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• AWT (JDK 1.1 - AWT Enhancements; event model; overview; lightweight UI framework; FAQs; Topical Index)
• @Cetus
• Content Repository API (JSR 170)
• CORBA Language Mapping: idltojava compiler
• Enterprise Java Beans Specification
• JAIN APIs development of Next Generation telecom products: Whitepapers & Articles
  • JAIN TCAP Specification JSR 11 (Final)
  • JAIN ISUP Specification JSR 17
  • JAIN OAM API Specification JSR 18 (Final)
  • JAIN JCC/JCAT Specification JSR 21
  • JAIN SCE/SLEE API Specification JSR 22
  • JAIN MGCP API Specification JSR 23
  • JAIN Connectivity Management Specification JSR 25 (Withdrawn)
  • JAIN MAP Specification JSR 29
  • JAIN SIP API Specification JSR 32
  • JAIN INAP API Specification JSR 35
  • JAIN MEGACO API Specification JSR 79
  • JAIN H.323 API Specification JSR 81
  • JAIN Service Provider Mobility API JSR 98
• Jakarta Commons Collections API
• Jakarta Logging Library API
• Java API Packages
• Java 2 Standard Edition (J2SE): API Specification
• Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE)
• Java 2D API: Sample Programs
• Articles
• JSci: An open-source alternative for Java 2D graphingIBM Technical JournalsIBM Technical JournalsIBM Technical JournalsIBM Technical JournalsIBM Technical JournalsIBM Technical Journals
• Java 3D API
• Java Advanced Imaging API
• Java API for XML Registries (JAXR)
  • Articles/Papers
    • Understanding UDDI and JAXR
• Java Archive (JAR) Features
• JavaBeans Component APIs
• Java Collections
  • Articles/Papers
    • Check out three collections libraries
    • Comparing Container Frameworks: JGL vs Collections
    • Extending the Java 2 Collections Framework
    • Filter collections
    • Gain SQL SELECT functionality in Java
    • Get started with the Java Collections Framework
    • Java performance programming: Part 3: Managing collections
    • Secure type-safe collections
    • The Java Collections Framework: Part 1, 2
    • Using threads with collections: Part 1, 2
  • Books
    • Ch 2: Collections from Core Java 2, Vol II
    • Java Collections: Chapter 2, Arrays; Chapter 9, Lists
    • Mastering Java 2: Chapter 17, Java Collections
  • FAQs @jGuru
  • GNU Trove, high performance implementation of the java.util Collections API
  • Projects
    • J.A.D.E., Java Addition to Default Environment
    • Primitive Collections for Java
  • Resources
    • Java Collections Clearinghouse
  • Tutorials
    • Introduction to the Collections Framework
    • Java Collections Framework
    • The Collection API
• Java Communications API
• Java Core Reflection API
• Java Cryptography Extension (JCE)
• Java Data Objects (JDO): Specification (JSR 12)
  • Articles
    • An introduction to JDO 2.0 using JPOX and DB2 Universal Database
    • An Overview of Sun's JDO Specification
    • A practical introduction to TriActive JDO
    • Create persistent application data with Java Data Objects
    • Get started with Castor JDO
    • Getting Started With Java Data Objects (JDO)
    • Java Data Objects
    • Java Data Objects - An Introduction
    • Java Data Objects (JDO): An Object-based Approach to Transparent Persistence
    • Java Data Objects and Transparent Persistence, where and why to use them
    • JDO & The Object Oriented Paradigm
    • JDO or CMP?
    • JDOQL: The JDO Query Language
    • Persist data with Java Data Objects: Part 1, 2
    • Simplifying Domain Model Persistence in a J2EE Application using JDO
    • The Debate Over Java Data Objects
    • Transparent Persistence, An Introduction to Java Data Objects: How to avoid traps and correctly override methods from java.lang.Object
    • Using Java Data Objects
  • Books
    • Java Data Objects (O'Reilly), Ch 1, 3
  • Projects/Products
    • iBATIS Database Layer
      • Developer's Guide 1.2.9
      • iBatis DAO
      • Struts and iBATIS lesson
    • Java Persistent Objects (JPOX)
    • Koto JDO
    • ObjectDB for Java/JDO (free non-commercial edition)
    • ObJectRelationalBridge (OJB)
    • Struts-JDO plug-in
    • TriActive JDO (TJDO)
  • Resources
    • EJB 2.0 CMP and JDO
    • JDOcentral
    • JDO Links
    • O-R Mapping, Persistence, JDO and Database engineering tools
  • Tools
    • Data Object Design Studio, an open source O/R mapping tool
  • Tutorials/Training
    • Kodo JDO Tutorial; Developer's Guide
    • Hands-on Java Data Objects
    • Primer @SolarMetric
• Java Foundation Classes (JFC), aka Swing
  • Articles/Papers: GUI Technical Articles @Sun
    • Add automatic link detection to your Swing apps
    • AWT grows up
    • Be a good (event) listener
    • Become a programming Picasso with JHotDraw
    • CloseAndMaxTabbedPane: An enhanced JTabbedPane
    • Coding for accessibility
    • Conquer Swing deficiencies in MDI development
    • Create a scrollable virtual desktop in Swing
    • Create native, cross-platform GUI applications
    • Dynamic user interface is only skin deep
    • Enhance the accessibility of your GUIs [for visibly impaired users]
    • Event Handling with the Swing Component Set
    • Glazed Lists
    • Go state-of-the-art with IFrame
    • Hacking Swing with Undocumented Classes and Properties
    • How to drag and drop with Java 2: Part 1, 2
    • Interaction Happens: Thinking Graphically
    • Intermediate Swing
    • Introducing the Reflexive User Interface Builder
    • Introduction to Swing
    • Introduction to Thin Client Framework, Part 1, 2
    • Intelligent data keeps Swing simple
    • JFC vs. AFC
    • JTable filtering with Glazed Lists
    • Magic with Merlin: Focus, focus, focus
    • MVC meets Swing
    • Painting in AWT and Swing
    • Personalize your Website with skins
    • Pixel Pushing
    • Printing
      • Advanced Printing
      • Printing Swing Components in Java 1.2
      • How do I print a multi-page text document?
      • Java 2 introduces print capability to the Swing Forum (alt)
      • Printing API
      • SDK 1.2 Printing API: A Tutorial
    • Progress indication: Concepts, design, and implementation
    • Project Swing and Java 2D Graphics
    • Quickly access files and directories you use repeatedly
    • Speed up file searching in JFileChooser
    • Speed up your Swing GUI construction with better building blocks
    • Swing model filtering
    • Swing's new Spinner component
    • TableLayout - An Alternative to GridBagLayout
    • Thinking Graphically
    • Threads
      • Customize SwingWorker to improve Swing GUIs
      • Multithreaded Swing Applications
      • Threads and Swing
      • Using a Swing Worker Thread
      • Working with Asynchronous Models
    • The Reponse to Why Don't you Ship Swing Apps
    • The Swing HTML Parser
    • Understanding Containers
    • Use high-level MVC and POJOs with Swing
    • Users' expertise on interface design
  • Books
    • Desktop Java Live: Ch. 5, Swing Threading
    • Interface Design: Best Practices in Object-Oriented API Design in Java
    • Swing Hacks
    • Up to Speed with Swing
  • Projects/Products
    • Abstract User Interface Markup Language (AUMIL) Toolkit: Get started with the AUIML Toolkit
    • Atris Framework, a Java Application Framework/GUI Edito
    • Buoy: Buoy makes simple Java UI programming a snap
    • Event-Listener Framework (ELF)
    • eXtensible Object-Relational Mapping (XORM)
    • FoxTrot, API to use threads with Swing/JFC
    • Java GUI Builder
    • JFCMark, JFC/Swing benchmark suite
    • JGoodies
    • JGoodies Look, Windows L&F, Plastic L&F; Project Home; docs
    • JGui
    • JIDE Docking Framework
    • jvider, GUI builder tool for Java Swing apps
    • JHotDraw (alt), a GUI framework for technical and structured Graphics: download
    • nib4j, Apples Interface Builder
    • qftestJUI, a tool for the creation, execution and management of automated tests
    • Radical, a RAD tool for building graphical user interfaces
    • Substance L&F
    • SwingFX
    • @SwingLabs (alt); Wiki
    • TikeSwing, a framework providing high-level MVC architecture
    • UICompiler, a rapid GUI prototyping tool
  • Resources
    • Building GUIs with JFC/Swing APIs Code Samples
    • ClientJava.com
    • CodeGuru: Swing (JTable)
    • Layout Managers
      • All About GridBaglayout and Other Layout managers, Ch. 8 of Tricks of the Java Programming Gurus
      • GridBagLayout examples @Java Developers Almanac 1.4
      • JGoodies Forms, a framework for laying out form-oriented Swing panels: Project Home
      • Layout Manager Launch
      • SpringLayout manager
    • Swing Sightings
    • The Swing Connection: articles
      • PackageMapper @WoodenChair
      • Swing Set
      • Swing Sightings
      • SwingWorker class, for background threads
      • Tech Topics
        • Advanced JList Programming: Part 1, 2
        • Creating TreeTables: Part 1, 2
      • Toolbar button repository
    • UI Design @JavaWorld
  • Tools
    • Abstract User Interface Markup Language (AUIML) Toolkit
    • CookSwing, a XML-to-Swing GUI library
    • GridBagger
    • Java Calendar Component
    • Riverlayout
    • Skin Look and Feel (SkinLF)
    • Spinner Model Controls
    • Tigra JavaScript Menu (free)
    • UIHierarchy
  • Tutorials/Training
    • Creating a GUI with JFC/Swing: TOC; The Swing Tutorial Updates
    • Developing accessible GUIs with Swing
    • Drag & Drop
    • Effective Layout Management
    • Fundamentals of JFC/Swing Part I, II
    • JDNC simplifies Java UI development
    • Professional Swing: Creating Polished Apps, Part 1, 2
    • Swing: A Quick Tutorial for AWT Programmers
    • Using the SwingWorker class
• Java Message Queue (JMQ)
• Java Message Service (JMS): JavaONE slides
• Java Naming & Directory Interface (JNDI): Service Provide Interface (SPI); both
• Java Platform Debugger Architecture (JPDA)
• JavaServer Pages (JSP): specifications and reference implementations
• Java Servlet API
• JavaSpaces
  • Articles
    • Make room for JavaSpaces: Part 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
• Java Transaction API (JTA)
• Java Transaction Service (JTS)
• Java XML Pack, bundles the Java APIs for XML Messaging (JAXM), XML Processing (JAXP), XML Registries (JAXR), and XML-based RPC (JAX-RPC). Later XML Binding (JAXB)
• JBug Architecture
• JDBC database access API: FAQs
  • Articles
    • An Introduction to JDBC, Part 1, 2, 3
    • App-Managed JDBC DataSources with commons-dbcp
    • Best performance practices for the JDBC Data Mediator Service and Service Data Objects, Part 1
    • Create your own type 3 JDBC driver: Part 1, 2, 3
    • Duke's Bakery, A JDBC Order Entry Prototype: Part I, II
    • Eliminate JDBC overhead
    • Integrating Databases with Java via JDBC
    • JDBC drivers in the wild
    • Overpower the PreparedStatement
    • Prepare cross-server database access methods with JDBC
    • Use JDBC for industrial-strength performance: Part 1, 2
    • What's new in JDBC 3.0
  • Books
  • Documentation
    • Getting Started with the JDBC API
    • DataDirect Connect for JDBC User's Guide and Reference
  • drivers @Sun
    • i-net JDBC drivers
    • JConnect
    • JDBC Drivers, Servers, and Vendors
    • jTDS, a SQL Server JDBC 2.0 driver (free)
    • Oracle
    • MySQL Connector/J (Type IV): downloads
    • WebLogic's
  • Projects
    • Application Privacy Monitoring for JDBC
    • Butler
    • The power of table-oriented programming: An introduction to Butler
    • P6Spy, a JDBC sniffer
    • QueryForm
  • Resources
    • @Cetus
    • Java SkyLine: Database
    • JDBC transaction performance tips
    • Oracle: SQLJ & JDBC
  • Tutorials
    • Building Web-based applications with JDBC
    • Java Skyline: Learn JDBC
    • JDBC Short Course
    • JDBC Tutorial
    • JDBC Tutorial and Reference, 2nd Edition: Ch. 3-Advanced Tutorial, 5-Rowset Tutorial
    • JDBC Basics
    • JDBC 2.0 Fundamentals
    • Managing database connections with JDBC
    • The JDBC RowSet Implementations
    • The SQLExecutor JDBC Framework
• Jini Connection Technology (network services): FAQs; overview
  • Articles
    • Browse user interfaces for Jini services
    • Call on extensible RMI
    • Cleaning up after Jini services
    • Deploy code servers in Jini systems
    • Integrate Java and C++ with Jace
    • Jini-like discovery for RMI
    • Jini's relevance emerges: Part 1, 2
    • Jini Starter Kit 2.0 tightens Jini's security framework
    • Open Source Java: Ant
    • Service-oriented architecture using Jini
    • Survival of the fittest Jini services: Part 1, 2, 3
    • Unleash mobile agents using Jini
    • Using Jini to Build a Catastrophe-Resistant System
  • Resources
    • Jini Corner
    • Starterkit
    • Troubleshooting Jini Applications
• Java Native Interface (JNI): FAQs
  • Articles
    • Design skinnable Java UIs for media players with native performance
    • Integrate your legacy applications with JNI
    • Log it or loose it, Log events to the Windows NT Event Log with JNI
  • JNI FAQs
  • JNI Programmer's Guide and Specificatiion
  • JNI Programming on AIX
  • Tutorials
    • Java programming with JNI
• Logging (J2SE 1.4)
• Object Serialization
• MIF (Maker Interchange Format) doclet
• POI Java API To Access Microsoft Format Files: download
  • Articles
    • It's POI-fect, read and write from Java to MS Excel
• Preferences (J2SE 1.4)
  • Articles
    • Sir, What is your Preference
    • Store objects using the Preferences API
• JSci, a science API for Java
• QuickTime for Java
• SQLJ article
• RMI
• URL programming interface (UPI)
• XML: Java Technology & XML Downloads

