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Stripping down J2SE
(Posts: 73 | Days Remaining: 2)
With each release of J2SE, the number of classes in the core libraries has grown. Is it time to pare the JRE distribution? In this discussion we will consider what should be stripped out of the core and how non-core pieces shold be made available to applications that may require them to run.

Recent Post: onfly classes?
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JavaOne 2004
(Posts: 4 | Days Remaining: 9)
Use this forum to discuss JavaOne 2004. You are welcome to join in whether or not you can make it to San Francisco this year.

Recent Post: Auto Scheduler
Submitted Jun. 25, 2004 at 16:08 PT by

Licensing
(Posts: 18 | Archived: June 26, 2004)
Licensing is a tricky issue for professional software development. What kinds of software can you use from third parties and what kinds of attached strings are you willing to accept? What kind of a license can or should you release under? What kinds of licenses are appropriate to academic publication? Do you have a situation where the available open source licenses don't make sense? Post your questions, your opinions, and your experiences (good and bad) here so the community can share in the discussion.

Tapestry In Action
(Posts: 19 | Archived: June 24, 2004)
"Tapestry In Action" is the definitive guide to using the open-source Tapestry web application framework. This books guides the reader from the fundamentals of Tapestry all the way through to advanced topics such as packaging components for reuse and managing client-side JavaScript. The book finishes with an in-depth examination of a complete J2EE application.

Swing Usability
(Posts: 148 | Archived: June 8, 2004)
In order to get developers to write Java applications, the UI toolkit has to be easy to learn and use, flexible and extensible, perform well, and be easy to deploy. And lets face it, Swing has its share of issues - its slow, hard to use for beginners, requires a lot of customization, and more. At the same time, Swing is a very powerful user interface package with great flexibility for almost limitless customization. There are a lot of reasons to use Java, but not without a sufficient UI toolkit. (This discussion is co-hosted by Joshua Marinacci and Jonathan Simon.)