Sun Microsystems Inc. is refashioning customer support options for Java Platform, Standard Edition (SE), extending support to 15 years under one paid plan and reducing it from six years to three years ...

Integrating Excel and Word documents in Java applications has always been difficult. One option for reading and writing Word and Excel documents is to use an OLE 2 (Object Linking and Embedding) ...

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Rich Java applications offer an alternative that can have advantages over Ajax. Ajax is great for many applications, but not for all applications. When applications get large, need to scale, or ...

JetBrains IntelliJ. This Java IDE is considered by many developers to be the most productive and enjoyable environment for pure coding. IntelliJ is more intuitive than the IBM, Borland or Sun IDEs, ...

In any substantial software engineering project, the build tool is one of the most important parts of the developer’s toolkit. Without a solid build tool, the process of compiling, packaging, and ...

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Fee-based program extends support to 15 years while free program is reduced from six years to three years for support Sun Microsystems is refashioning customer support options for Java Platform, ...

If you're a Java developer who also needs to run a website, dozens of Java-based content management system tools are available to help you. Each of the Java-based CMS options on the market comes with ...