Applets

• Applets
  • RTree
  • tListe (TreeView)
• Articlets/Papers
  • A J2EE presentation pattern: Applets with servlets and XML
  • Applet Servlet Communication
  • Applets: Still essential to Java
  • Creating a Threaded Slide Show Applet
  • Database Access Using Lightweight Applets
  • Debugging Applets, Applications, and Servlets, Ch. 7 of Advanced Programming of the Java 2 Platform
  • How to Pass Parameters from a Java Applet to an HTML File
  • Let me Paint you a Picture
  • Using Applets as Servlet Front Ends, Ch. 17 of Core Servlets and JSPs
• Products
  • MindTerm, a secure shell client
  • QuestAgent, a search engine for offline and online publications
• Resources
  • Applet Security FAQs
  • JARS.com, Java Applet Rating Service
  • @JavaFAQ: links
  • @JavaSide.com
  • Password
  • Telnet Applet
  • The Applet Depot
  • The Java Telnet Application/Applet
  • Tutorial Applets
• Signed Applets
• Tutorials/training
  • @CafeAuLait.org
  • @EchoEcho.com
  • Java Applet Tutorial @RealApplets
  • @JavaFAQ
  • Using OBJECT, EMBED and APPLET Tags in Java Plug-in
    • Encountering OBJECT, EMBED, and APPLET Tags With Different Plug-in Versions and Browsers
    • Using the HTML Converter to Convert Applet Tags for Java Plug-in

