Java developers are up in arms over the recent release of Mac OS X Leopard, and the sudden silence from Apple regarding the future of Java 6 on the Mac. Not only did Leopard not ship with Java 6, but... Read More

Portions of this entry were first published in the SitePoint Tech Times #139. Have you written your own AJAX framework yet? It seems all the big boys are doing it. Microsoft is bringing us Atlas for... Read More

More from the JavaOne 2006 keynotes… One of the new key features in Java 6 (Mustang), available now in beta and weekly snapshots and slated for release in October, is support for alternative... Read More

Sun has conceded: Java will be open sourced. During his opening keynote at JavaOne 2006, newly annointed Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz welcomed to the stage Rich Green, Executive VP of Software, with the... Read More

If you enjoy working in Java like I do, there are probably few places you would rather be right now than at JavaOne 2006. Particularly hot web development topics at JavaOne this year include the... Read More

Adobe (formerly Macromedia) JRun 4 was released in 2002. Since then, Java web development has moved on somewhat. JRun 4 supports Servlet 2.3 and JSP 1.2, while most servers are now on Servlet 2.4 and... Read More

High on my list of Java blogs is Hani Suleiman’s The BileBlog, in which he gives unapologetically abrasive reviews of popular Java projects and the people behind them. In the past, he has had... Read More

The second day of Sun’s Developer Days 2006 conference in Melbourne last week was a similar mixed bag to the first. Be sure to read my coverage of day one if you missed it. Before the... Read More

Sun Microsystems is winding up a tour of Australia and New Zealand with the final stop of its Sun Developer Days 2006 conference today and tomorrow in Melbourne. Fellow SitePointer Lachlan Donald and... Read More

Across the web, headlines are proclaiming the demise of JBuilder, the venerable Java IDE from Borland. The truth of the matter, as always, is not so clear cut. Borland has announced that it’s... Read More

The Jakarta Tapestry framework is a hidden treasure of Java web development. So says Alexander, as he steps us through the process of setting up the development environment and building a basic web... Read More

When I first announced that Sun was making its Java Studio Creator product available as a free download, some skeptics labelled this as a mere publicity stunt ahead of the release of Creator 2. Well,... Read More

Tired of the Java hype? Cut to the chase with this easy, 6-step tutorial designed to introduce budding Java developers to the power of this fantastic technology. Kevin introduces JDBC, servlets, JSP,... Read More