so ...
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by gautam on June 20, 2006
It has been one year since the award winning OpenSolaris community went live and since then Sun Microsystems has experienced tremendous growth in the open source community and customer adoption. Since...
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by gautam on June 18, 2006
Although developers are still trying to figure out the newly released Java Enterprise Edition 5 but early adopters believe that the platform makes good on its architects pledge in order to simplify ja...
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by jason on June 16, 2006
The folks behind JavaLobby have put together yet another project on the web called Dzone. I found that I really like this latest effort. It is a Digg type site but if you can believe it seems more tec...
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by jason on May 6, 2006
I found this on the JavaBlackBelt news feed:
When Dmitry Buzdin, from Latvia, proposed us to develop a Ruby - basic exam and we welcomed the initiative warmly. The objectives are ready and you can st...
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by jason on May 3, 2006
I heard about this site the other day when listening to the Java Posse. The site is called simply JavaReference. The site contents so much information about Java programming that I find myself going t...
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by jason on April 24, 2006
I found this interesting nugget at Tor Norbye's Weblog. Tor is one of the members of the Java Posse podcast. His most recent post explains the benefits of sitting in the front of the class, or a p...
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by jason on February 20, 2006
Recently I've had to stop working so hard on backend business logic and spend a little more time worrying about the presentation layer of my web sites. It may have something to do with me being to...
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by jason on February 13, 2006
I ran across an interesting article called J2EE Without the Application Server
at the OnJava site. The author Guy Pardon writes about an interesting way to create a Java application. It is not exact...
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by jason on February 7, 2006
Why you might ask would I post a list of reading lists? I have no idea but I enjoy reading a good book. So much so that my wife complains that I buy way too many of them. I find most books centered on...
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by jason on February 2, 2006
Over at Netbeans.org is has been annouced that version 5 has is offically released. The site gives a brief description of what version 5 is offering:
Including: Project Matisse; completely redesign...
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by jason on January 30, 2006
Over at the O'Reilly network the OnJava site has published one of two articles highligthing the five best known Java podcasts. I've only listened to the Java Posse podcast myself so I've ...
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by jason on January 27, 2006
What is JavaBlackBelt:
JavaBlackBelt is a community for Java & open source skills assessment. This is the place where Java developers have their technology knowledge and development abilities rec...
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by jason on January 23, 2006
Over at JavaLobby they are starting a new program called NIKO. The top three posts each day are going to win some cash. I've read in a couple places that people think this is a bad idea. I disagre...
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by jason on December 24, 2005
Over the years I've had to mentor a number of junior programmers. I enjoy doing it and when someone asks me for help I'm always willing to make some time. The first thing I do is try and figu...
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by jason on November 21, 2005
I ran across a new mashup site that I think is the best news site I've ever seen for geeks. It combines feeds from Digg, SlashDot and Del.icio.us/Popular and only displays unique articles. This is...
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by jason on October 17, 2005
Tor Norbye who works at Sun MicroSystems, Carl Quinn of Google and Dick Wall of New Energy started a new podcast called Java Posse back in September. They cover all the latest news and trends concern...