Articles: @Developer.com; @IBM DeveloperWorks; @JDC; @ONJava.com; on J2SE

• Annotations
• Annotations to the rescue
• Annotations vs. configuration files
• Create a Simple IoC Container Using Annotations
• Applications
  • Dynamically extend Java applications
  • Running your Java application on AIX, Part 1, 2
• Arithmetic
  • Where's your point?
• Artificial Intelligence
  • An AI tool for the real world, knowledge modeling with Protege
  • Breathe intelligence into Java
• Aspect-oriented programming (AOP)
  • Aspect-Oriented Refactoring Part 1, 2
  • AOP and metadata: A perfect match, Part 1, 2
  • AOP banishes the tight-coupling blues
  • AOP tools comparison, Part 1, 2
  • Contract enforcement with AOP
  • Get Test-Inoculated!
  • Implement Your Own Proxy-Based AOP Framework
  • I want my AOP!: Part 1, 2, 3
  • Introducing AspectJ 5
  • Putting aspects to werk
  • Unit test your aspects
  • Use AOP to maintain legacy Java applications
• Assertions
  • Working with assertions
• Auto-Updating
  • Update distributed applications
• AWT
  • Exploring the AWT Layout Managers
• Basics: Java 101; Java Education Articles @JADCentral
  • Abstract classes vs. interfaces
  • Abstract classes and interfaces practicum
  • Applications, applets, and hybrids
  • Class action
  • Class and object initialization
  • Classes within classes
  • Data structures and algorithms, Part 1, 2 (Study Guide)
  • Data Structures in Java: Part 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16
  • Everything is an object: Part 1, 2
  • How to avoid traps and correctly override methods from java.lang.Object
  • Java's character and assorted string classes support text-processing: Study Guide
  • Java Essentials: Dynamic binding; Scope and encapsulation; Constructors and initialization
  • Inner classes
  • JAR files revealed
  • Java 101 study hall
  • Learn Java from the ground up
  • Loading Properties from XML
  • Non-object-oriented language basics: Part 1, Study Guide; 2, Study Guide; 3, Study Guide
  • Object-oriented language basics: Part 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
  • Packages organize classes and interfaces: Study Guide
  • Reveal the magic behind subtype polymorphism
  • Sort it out
  • Thanks type and gentle class
  • The case for static types
  • The Essence of OOP Using Java
    • Array Objects: Part 1, 2, 3
    • Classes
    • Exception Handling
    • Inheritance: Part 1, 2
    • Objects, and Encapsulation
    • Polymorphism Based on Overloaded Methods; Polymorphism, Type Conversion, Casting, Etc.; Runtime Polymorphism through Inheritance; Polymorphism and the Object Class; Polymorphism and Interfaces: Part 1, 2
    • Static Members
    • The exceptions debate
    • The this and super Keywords
  • The ins and outs of standard input/output
  • Tools of the trade: Part 1: JCreator, Study Guide; Part 2: Jtest, Study Guide; Part 3: InstallAnywhere, Study Guide
  • Understanding constructors
  • Unwrap the package statement's potential
  • Using Hashtables in Java
  • Using the Properties Class
  • What's all the static, man?
  • With listener design, OO matters
  • Why extends is evil
  • Why getter and setter methods are evil; More on getters and setter
• BeanShell
  • Discover new dimensions of scripted Java
• Business Rules
  • Bring business logic to light
• Class Loader
• Client (front-end)
  • A recipe for cookie management, for client-side
  • Savor success with Java on the front end, when to choose HTML, Swing, or XML
• Concurrency
  • Concurrent collections
• Compression
  • Modify archives: Part 1, 2
  • Speed Web delivery with HTTP compression
• CORBA
  • J2SE 1.4 breathes new life into the CORBA community: Part 1, 2, 3, 4
• Database
• Debugging
  • Bug patterns: Diagnosing and correcting recurring bug types in your Java programs
  • Debugging in Java
  • Learn the essentials of debugging
  • Techniques for adding trace statements to your Java application
  • Tracing in a multithreaded, multiplatform environment
  • Use the Java Debugger to Determine the Causes of Errors
• Dependency Analysis
  • Automate dependency tracking: Part 1, 2, 3
• Deployment
  • Alternative deployment methods: Part 1, 2, 3
• Design
  • Design for easy code maintenance
  • Maximize flexibility with interfaces and abstract classes
  • When it comes to good OO design, keep it simple
• DHTML Treeview component
• Dodge the traps hiding in the URLConnection class
• Download a Website for offline browsing
• Embed Java code into your native apps
• Exception Handling
  • Beware the dangers of generic Exceptions
  • Chained Exceptions in Java
  • Designing with exceptions
  • Does Java need Checked Exceptions?
  • Exceptional Java
  • Exceptional practices: Part 1, 2, 3
  • Exceptions, the difference between checked and runtime exceptions
  • Exceptions in Java
  • Exceptions in Java: Nothing Exceptional about them
  • Exceptions to the programming rules: Part 1, 2
  • Patch an exception-handling framework
  • Use nested exceptions in a multitiered environment
• Extensibility
  • Designing extensible applications: Part 1, 2, 3, 4
• FTP
  • Java FTP client libraries reviewed
• The Gnutella file-sharing network and Java
• Garbage Collection
  • A Generational Mostly-concurrent Garbage Collector
  • Fine-tuning Java garbage collection performance [with the IBM VM]
  • Garbage collection and performance
  • Garbage collection in the HotSpot JVM
  • Garbage Collection in the Java HotSpot Virtual Machine
  • Incremental Collection of Mature Objects
  • Incremental compaction in the IBM JDK Garbage Collector
  • Incremental Mature Garbage Collection Using the Train Algorithm
  • J2SE 1.4.1 boosts garbage collection
  • Pick up performance with generational garbage collection
  • Trash talk, series on garbage collection Part 1, Study guide; 2, Study Guide
  • Understanding the IBM Java Garbage Collector: Part 1, 2
• Generics
  • Enforce strict type safety with generics
  • Generics in J2SE 5.0
  • Generic Types, Part 1, 2
  • Reflecting generics
• Graphics
  • Chart a new course with JFreeChart
  • Getting started with Java 2D
  • Introduction to the Retained Graphic Objects API
  • Java 2D: Graphics in Java 2
  • LCD Text: Anti-Aliasing on the Fringe
  • Navigate through virtual worlds using Java 3D
• GUI Design
  • An API's looks can be deceiving
  • Automate dependency tracking: Part 1, 2, 3
  • Building user interfaces for object-oriented systems: Part 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
  • Create client-side user interfaces in HTML, Part 1, 2
• Guidelines for using the Java 2 reference classes
• iContract: Design by Contract in Java
• Image Processing
  • Bridge the gap between Java and Twain
• Inheritance
• Simulate multiple inheritance in Java
• Inner classes
  • Some Insight Into Inner Classes in Java: Part 1
• Internationalization
• I/O
  • Introduction to Memory-Mapped IO in Java
  • Master Merlin's [JDK1.4's] new I/O classes
  • Merlin brings nonblocking I/O to the Java platform
  • Turning streams inside out, Part 1: Reading from an output stream; Part 2: Optimizing internal Java I/O
  • Use select for high-speed networking
• Java Card
• Securing Java Card applications, Part 1 
• Writing a Java Card Applet
• Java Platform Whitepaper
• Java theory and practice column (alt)
• Logging
• Management
  • Getting started with the FMA and Jiro, a beginner's guide to the Federated Management Architecture and Jiro technology
  • Java in the management sphere: Part 1, 2, 3
  • Tapestry: A centralized user management system
• Media
  • Improve your programs with practical audio
  • Introduction to Java media programming
  • Introduction to Digital TV Applications Programming
  • Playing Movies in a Java 3D World, Part 1, 2
  • Understanding and using Java Sound API sampled audio
  • Understanding and using Java MIDI audio
• Middleware
  • The state of Java application middleware: Part 1, 2
• Memory Leaks
• Plugging memory leaks with weak references
• Memory Model
  • Fixing the Java Memory Model, Part 1, 2
• Modeling
  • Getting started with JML
• Network Programming
  • Create intelligent Web spiders
  • High-Level Network Programming, HTTP-based Applications
  • Java networking enhancements (in J2SE 1.4)
  • Restoring the transparent network: Part 1, 2
• Obfuscation
  • The New Obfuscation
• Optimization
  • Java Performance Tuning and Java Optimization Tips
  • Optimize your Java application's performance
• Performance
• Persistence
  • An annotation-based persistence framework
  • An introduction to object prevalence
  • Java Data Objects
  • Persistence Strategy Overview
  • Prevalence: Transparent, Fault-Tolerant Object Persistence
  • Use search engine technology for object persistence
• PDF
• Accessing a PDF Document with the Acrobat Viewer JavaBean
• Printing
  • Java Pro Programming: Printing
  • Printing in Java Part 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
  • Printing in JDK 1.4: Part 1, 2
• Processing command line arguments in Java: Case closed
• Processing Stack Trace Data in Java
• Programming Practices
  • Diagnosing Java Code
    • Decoupling package dependencies
    • Design for easy code maintenance
    • Killer combo -- Mixins, Jam, and unit testing
    • Java generics without the pain, Part 1, 2, 3, 4
    • Platform-dependence "gotchas"
    • The Broken Dispatch bug pattern
    • The Dangling Composite bug pattern
    • The future of software development
    • The Split Cleaner bug pattern, obtaining and releasing resources should be a coordinated effort
    • Unit tests and automated code analysis working together
  • Eliminate tedious programming: Recover data with XML and Reflection
  • Handling memory leaks in Java programs
  • Intermediate Java Programming
  • Introduction to Java Programming
• Putting Java on the information appliance
• Reflection
  • Java programming dynamics series, Part 1 - Classes and class loading, 2 - Introducing reflection, 3 - Applied Reflection, 4 - Class transformation with Javassist, 5 - Transforming classes on-the-fly, 6 - Aspect-oriented changes with Javassist, 7 - Bytecode engineering with BCEL, 8 - Replacing reflection with code generation
  • Java Reflection in Action: Using Java's Dynamic Proxy
  • Reflection vs. code generation
  • Using java.lang.reflect.Proxy to Interpose on Java Class Methods
• Remote Control
  • Remote-control Java
• Reporting
  • A Java proxy for MS SQL Server Reporting Services
• Scheduling
  • Scheduling recurring tasks in Java applications
• Scripting
  • Choosing a Java scripting language: Round two
  • Embedding APIs of Java-Based Scripting Engines
  • Java scripting languages: Which is right for you?
  • Quick Java programming with FESI
  • Scripting power saves the day for your Java apps
• Search
• Build application search features modeled on Web searches
• Serialization
  • Advanced Object Serialization
  • Discover the secrets of the Java Serialization API
  • Implement Persistent Objects with Java Serialization
  • Learning Polymorphism and Object Serialization
  • Serializing Java Objects with XStream
  • The Wonders of Java Object Serialization
  • XML Serialization of Java Objects
• Servers
  • Model for Self-Managing Java Servers
• Sockets
  • Transporting Objects over Sockets
• Take the fast track to text generation, create text content with template engines
• Tcl your Java apps
• The Java 2 user interface
• Time
  • What's your time zone?
• UML
• Validation with pure Java
• Versioning
  • Manage your software with the Java Product Versioning Specification
  • Track class file versions
• Voice
  • Talking Java!
• When Runtime.exec() won't
• Working in Java time

B

Books: J2SE Books & Authors, Java Book Index, Java Platform Programming

• 300 Java Tips (free)
• Advanced Programming for the Java 2 Platform (on-line)
• Component Development for the Java Platform: Ch. 3 - Type Information and Reflections
• Concurrent Programming in Java online supplement: util.concurrent package
• CORBA
  • Java Programming With CORBA book - Code Examples
• Graphics
  • 3D User Interfaces with Java 3D
  • Java 2D API Graphics by V. Hardy
• High-Performance Java Platform Computing: Multithreaded and Networked Programming (Chapters 2, 3)
• How to Think Like a Computer Scientist: Java version (on-line)
• Introduction to Programming Using Java (on-line)
• Java 2 Micro Edition
• Java Cookbook
• Java Examples in a Nutshell
• Java in a Nutshell, 4th Ed: errata, 3rd Ed online
• Java Language
• JDK 1.4 Tutorial by G. Travis: @Manning (code, errata)
• JFC/Swing
• LDAP Programming with Java (Chapters 5, 10)
• Mastering the Fundamentals of the Java Programming Language
• Object Design with Java
• Resources
  • Addison-Wesley Java Series @Sun
  • APress.com
  • CodeNotes: Code Gallery
  • FreeTechBooks, free on-line Java books
  • Java Book List (Network Programming, Developer's Resource)
  • JavaShelf.com
  • Manning Publications
  • Master Java with these introductory books
  • Networking books
  • Prentice Hall Java books
  • Recommended Java and Web Programming Books
  • Sun Microsystems Press
  • TechBookReport.com
  • Wrox
• The bibles of our industry
• The Java FAQ
• Thinking in Java Electronic book: 2nd Edition - Annotated Solutions Guide
• Tricks of the Java Programming Gurus (on-line)

C

Certification

• Articles
  • A SCJP 1.4 certification primer
  • Are you SCJP 5 certified?
  • Get the inside track on J2EE architect certification
  • Java Advanced Placement Study Guide: Assignment and Arithmetic Operators; Introduction to the Lessons, Primitive Types
  • SJCP Exam Preparation: Top-level and Inner Classes, Language Fundamentals: Part One, Two
  • Which Java Certification Path is Right for You?
• Books @Sun
  • The Complete Java 2 Certification Study Guide (alt)
  • @JavaWorld
  • SCWCD Exam Study Kit
  • Sun Certified Programmer & Developer for Java 2 Study Guide (Exam 310-035 & 310-027)
  • Sun Certified Enterprise Architect for J2EE Technology Study Guide
  • Sun Certification Training Guide (310-080): Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) Web Component Developer, Ch. 4: The Servlet Container Model
  • The Sun Certified Java Developer Exam with J2SE 1.4
• Exams
  • CertifyOnline.com
  • JDCert, Java Programmer Certification Mock Exam
  • JExpert, a free test simulation engine for SCJP 1.2 and 1.4
  • Jxam
  • ICE (IBM's Certification Exam tool)
  • Java2 Exams Simulation
  • Java Programmer Certification Exam And Training
  • Mock Exam Engine
  • Mock Exam List
  • Mock SCJP and SCJA/SCEA Exams
  • Practice Exam
  • Voodoo Exam, free mock exam for SCJA
• New Certification Program from Sun, IBM, Novell, Oracle
• Resources
  • Certifcation FAQs
  • Certify.com, offers free certification for Java developers, including JSP certification
  • @Focus on Java
  • J2EECertificate.com, a free online certification centre for the SCWCD exam
  • JavaCertificate.com, a free online certification centre for the SCJP 1.4 exam
  • Java Certification Ring
  • javaprepare.com SCJP exam; SCWD exam;
  • Java Skinny Certification resources
  • JavaWebExam, for the SCWCD exam
  • Levteck.com
• Sun certification: SCPJ, SCDJ, SCWCD, SCEA
• Taking the exams
• Tutorials/Training
  • Java 2 Certification Tutorial
  • Java Certification Exam Simulators @WhizLabs
  • Java certification success, Part 1: SCJP, 2: SCWCD, 3:?, 4: SCEA
  • JCertify exam training software
  • exam simulation (and @IBM)

Compiler Technology

• Articles
  • Compiler Optimizations
  • Java decompilers compared
  • Native compilation with Java
  • Weighing in on Java native compilation
• Books
  • Modern Compiler Implementation in Java
• Code Generation
  • Code Generation using JavaDoc
• Compiler-compiler
  • Java Compiler Compiler (JavaCC): Grammar Repository
  • SableCC, an object-oriented framework that generates compilers (and interpreters) in the Java programming language
• Data-flow Analysis
  • jDFA, the Data-Flow Analysis Framework for Java
• Depot4 translator generator
• Dinkum Java-to-C (JTC) compiler
• idltojava compiler
• Java Compilers
  • GCJ, GNU Compiler for Java, a a portable, optimizing, ahead-of-time compiler
  • Pizza Compiler
• Java Decompilers: Wiki
  • ClassCracker
  • Decafe
  • DJ
  • Jad, the fast JAva Decompiler
  • JODE (Java Optimize and Decompile Environment)
  • SourceAgain
  • Mocha: Jasmine patch
• Java Optimization @CMU
• Just-in-Time Compilers
  • JIT compiler interface
• Java Tree Builder (JTB)
• Jumbo - a Staged Compilation System for Java
• Native Compilers
  • JET Deployment Environment: Personal Edition (free)
• Parser Generators
  • ANTLR: ParseView debugger ; Resources: Java 1.1 grammer
  • Beaver
  • CUP
  • Lexer and Parser Generators
  • Mork
• Parsers & Lexers
  • JLex, a lexical analyzer generator for Java (alt)
• Pizza (alt)
• Parallelism
  • JAVAR - A prototype restructuring compiler for Java
• Resources
  • Compiler Construction with Java
  • Java Compilers
  • JavaCompliers.com: Compiling Java
  • Toba, Java-to-C translator

D

Database

• Articles
  • Access the world's biggest database with Web DataBase Connectivity
  • An introduction to SQLite, an open source embeddable database
  • Build an object database
  • Encapsulating Database Access
  • Give your DB a Break, caching data in front of the DB
  • Introducting Oracle
  • Lightweight R/O Mapping
  • LSID best practices
  • Make the Java-Oracle9i connection
  • Practical database design, Part 1, 2
  • Relational Databases 101
  • The Design of a Robust Persistence Layer For Relational Databases
  • The Fundamentals of Mapping Objects to Relational Databases
  • The Persistent Hashtable: A Quick-and-Dirty Database
• Books
  • Agile Database Techniques
• JDBC
• Resources
  • agiledata.org
• Tools
  
  • Berkeley DB Java Edition
  • Cache, OO database (free): whitepaper
  • Cayenne, an Object Relational Mapping framework
    • Articles: Object Relational Mapping with Cayenne
  • CocoBase Free O/R, bidirectionally auto maps objects and RDBMS tables in real time
  • CMaker, generates Java classes that mirror a SQL database table structure
    • User Manual
  • DataBrowser
  • DBPool
  • Derby, a Java database
  • Articles
  • Build a Derby calendar, Part 1, 2, 3
  • Build a dynamic Derby application
  • Create a wiki system using Derby, Part 1, 2
  • Integrate Derby with Tomcat 
  • Isolated unit testing of persistence with Derby
  • DbVisualizer, a cross platform database visualization tool (free)
  • db4o, Java object database
  • Hibernate, an object-relational mapping framework: documentation; API; Forum
    • Articles
      • A Simple Data Access Layer using Hibernate
      • Data Access with the Spring Framework
      • Hibernate 3 Formulas
      • Hibernate Criteria API: Multi-Criteria Search Made Easy
      • Hibernate Querying 101
      • Hibernate Your Data
      • Introducting Hibernate
      • Introduction to Hibernate (alt)
      • Object-relation mapping without the container
      • Object to Relational Mapping and Relationships with Hibernate
      • Paving the Path for Queries
      • Understanding Associations
      • Unit Testing Hibernate Mapping Configurations
      • Using Hibernate to Persist Your Java Objects to IBM DB2 Universal Database
      • What is Hibernate
    • Tools
      • Eclipse plugins
        • HiberClipse
        • Hibernate Synchronizer
        • Hibernator
      • Hibern8IDE
        • Documentation
        • Reference Documentation
        • Tutorial
      • Middlegen, generates Hibernate mapping document from database Schema
    • Resources
      • @hibernate Tag Reference
      • Hibernate Reference Guide (PDF)
      • Quick Reference
    • Tutorials
      • Introducing The Road to Hibernate
  • hsqldb, a completely functional object-relational database management system (free); formerly Hypersonic SQL: User Guide
  • iSQL-Viewer (free)
  • Jacquard, a Web-database interation toolkit
  • Jaxor, model driven persistence
  • JDBCPersistence
  • MySQL
    • articles
    • documentation (on-line searchable Reference Manual)
    • MySql Reference Manual
    • Mascon, GUI for the administering MySQL server databases
    • MyCon, successor to Mascon
    • MySQL Connector/J (Type IV JDBC driver)
    • MySql Developer Zone
  • ObJectRelationalBridge (OJB)
    • Object-Relational Mapping with Apache Jakarta OJB
  • Object-relational mapping tools: @Java Skyline
  • One$DB
  • Open for Business
  • Oracle9iAS TopLink: developer resources
  • PostgreSQL (free): download
    • Book: PostgreSQL: Introduction and Concepts
    • JDBC drivers; download
    • Documentation; Technical Documentation
  • SQLCreator, a graphical SQL database query / developer tool
  • Quadcap Embeddable Database
  • W3apps' Jeevan, OO database
  • xBaseJ, read/write/update dBase III and IV DBF, DBT, NDX and MDX files and FoxPro DBF and FPT files
• Tutorials
  • Database 101

Design Patterns

• Articles/Papers
  • Adapter
    • Adopt Adapter
  • Access control for partial exposure
  • Access USB devices from Java applications
  • Amaze your developer friends with design patterns
  • Anti-Patterns
    • A taste of "Bitter Java", how antipatterns can improve your programming
  • Aspect-Oriented Design Pattern Implementations
  • Breaking the Last Dependency
  • Chain of Responsibility
    • Follow the Chain of Responsibility
    • The Chain of Responsibility pattern's pitfalls and improvements
  • Command Pattern
    • Take command of your software
  • Composite Pattern
    • A look at the Composite design pattern
  • Decorator Pattern
    • Decorate your Java code
    • Solve the date-selection problem once and for all
  • Design networked applications in RMI using the Adapter design pattern
  • Design Patterns for Avionics Control Systems
  • Design Patterns in Java
  • Developing Java solutions using Design Patterns
  • Dispatcher Pattern
    • Dispatcher eases workflow implementation
  • Dynamic Behaviors
    • Dynamic Behaviors in Java
  • Effective Java, Idioms and patterns for effective Java programming
  • Enhance design patterns with AspectJ, Part 1, 2
  • Evolve your apps with the Phased Process pattern
  • Facade Pattern
    • Façade clears complexity
    • Wrapper Facade
  • HMVC: The layered pattern for developing strong client tiers
  • Inversion of Control (IoC)
    • A Brief Introduction to IoC
    • Design Better Software with the Inversion of Control Pattern
    • Inversion of Control Containers and the Dependency Injection pattern
    • IoC Container Face-Off
  • JFC actions
  • Object Pool Pattern
    • Implement a JDBC Connection Pool via the Object Pool Pattern
  • Observer Pattern
    • An inside view of Observer
    • Speaking on the Observer pattern
  • Pattern Summaries: Abstract Factory; Adapter and Decorator; Cache Management; Chain of Responsibility; Facade and Iterator; Factory; Fundamental; Object Pool; Prototype by Mark Grand
  • Prototype Pattern
    • Putting the Prototype Pattern to Work
  • Proxy Pattern
    • Decorating with dynamic proxies
    • Take control with the Proxy design pattern
  • Published-Subscriber Pattern
    • Subscribe now for rapid prototyping
  • Singleton Pattern
    • Double-checked locking and the Singleton pattern
    • Implementing the Singleton Pattern in Java
    • Introducing the Singleton
    • Global Variables in Java with the Singleton Pattern
    • Simply Singleton
    • Use your singletons wisely
    • When is a Singleton not a Singleton?
  • State Pattern
    • How to implement state-dependent behavior
    • Reflective State Pattern
  • Strategy Pattern
    • Strategy for success
  • The WARS Architectural Style
  • Threads
    • Apply the specific notification pattern to control the order of thread execution
  • Visitor Pattern
    • Reflect on the Visitor design pattern
    • Servlets and the Visitor Pattern
    • Subject-oriented programming and the visitor pattern
    • The Visitor Pattern and a Java Grep Utility
    • Visitor Pattern
• Books
  • Adaptive Programming
  • Design Patterns Java Companion by James Cooper: download
  • Java Design Patterns: A Tutorial
  • Notes on Object-Oriented Program Design: The Visitor Pattern
  • Top 10 Design Pattern Books
• CORBA-patterns discussion group
• Design Patterns
  • Design Patterns in Java
• J2EE Patterns
• Mailing Lists and Archives
• Projects
  • Shocks, a command pattern framework
• Resources
  • Architecture and Design: Patterns @Cetus
  • Design Patterns
  • Design Patterns
  • Design Patterns
  • Design Patterns in Java
  • Home page
  • IBM patterns for e-business
  • Interaction Design Patterns: WEB, GUI, Mobile
  • Java Design Patterns
  • Parry's Patterns Page
  • Patterns-Discussion FAQ
  • Patterns and Software: Essential Concepts and Terminology
  • Patterns for e-Business
  • Patterns for Object/Relational Access Layers
  • Portland Patterns Repository
  • Schmidt's page: tutorials
  • Software Patterns Links
  • Software Technologies' Design Patterns webpage
• Tutorials
  • A Learning Guide To Design Patterns
  • AntiPatterns, a Brief Tutorial
  • Introduction to Design Patterns
  • Java Design Patterns 101
  • Java Design Patterns 201

Development

• Automate the application build and distribution process
• Best Practices for Software Development Projects
• Developer Education and Training
• Developer's Exchange: Java Zone, JavaBeans Zone
• Developer Shed: Forums
• For Developers: Products & APIs
• Guide to Running Software Development Projects
• How can I do image processing on the server-side?
• Information for analysts
• Interactive Quizes
• Integration of ColdFusion MX and Java
• Java Community Process (JCP): JSRs (list)
  • The Java Compatibility Test Tools: Spec Trac
• Java Developers Alliance
• Java Layers
• Requirements management
• Requirements Management Practices for the Developer
• Secrets of lightweight development success, Part 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
• Thoughts on Functional Decomposition

Code/Coding

• Articles
  • Functional programming in the Java language
• CodeBeamer, a Web-based source code Engineering portal
• Code Samples: Examplets from The Java Developers Almanac 1.4 (list), 2000
• CodeZoo
• Coding Standards
  • Code Conventions
  • Draft Java Coding Standard
  • Java Programming Style Guidelines
  • Writing Robust Java Code
• Coroutine for Java @Neva Object
• Diagnosing Java code column
  • Repls provide interactive evaluation
• Distributed Parallel Programming Environment for Java
• Draft Java Coding Standards by Doug Lea
• Examples: The Java Developers Almanac 1.4
• Format.java, C-like printf, atoi, atof methods
• Hammurapi, an Open Source Java code review tool
• Article: Automatically implement design guidelines in your code
• Java DDE
• JavaDoc (How to Write Javadoc Comments )
  • tools: Doc+ ; JDocHelper; Documentation Enhancer for Java
• Java Generic Collection Library (JGL): User Guide; APIGuide (index); docs
• Java/Perl Lingo (JPL)
• Java Spider, graphs objects and their relationships
• JExamples in open-source code
• Overcome J2SE 1.3-1.4 incompatibilities
• Perl on Java? An Introduction to the Sleep Language
• Sample Applications @Oracle Technology Network
• Writing a Web Crawler

Debuggers

• DevPartner @NuMega
• DDD (Data Display Debugger)
• JDebugTool
• JSwat, graphical Java Debugger
• Jtest @ParaSoft
• JWatch, for debugging multi-process, distributed Java programs
• Omniscient Debugger

Editors

• CodeGuide
• ED
• EditPlus, a text, HTML, and programmer's editor
• Epsilon Programmer's Editor
• Grasp
• GWD
• J
• jEdit: plugins
• jvmstats, a plugin showing JVM statistics
• Jext, a Java Programmer's text editor
• SlickEdit
• UltraEdit
• VIM
• Visual SlickEdit, configurable editor and browser
• Zaval Java Resource Editor (JRC-Editor)

eXtreme Programming (XP)

• Articles
  • Continuous Integration
  • Demystifying Extreme Programming: Part 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
  • Evolutionary Design with Martin Fowler: Part 1, 2, 3
  • The New Methodology by Martin Fowler
  • UML meets XP
  • Winning with a pair
• eXtreme Programming Software Studio
• Refactoring
  • Articles
    • Code Improvement Through Cyclomatic Complexity
    • Make bad code good
    • Refactoring: Replace Subclasses with Collaborators
    • The REST of the Web
  • Resources
    • @Object Mentor
    • Recommended reading
    • Refactoring.com
    • Refactoring with Martin Fowler: Part 1
    • Refactor Mercilessly
  • Tools
    • JFactor
    • JRefactory
    • RefactorIT, a Java Refactoring Browser
  • Tutorials
    • Refactoring: The key to unraveling spaghetti code
• Resources
  • Extreme Programming: A Gentle Introduction
  • eXtreme Programming with the Java Platform
  • Google's directory of top sites
  • @OOtips
  • PairProgramming.com
  • Wiki Extreme Programming: Roadmap
  • XProgramming.com
  • XPloration
• Testing
  • Code the Unit Test First
  • Test driven development
  • Unit Test

Frameworks

• Articles/Papers
  • Frameworks save the day
  • Internet Security in the Network Computing Framework
  • Navigate data with the Mapper framework
  • Object-Oriented Application Frameworks
  • Script JavaBeans with the Bean Scripting Framework
• Graph Editing Framework (GEF)
• JavaBeans Activation Framework (JAF)
• Java Collections Framework
• Java Media Framework (JMF)
• Mica 2D Graphics Framework
• Projects
  • Barracuda, an MVC presentation framework for Web applications
  • Brazil, a Web application framework
  • Cajo, a distributed object framework
  • Excalibur, a complete platform for component programming
  • Feynman Java Simulation Framework, develop numerical simulations of physical systems and mathematical functions
  • Habanero, collaboration framework
  • Iternum UI Web development framework
  • JHotDraw, GUI framework for technical and structured Graphics
  • JValue, a Java framework for value objects
  • Niggle, a web application framework
  • PicoContainer for arbitrary components
  • Soot, a Java optimization framework
  • Struts, framework for building Web applications
  • SanFrancisco Application Business Framework
  • Thin-Client Framework (TCF)
  • Turbine, a servlet-based framework for building secure dynamic websites
  • WebMacro, a Servlet development framework
  • XUI, a framework for building lightweight mobile and desktop applications
• WebApp Framework

IDEs: JavaWorld reviews; PC World reviews

• AnyJ
• Articles
  • Power Java programming—free! Build an open source IDE with jEdit
• BlueJ with integrated debugger
• The Sweet Song of the BlueJ, Part  F
• BrewMaster
• CoffeeShop
• DrJava
• Eclipse, an open extensible IDE: for J2EE development
  • Articles
    • An Introduction to the Eclipse IDE
    • Building a project with Eclipse and XM
    • Centralizing help in Eclipse
    • Configuring Eclipse for Remote Debugging
    • Configuring Database Access in Eclipse 3.0 with SQLExplorer
    • Create an Eclipse-based application using the Graphical Editing Framework (GEF)
    • Create native, cross-platform GUI applications, revisited
    • Creating a project - Adding new wizards to Eclipse
    • Debugging with the Eclipse Platform
    • Developing Eclipse plug-ins
    • Developing JFace wizards
    • Embedding a relational database server into Eclipse, Part 1, 2
    • Finding unresolved Plug-in dependencies in Eclipse
    • Documenting your project using the Eclipse help system
    • Exploiting Maven in Eclipse
    • Exploring Eclipse's ASTParser
    • Extend Eclipse's Java Development Tools
    • Getting started with the Eclipse Platform
    • Getting Tidy with Eclipse
    • Installing and Using Eclipse-based IBM Rational Products
    • Integrating Swing into Eclipse RCPs
    • Integrating XM and Eclipse
    • Internationalizing your Eclipse plug-in; Testing your internationalized Eclipse plug-in
    • Java generics support in Eclipse V3.1
    • Layout, properties, and preferences in Eclipse
    • Make your Eclipse applications richer with view linking
    • New AJDT releases ease AOP development
    • Plug a Swing-based development tool into Eclipse
    • Put Eclipse features to work for you
    • Refactoring for everyone
    • Servicing Eclipse plug-ins
    • Sharing code with the Eclipse Platform
    • SWT
    • Introduction to SWT
    • Plotting with Draw2D and SWT in Java
    • SWT and JFace, Part 1, 2, 3
    • Tune Eclipse's startup performance with the Runtime Spy, Part 1
    • Using Eclipse as a development environment with Jakarta Tomcat
    • Using Eclipse to develop grid services
    • Using the Eclipse GUI outside the Eclipse Workbench, Part 1, 2, 3
    • When Maven encounters Eclipse
    • XML development with Eclipse
  • Documentation
    • Eclipse 3.0 Java Development User Guide
    • Eclipse Forms Programming Guide
  • Graphical Editing Framework
  • Java Development Tools (JDT)
  • Plug-in Architecture
  • Eclipse 3.0 and OSGi: A New Standards-Based Architecture at the Heart of IBM's WebSphere Client Technology
  • Oscar, An OSGi framework implementation
  • Notes on the Eclipse Plug-in Architecture
  • Plug-ins: for J2EE
    • AntView
    • Aston Wizards, wizards for Web Apps and design patterns
    • CheckStyle
    • Eclipse Colorer, syntax highlightening library
    • Eclipse Colorer, profiler
    • Eclipslee, for developing Jain-SLEE applications
    • EclipseUML
    • EclipseUtilPlugins
    • Forms Generator
    • IBM Intelligent Test Case Handler
    • Improve WSDL Editor
    • Intelligent Test Case Handler
    • JasperAssistant (Eclipse plug-in)
    • JAR Class Finder
    • JBeaver Swing GUI builder (generates XML, not code)
    • JDocs
    • Jigloo GUI Builder for SWT and Swing
    • jMechanic Eclipse Profiler Plugin
    • Metrics
    • Quantum DB Utility
    • Remote System Management Tool
    • RMI
    • Semantic Tools for Web Services
    • Resources
      • Community projects and plugins
      • Eclipse Plugin Central
      • EclipsePlugins
      • @Eclipse-workbench.com
    • Security Workbench Development Environment for Java (SWORD4J)
    • Slime UML: OnLine Help
    • Spindle, plug-in for Tapestry
    • sqlexplorer, a visual database query tool
    • Subclipse, supports Subversion
    • Svn4Eclipse, supports Subversion; a replacement for a CVS plugin
    • SWT-Designer
    • Systinet WASP Developer for Eclipse
    • V4All GUI builder (alt)
    • XMLBuddy
    • XML Forms Generator, a model-driven Eclipse plug-in for the generation of XForms 1.0
    • WindowBuilder Pro , SWT/Swing Designer
    • XML-XSLT Editor
  • Projects
    • AspectJ Development Tools
    • Articles: New AJDT releases ease AOP development
    • AspectJ
    • Articles
    • Dependency injection with AspectJ and Spring
    • Performance monitoring with AspectJ, Part 1, 2
    • Eclipse Modeling Framework (EMF): documents
      • Articles
        • Model with the Eclipse Modeling Framework, Part 1, 2, 3
    • Eclipse Test & Performance Tools Platform (TPTP) Project
    • Rich Client Platform (RCP)
    • Stellation, configuration management system
    • Visual Editor, a framework for creating GUI builders: forum (RSS feed)
      • Articles
        • Build GUIs with the Eclipse Visual Editor project
    • XML Schema Infoset Model (XSD), a reference library for XML Schemas
  • Resources
    • Ask EZ forum
    • Eclipse forums
    • Eclipse setup
    • Eclipse technology @alphaWorks
    • Eclipse Tips and Tricks (RSS feed)
    • EclipseZone
    • Official FAQs
  • Tools
    • Design Pattern Toolkit
    • IBM Web Tools for Eclipse
  • Tutorials
    • Create your own visualisations in Eclipse
    • Eclipse Tutorials
    • Getting Started with Eclipse and the SWT
    • Introduction to SWT
    • Migrate your Swing application to SWT
• Emacs JDE (JDEE)
• FreeBuilder: download
• Gel, a freeware Java and JSP IDE
• GNU and the Java Language: make (Jmk)
• IntelliJ IDEA: Quick Reference Card
• JaDE
• JavaBeginner
• Java Tools
• Javelin 5.03.7 (Step Ahead SW)
• JBuilder
• JCreator
• JDE, Java Development Environment for Emacs
• JDeveloper (free) @Oracle
• JGRASP
• Jipe (free)
• J.O.O.D.A. (free)
• JPad
• Jurtle, a simple integrated development tool for learning to program using Java
• Java Studio Creator
  • Articles
    • Java Studio Creator 2 Design Patterns Part 1
    • Using Java Studio Creator to Consume Web Services
  • Tutorials
• NetBeans (Open Source): download
  • Articles
  • Building A Complete NetBeans Platform Application
  • Getting Started with the NetBeans Platform
  • Books
  • NetBeans - the Definitive Guide book (draft)
    • Working with XML, Part 1, 2, 3
  • Plug-ins
    • Jemmy, a record playback test tool
    • Metrics
    • Module Catalogue
    • OptimalJ Class Diagram Editor
  • Projects
    • NetBeans Profiler
  • Resources
    • Getting Work Done Guide
• PowerJ @Sybase
• RealJ
• Simplicity Data Representations
• SNiFF+J from TakeFive
• Sun ONE Studio 4, formerly Forte for Java: download; documentation
• The Java IDE
• Visaj, GUI Builder (Imperial SW Tech)

Internationalization

• Articles
  • An XSLT style sheet and an XML dictionary approach to internationalization
  • Creating Multi-Lingual and Multi-Locale Databases
  • Harnessing internationalization
  • How do I Write an International Application?
  • Introduction to IBM classes for Unicode
  • Internationalization
  • Internationalization and Localization articles
  • Internationalization road hazards
  • Internationalize dynamic messages
  • Internationalize your software: Part 1, 2, 3
  • Internationalizing a Web Site: Part 1, 2
  • Internationalizing Servlets
  • Internationalizing your Eclipse plug-in
  • J2EE
  • Java Internationalization and Localization
  • Java Internationalization: An Overview
  • Localize this!
  • Processing database information using Unicode, a case study
  • Resource Bundles
  • Steps to Java Internationalization
  • Unicode and software internationalization
• Resources
  • i18nGurus.com: Unicode links
  • i18n links
  • Inter-Locale.com
  • International Components for Unicode (ICU): ICU4J
  • Internationalization, J2SE 1.4 docs
  • Internationalization Testing
  • Java I18n FAQs
  • Java Internationalization Resources
  • Recommended Reading
  • Unicode and Multilingual Editors and Word Processors for Windows
  • Zaval Java Resource Editor (JRC-Editor)
• Tools
  • Java Internationalization and Localization Toolkit
  • Resource Bundle Inspector For Java
• Tutorials
  • Java internationalization basics
  • Internationalization Trail

Obfuscators

• DashO
• JavaScript Cloaker
• JCMP
• JCloak
• JProofLite
• JObfuscator with Ant and IDE integration
• JODE, a Java Optimize and Decompile Environment
• JShrink
• JZipper
• KlassMaster
• MochaSource Obfuscator
• ObfuscatePro
• RetroGuard-based Obfuscators for Java
  • JavaGuard
  • ProGuard (free)
  • yGuard, integrates with Ant
• Zelix KlassMasterjo

Packages

• qflib; qflog, log message viewer: manual
• util.concurrent by Doug Lea

Programming Environments/Systems

• HelpStudio, authoring environment
• Javalin, Visual Development Tool
• Java Workshop, visual development tool
• JDesignerPro, Intranet Application Development System
• PJama, Persistent Programming System

Toolkits

• Developer Kits
• Droplets
• Install Toolkit for Java @IBM
• JACE, a toolkit to access Java objects as if they were C++ objects
• Java 2 Platform @Sun
  • Enterprise Edition (J2EE)
    • CORBA
    • Enterprise JavaBeans (EJBs)
    • J2EE Connector Architecture (JCA)
    • Java API for XML Parsing (JAXP)
    • Java Authentication and Authorization Service (JAAS)
    • Java Community Process (JCP)
    • Java Database Connectivity (JDBC)
    • Java IDL: documentation
    • JavaMail
      • Articles
        • Part 1: Special Delivery!; Part 2: User-power and e-mailing; Part 3: How JavaMail can power and automate your mailing lists
    • Java Message Service (JMS)
    • Java Naming and Directory Interface (JNDI): documentation; specification
    • JavaServer Pages (JSPs)
    • Java Servlets
    • Java Transaction API (JTA)
    • Java Transaction Service (JTS)
    • XML
  • HotSpot VM
  • Micro Edition (J2ME)
    • Connected Limited Device Configuration (CLDC)
    • Foundation Profile
    • JavaCard
    • Java Embedded Server
    • JavaPhone API
    • JavaTelematics
    • JavaTV API
    • Mobile Information Device Profile (MIDP)
    • Personal Java
    • Wireless Toolkit
  • Optional Packages: Java Extension Mechanism (1.3); The Java Extension Mechanism
    • JavaHelp
    • Java Management Extensions (JMX): download
      • Articles/Papers
        • From black boxes to enterprises: Part 1, 2, 3
        • Managing components with Modeler
        • Score big with JSR 77, the J2EE Management Specification
        • Superior app management with JMX
        • Coaxing J2EE out of the containerCoaxing J2EE out of the containerCoaxing J2EE out of the container
      • Books
        • JMX In Action: Ch. 2, "Hello World," the JMX way; Ch. 9, Communicating with JMX agents
      • JSRs
        • Java Management Extensions (JSR 3)
        • WBEM Services Specification (JSR 48)
        • IIOP Protocol Adapter for JMX Specification (JSR 70)
        • JMX-TMN Specification (JSR 71)
        • J2EE Management (JSR 77)
    • Media APIs
      • Java 2D
      • Java 3D
      • Java Advanced Imaging (JAI)
        • Articles
          • Advanced Imaging Image I/O API RC 1.0
        • Tutorials
          • Java Advanced Imaging (JAI)
      • Java Image I/O
      • Java Media Framework (JMF): API JavaDocs; API Guide
      • Articles
      • Playing Movies in a Java 3D World, Part 1
      • Program multimedia with JMF: Part 1, 2
      • Java Shared Data Toolkit
      • Java Sound
      • Java Speech
      • Telephony (JTAPI)
    • Security APIs
      • Java Authentication and Authorization Service (JAAS)
      • Java Cryptography Extension (JCE)
      • Java Secure Socket Extension (JSSE)
    • XML APIs
      • XML Parsing (JAXP) JavaDocs
  • Standard Edition (J2SE) - SDKs, JREs, Plug-ins: Downloads Archive
    • 1.3
    • 1.4: Documentation; Overview; Summary of New Features and Enhancements; Tool Changes
      • Class Diagrams
      • Java Print Service API User Guide
      • Overview figure obtained from Sun

        

    • 1.5
      • Articles on 
      • J2SE 5.0 Adaption
      • Taming Tiger @IBM
      • J2SE 1.5 in a Nutshell
      • Pre-release of Tiger is now available: Getting Started
      • Using and Programming Generics in J2SE 5.0
    • Extension Mechanism
    • @IBM
    • JavaBeans Components
    • Java Foundation Classes (JFC)
    • Java Web Start
      • Articles
        • Deploy an SWT application using Java Web Start
        • Deploying Software with JNLP and Java Web Start
        • Digging into Java Web Start
        • Getting Started with Java Web Start
        • Java Forums - Dynamic class loading with Webstart
        • Java Web Start to the rescue
        • Packaging JNLP Applications in a Web Archive
      • Projects
        • OpenJNLP
      • Resources
        • Developer's Guide v1.5.0, v1.4.2
        • FAQs
        • Java Network Launch Protocol (JNLP) and API, JSR 56
        • Java Web Start Developer's Guide
        • Java Web Start forum
        • Lopica Web Start Encyclopedia
      • Tutorials
        • Dynamic JNLP
    • RMI: documentation
      • Articles
        • Accelerate your RMI programming
        • A Java RMI server framework
        • Creating a Custom Socket Type
        • Empower RMI with TRMI
        • Jini-like discovery for RMI
        • Retrofit existing applications with RMI
        • RMI and object serialization
        • Service-context propagation over RMI; Implementation follow-up
        • The New RMI
      • Books
      • Projects/Products
      • CAJO, a distributed computing framework using RMI
      • Resources
        • @Cetus
        • @JavaOlympus
      • Tutorials
        • Codenote J2040017
        • Fundamentals of RMI
        • Getting Started
        • Java distributed objects: Using RMI and CORBA
        • Java RMI Tutorial
        • Java Skyline: Learn RMI
        • The Custom Socket Factory Tutorial
        • The Activation Tutorials
        • RMI, CORBA and Distributed Objects
        • RMI Wire Protocol
        • @Sun
        • Using a Custom RMI Socket Factory
    • RMI over IIOP (RMI-IIOP)
      • Articles
        • RMI over IIOP
        • RMI-IIOP in the enterprise
      • Documentation
        • EJB Components and CORBA Clients: A Developer Guide
        • Programmer's Guide
        • Specification
        • Using Portable Interceptors (PI)
      • Resources
        • @JavaOlympus
      • Tutorials
        • Getting Started Using RMI-IIOP : Example Using POA-based server-side model
    • Reflection
    • SDK dowloads archive
• Java Application Verification Kit (AVK) for the Enterprise
• Java Developers Kit (JDK)
• Java Dynamic Management Toolkit
• Java License Kit
• Java Products for HP-UX
• Java Shared Data Toolkit (SDT)
• JGroups, aToolkit for Reliable Multicast Communication
• jUDDI, to build access to UDDI ((Universal Description, Discovery and Integration) registries
• Netscape Plug-in SDK: Plugins; using
• Self Voicing Kit
• XMI toolkit

F

FAQs

• @jGuru
• comp.lang.java
• EJBs
• JAAS
• JavaBeans
• Java Collections
• JavaFAQ
• javaFAQ.nu
• Java Infrequently Answered Questions (IAQs)
• The Java FAQ -- Java Language
• J2ME
• Java Software
• JDBC
• JFC
• JGL
• JMS
• JNI
• JSPs
• KVM
• log4j
• Programming
• MIDP
• Networking
• Security
• Threads
• Web Start and here

I

@IBM

• alphaWorks: Java Technology
  • Backward Compatibility Tester (for JAR files)
  • decNumber
  • High Performance (native) compiler (integrated into VisualAge)
  • High Resolution Time Stamp Facility (IMBTS)
  • Hyper/J
  • Install Toolkit
  • JAX code reducer
  • Jikes Bytecode Toolkit
  • Jikes compiler: FAQs
  • Jinsight profiler, a visual tool for optimizing and understanding Java programs
  • ServletManager, a XML-based servlet controller package
  • TOAD
  • TSpaces
  • Skij, interactive scripting language
  • Structural Analysis for Java (SA4J)
  • Toolkit for MPEG-4
  • Voice Server SDK
  • WebCollab
• Bean Markup Language (BML)
• Bean Scripting Framework (BSF)
• Big iron lessons series
• developerWorks
• Java Forums
• PartnerWorld for Developers
  • Developer Connection tools: catalog
  • Solution Partnership Center
• Projects
  • JTOpen, open-source version of IBM Toolbox for Java to access iSeries and AS/400 data and resources
  • Open Sources Projects @DeveloperWorks
  • UDDI4J
    • UDDI4J lets Java do the walking
• Redbooks
  • Internet Security in the Network Computing Framework
  • Patterns: Connecting Self-Service Applications to the Enterprise
  • Understanding LDAP
  • Writing Optimized Java Applications for z/OS
• Resources
  • DeveloperToolbox technical magazine
  • developerWorks: Devx Skillbuilding from IBM DeveloperWorks (alt)
  • Java Technology Zone: papers by topic
  • Magic with Merlin column (aka JDK 1.4)
  • Practical Groovy Articles
  • Security Zone: papers
  • Stir some Groovy into your Java apps
  • VisualAge Developer Domain
  • Web Services Zone
• SanFrancisco Application Business Framework & Components
• Scholars Program for Java
• Security Research @IBM Research
• Servlets
• Technical Solutions
  • The Go-ForIt Chronicles: Memoirs of eXtreme DragonSlayers, the design and development of a Web app using the latest IBM technologies
• Tools/Tool Kits:
  • AIX SDK 1.4
  • Browser-based Application Toolkit (BAT)
  • Developer Tools
  • Developer Toolbox
  • JDKs
  • Self Voicing Kit
  • ToolBox for Java
  • WebSphere Studio Application Developer
• Tutorials/training
  • Building a customized tree view
  • Designing beans for visual programming - Swing programming in VisualAge for Java
  • Jetspeed: Part 2
  • Online courses
  • Whitepapers, tutorials, & articles
• VisualAge
  • VisualAge Developer's Domain
  • VisualAge Technical Journal
• Weblets
• WebSphere Application Server
• Zones
  • Java Technology Zone

J

J2EE

J2ME

JavaBeans: API, Documents, Specification

• Beans
  • JClass components
• Books
• Bean Introspection Utilities API (Jarkarta BeanUtils Components)
• Bean Scripting Framework (BSF)
• Components
• Component APIs
• Development Tools
• Documentation: Specifications, Tutorials, Whitepapers, Books
• FAQs
• Flashline.com, sw component marketplace
• Glasgow Specifications
• HotJava HTML Component
• Jumping Beans by Ad Astra
• Related APIs
• Resources
  • @Cetus
  • @Sun
  • Bean-Info archive
• Software
  • InfoBus
  • JavaBeans Activation Framework (JAF)
• Tutorials/training
  • Design patterns for controlling program flow
  • Designing beans for visual programming - Using bean design patterns
  • Introduction to the JavaBeans API
  • Short course
  • JavaBeans 101: Part I, II, III
  • JavaBeans Tutorial
  • Visual programming with beans
• XML JavaBeans: Part 1

JavaScript

• AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML)
• Articles
• Ajax: A new approach to Web Applications
• AJAX and scripting Web services with E4X, Part 1
• AJAX: Dawn of a new developer
• AJAX: How to Handle Bookmarks and Back Buttons
• AJAX made simple with DWR
• Ajax with Direct Web Remoting
• Build apps using Asynchronous JavaScript with XML (AJAX)
• Build dynamic Java applications
• Call SOAP Web services with AJAX, Part 1,
• Developing AJAX Applications the Easy Way
• Fixing AJAX: XMLHttpRequest Considered Harmful
• Java object serialization for Ajax
• Log4Ajax
• Mastering Ajax, Part 1
• Sprinkle Some AJAX Magic in Your Struts Web Application
• Using JavaServer Faces Technology with AJAX
• Blogs: David Rupp's 1, 2 ; Greg Murray's: Rich Web Applications with AJAX
• Resources
• AJAX FAQ for the Java Developer
• Tools
• AjaxAnywhere taglib
• Behaviour
• DWR (Direct Web Remoting) and @java.net
• Prototype, JavaScript Framework
• Rico
• script.aculu.us
• Taconite, a lightweight dev framework
• Articles
  • Build an Object-Oriented Tree Control using JavaScript
  • Eliminate Irritating JavaScript Errors
  • JavaScript and the Document Object Model
• Documentation @Netscape
• JavaScripts
• Java-Scripts.net
• News Release @Netscape
• Resources
  • @irt.org
  • @ProgrammerTutorials
• JavaScript Source
• Tutorials:
  • Code Cuts @PlanetPDF
  • Creating and using JavaScript objects
  • Introduction to JavaScript
  • JavaScript Tutorial
  • @JavaWorld
  • @Projectcool Developerzone
  • Sites
  • advanced
• Rhino, an open-source implementation of JavaScript: documentation
• WebCoder (+DHTML)

Javazines

• AS/400 NetJava Expert
• IBM Developer Connection Technical Magazine
• Java Advisor Zone
• Java Developer Connection (JDC)
  • Bug Parade
  • Bug report (search )
  • Chat Sessions : JavaLive Transcripts
  • Consumer & Embedded Technologies
  • Docs & Training articles, tutorials, book excerpts, code samples, Tech Tips, and more
  • Early Access Downloads
  • Newsletters
    • Core Java Technologies Newsletter
    • Enterprise Java Technologies Newsletter
  • Question of the Week (QoW) Archive
  • Search Resources
  • Security Articles
  • Technical Articles
  • Tech Tips
    • Core Java Technologies Tech Tips
    • Enterprise Java Technologies Tech Tips
    • J2ME (Wireless) Tech Tips
  • Tutorials
• Java Developers Journal: Archives; JDJStore
• @Application Development Advisor
• JavaPro: archives (free)
• Java Report Online
• Java Skyline for Java Server developers: Java Servers, Learning, Servlets & JSPs, User Interface
• JavaWorld: Back issues; Net News Central
  • Design Techniques articles
  • Developer Tools Guide
  • Enterprise Java articles
  • Java Jumps, links to the best Java resources on the Web
  • Java Q&A
  • Java Tips
  • Java Traps
  • Tech Tips
  • Topical Index
    • Applied Java
    • Core Java
    • Design Patterns
    • Development Tools
    • Enterprise Java
    • Java 101
    • Micro Java
    • Object-Oriented Design and Programming
    • Performance Tuning
    • Persistence
    • Security
    • Testing
    • Thread Programming
    • User Interface Design
• TechWeb Java Report for Developers (TechTools)
• TrendMarkers

Jobs

• Java.computerwork.com
• JustJavaJobs
• JvSearch

L

Language

• Articles/Papers
  • Catching more errors at compile time with Generic Java: A proposal to add parametric types to the Java language
  • Encapsulation is not information hiding
  • J2SE 1.4 premieres Java's assertion capabilities: Part 1, 2
  • JavaML, a markup language for Java source code
  • Language improvements and models make great Java
  • Language Lessons
• Assertions/Contracts in Java
  • AssertMate
  • Jass
  • jContractor
• Books
  • Effective Java Programming Language Guide: Chapter 3, Methods Common to All Objects; Chapter 5, Substitutes for C Constructs
  • Java Language Specification, 2nd Edition (html version; pdf version; Clarifications & Ammendments; Floating Point changes)
• FAQs; The Java FAQ -- Java Language
• Generics
  • JSR 14: Add Generic Types To The Java Programming Language
  • Prototype compiler for JSR 14
  • Support in CodeGuide 5.0 Java IDE
• Glossary of Java and Related Terms
• .NET
  • Migrate to the Java platform
  • Migrating Java applications to .Net
  • Visual J# .NET, Java Language support for .NET
• Regular Expressions: javarexep, gnu-regexp
  • Articles
    • Build an abstract Java API for regular expressions
    • Introduction to the Java.util.regex Object Model
    • Matchmaking with regular expressions
    • Parse sequences of characters with the new regex library
    • Regular Expressions and the Java Programming Language
    • Regular Expressions in Java
    • Regular expressions simplify pattern-matching code; Study Guide
  • Projects
    • JREXX, automation-based regular expression API for Java
    • Regex for Java, a regular expression library for Java
• Tutorials/Training
  • Essentials of the Java Programming Language: A Hands-On Guide: Part 1, 2 (on-line)
  • Java language essentials
• Unicode: Unicode 2.1 Character Charts; Unicode 3.0; Unicode Chart Instructions

Linux

• Projects
  • JPackage, Java software packages for Linux
• Resources
  • java.net Linux Community
  • Java Tools for Linux free; assembler, obfuscator, intaller, etc.
  • Linux Journal
  • Java Technology on Linux
• Tools/Toolkits
  • Linux JDK
  • Performance Inspector for Linux

P

Peer-to-Peer (P2P)

• Articles
  • How peers locate one another
  • Introduction and history
  • IP Multicast-based discovery
  • Mobile P2P messaging: Part 1, 2
  • P2P meets SSL
  • The P2P application framework
  • Trust and security in peer-to-peer networks
• JXTA, basic infrastructure services for P2P applications
  • Articles/Papers
    • Creating JXTA systems
    • Get connected with JXTA
    • Getting Started with JXTA, Part 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
    • JXTA 2: A high-performance, massively scalable P2P network
    • JXTA4J2ME Implementation Architecture
    • JXTA for Wireless Java Programmers
    • JXTA: P2P Grows Up
    • JXTA Resolver
    • JXTA Technology Brings the Internet Back to Its Origin
    • Making P2P interoperable: The Jxta story
    • Master the Jxta shell: Part 1
    • Overview of JXTA
    • Peer-to-peer applications made easy, Part 1
    • The Socket API in JXTA 2.0
    • The JXTA command shell
    • The Jxta solution to P2P
    • The JXTA story
  • Books
    • JXTA: Java P2P Programming, Ch 3: JXTA Protocols; Ch 8: JXTA and Security
    • Jxta Java Programmer's Guide
• Projects
  • Jabber
  • xmlBlaster, MOM server
• Resources
  • P2P DevCenter
  • The practice of peer-to-peer computing
  • @Wrox

Performance

• Articles/Papers
  • Continuous Performance - The Next Advance in Software Development
  • Continuous Performance Testing With JUnitPerf
  • Design for performance: Part 1, 2, 3
  • Develop a generic caching service to improve performance
  • Dynamic compilation and performance measurement
  • Experience in Java Performance Engineering
  • Eye on performance column
  • Getting a Handle on Java Performance
  • J2SE 5.0 Performance White Paper
  • Improving Java Application Performance and Scalability by Reducing Garbage Collection Times and Sizing Memory
  • Improving Java Application Performance and Scalability by Reducing Garbage Collection Times and Sizing Memory Using JDK 1.4.1
  • Java Performance (IBM System Journal Vol. 39, No. 1, 2000)
  • Java performance programming: Part 1, 2, 3
  • Monitoring and response for distributed systems
  • Optimize a query on a Map
  • Performance monitoring and tuning
  • Performance Tools and Tuning Tips for Java Server Applications on the Solaris Operating Environment
  • Profiling the profilers
  • Put Java in the fast lane
  • Take command of your client/server apps
  • The smart approach to distributed performance monitoring with Java
  • The timestamp-based caching framework: Current data with peak performance
  • Tips and tricks for better Java performance: Part 1, 2
  • Tweak your IO performance for faster runtime
• Blueprints
  • Guidelines: Performance & Scalability Guide for the J2SE Platform, v1.4
• Books
  • Java Performance Tuning
  • Java Platform Performance: Strategies and Tactics
  • Performance books put to the test , a review of 6 Java Performance books
• Resources
  • Eye on Performance column
  • Java Design and Performance Optimization column
  • Java Performance Portal
  • Java Performance Tuning
  • JDBC transaction performance tips
  • JVM Profiler Interface (JVMPI)
  • Performance Metric Instrumentation, JSR 138
  • Performance Tuning
• Tools
  • HP JMeter, performance analysis tool
  • Jinsight profiler
  • Java Memory Profiler (JMP)
  • jMon, distributed resource monitor
  • JProbe
  • JUnitPerf, JUnit extension for continuous performance testing
  • Open Source Profilers for Java
  • OptimizeIt: app server integration tutorials; whitepapers
  • VTune, a Java performance analyzer
  • Web Performance Tools, allows stress-testing of a Web server, a Web site, and/or a Web application
• Tutorials
  • Java Tuning White Paper
  • Performance Tunning and Memory Management: Part 1, 2, 3, 4

Projects/Products

• Bayanihan web-based volunteer computing
• ClasspathHelper
• CruiseControl, a continuous build process
• Articles
• Automate your team's build and unit-testing process
• Dynamic Object Pooling
• Habanero, collaboration framework
• Jakarta Commons, focused on reusable Java components: BeanUtils, Collections (User Guide), Configuration, Digester, Logging, IO, Net, Validator;
  • Articles
    • Extend the JDK Classes with Jakarta Commons, Part I, II
    • Hook on to Jakarta Commons Chain
    • HttpClient and FileUpload
    • Jakarta Commons HttpClient
    • Learning and Using Jakarta Digester
    • Pool resources using Apache's Commons Pool Framework
    • Using the Jakarta Commons, Part 1, 2, 3
  • Bean Introspection Utilities API
  • Collections API (3.0)
  • HttpClient
  • Logging Library API
  • Pool Component
• Jakarta Lucene, a high-performance, full-featured text search engine: FAQs
  • Did You Mean: Lucene?
  • Parsing, indexing, and searching XML with Digester and Lucene
  • The Lucene search engine
• Javassist, a class library for editing bytecodes at load-time
  • Articles
    • Class transformation with Javassist
    • Transforming classes on-the-fly
• Java Desktop System
• JavaGnome, for developing desktop applications
• JavaServer Products Group
• JDesktop Integration Components (JDIC), provides Java applications with access to native desktop facilities
• Articles
• Introducing JDIC
• Introducing the JDesktop Integration Components
• JDesktop Network Components (JDNC), for building Java desktop clients for J2EE-based network services
  • Articles
    • Rich Internet Applications
• JDistro, a desktop for the JVM
• JNode, a Java operating system
• JSmooth, makes a standard Windows executable binary (.exe) from a jar file
• Mandala, framework for concurrent and distributed programming.
• Maps
  • GPSylon (formerly GPSMap), a GPS map application/framework
  • OpenLabel
  • OpenMap
• MIB Browser
• Multivalent Browser, a viewer of scanned paper, PDF, HTML and manpages
• Open Media Commons
• PDFCreator
• Runtime Java Class Editor (RJCE)
• SSHtools - Java SSH2 API
• Tcl Java Integration
• tutorial

Proxies

• Articles/Papers
  • Explore the Dynamic Proxy API
  • Get smart with proxies and RMI
  • Implement Design by Contract for Java using dynamic proxies
  • Java validation with dynamic proxies
• Dynamic Proxy Classes
• Muffin, filtering server proxy
• Telnet Applet (proxy builtin)

R

Real-Time for Java

• Articles
  • Real-time Java takes the stage
• Books
  • Real-Time Java Platform Programming
  • The Real-Time Specification for Java
• Resources
  • RTSJ reference implementation
  • rtj.org
  • specification: html, pdf, errata and interpretation guide, JSR 1

Resources

• alt.lang.jre
• AOP@Work column
• Audiocasts
• Best Practices
  • Collected Java Practices
  • Java Best Practices
  • Java Best Practices Collection 2001
• bitpipe, IT information
• Cafe au Lait Java FAQs, News, and Resources
• @Cetus
• @Developer.com: Newest Techniques Articles
• Devx Skillbuilding from IBM DeveloperWorks (alt)
• @dmoz Open Directory Project
• Doclet.com
• ExperimentalStuff at Sun Microsystems Laboratories
• Forth in Java Programming
• @Focus on Java: resource list; IDEs; books; book reviews
• Gems from the e-BIT
• Get Help with Java
• GNU and Java
• Google search for Java technology at Sun
• ITtoolbox Java
• J2SE Documentation
• J2SE SDK downloads archive
• JADCentral, Java Application Developer Central: code central; education articles; References and Tutorials; resource links
• Jaggle
• Jakarta Wikis
• Java @ProgrammerTutorials
• Java 2D Documentation
• Java 2D Technology
• Java & JavaScript How-Tos
• Java Advisor
• Java Blueprints, guidelines, patterns, and code for end-to-end Java applications
• Java BluePrints Solutions Catalog (bpcatalog)
• Java Boutique
• JavaCentral @Compuware: Java links
• Java Center
• Java-Channel.org , a collaborative database of reviews about Java resources
• JavaCoding.net
• JavaCommerce
• Java Corner
• JavaDesktop community site
• Java Downloads
• JavaForge, a subversion based collaboration platform
• JavaGeeks: papers
• Java & Internet Glossary
• Java Jumps, links to the best Java resources on the Web
• JavaNews.org
• Java News Brief, monthly newsletter
• JavaOlympus
• JavaOne Conference Archives: 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 (Webcasts); 2001; 2002 (log in using Java Connection ID); 2005 PDFs
• JavaOne online
• Java Open Source Mailing List Archives
• Java.OSdir.com, the latest in Open Source Java Releases
• Javapedia
• JavaProNews
• Java Programming
• Java Programming Area
• Java educational products
• Java Quizzes: AWT, JSP, RMI, EJB and more
• JavaRanch: Journal; Saloon
• Java Resource Center
• Java resources
• Java Resources
• JavaRSS, Java News, Java Articles and Java Blogs
• JavaSide.com
• Java Software, FAQs, Books
• JavaSoft Products and APIs
• JavaSuccess.com
• Java Technology Forums
• Java Technology Concept Map (static)
• Java Technology Pointers
• Java technology zone
• Java Tips
• Java Tips index
• Java Technology Whitepapers
• Java Theory & Practice column
• Java Tutor
• java.net, Java technology collaboration
• Java Zone @Programmers Heaven
• JavaZone 2005 presentations
• JavaZOOM
• JDC, Java Developer Connection
• jfind.com
• jGuru
• JSourcery, Open Source Java APIs and their source code
• JSurfer: Topics
• Microsoft Java Technologies
• onjava.com
• OpenLDAP
• Open Source
  • Open Source Java Directory
  • sourceforge.net
• Oracle Technology Network
• OS/2 Java Corner
• Overview of Java programming resources
• PlanetJava
• Portals
  • JAVAsight
• Public CERN Java Infrastructure
• Source for Developers
• Standard Committees
  • Java Point-of-Sale (JavaPOS)
    
• Topical Index
• Viva!, open source Java
• Zamples, live Java code samples

RSS Feeds

• alphaWorks
• developerWorks
• Java.net only RSS feeds
• Java Related RSS feeds
• JavaWorld
• OnJava
• TheServerSide

S

Scientific Computing

• Articles/Papers
• An eagle-eye view of the Condor project
• Build your own Java-based supercomputer
• Clustered Timers for Robust Scalable Systems
• Evaluate mathematical expressions quickly and accurately
• Isolating Concurrent Java Apps in a Virtual Machine
• Java in Science: Data Interpolation and Extrapolation Using Numerical Methods of Polynomial Fittings, Part 1, 2, 3, 4
• Java programming for high-performance numerical computing
• Managing Timed Tasks Within a Cluster Utilizing The StopLight Framework
• Scientific Computing in Java, Part 1, 2
• Sun's R&D spectrum (includes supercomputing, high-speed network)
• The Art of Developing Scientific Java Applets
• Using Java in scientific research, Part 1
• Books
• Projects/Products
• computefarm, a compute server framework for developing and running parallel programs: How To Build a ComputeFarm
• HPJava, an environment for scientific and parallel programming using Java
• LAMJ/Cluster
• IBM Ninja (Numerically Intensive Java) project
• StopLight, framework for managing timed tasks within a cluster
• Titanium, parallel dialect of Java and compiler
• Resources
• Java for Scientific Computing
• Java Grande Forum
• Java in Scientific and Technical Computing
• Java Scientific links
• Tools
• Distributed Parallel Programming Environment for Java
• JCCKit, flexible framework for creating scientific charts and plots
• NumberFormat
• The Colt Distribution, Open Source Libraries for High Performance Scientific and Technical Computing in Java
• Tutorials
• Clustering -- a basic "101" tutorial

Security

• Articles/Papers
  • Access-Control Graphs for security
  • Construct secure networked applications with certificates: Part 1, 2, 3, 4
  • Foray into Java 2 Security Objects
  • Generate certificate chains for testing Java applications
  • JSSE
    • Build secure network applications with SSL and the JSSE API
    • Custom SSL for advanced JSSE developers
  • Java Security
  • Java security evolution and concepts: Part 1: Security nuts and bolts; 2: Java security; 3: Applet security; 4: Optional Packages; 5: J2SE 1.4 Improvements
  • Java vs .NET Security, Part 1, 2
  • Low Level Security in Java, bytecode verifier
  • M-commerce security a moving target
  • Secure a Web application, Java-style
  • Security Code Guideline
  • Secure Internet Programming with J2SE 1.4: Part 1: The server side;
  • Secure your Java apps from end to end: Part 1, 2, 3
  • Set Up a Certification Authority for Java-based Systems
  • Signed and sealed objects deliver secure serialized content
  • Web server security: Securing dynamic Web content
  • Web Application Security—The Next Evolution
• Books
  • Java Security Architecture (on-line)
  • Securing Java (on-line)
• Cryptography
  • Articles
    • An Overview of Cryptography in Java Part 1, 2, 3, 4
  • Java Cryptography Extension (JCE)
  • Java Cryptography Architecture, API Specification & Reference
  • Projects/Products
    • Clean room implementation of JCE and lightweight API
    • JCE tablib, cryptographic tag library & Expression Language functions for JavaServer Pages
    • Phaos Crypto
• FAQs @Sun
• Java Authentication and Authorization Service (JAAS)
  • Articles/Papers
    • All that JAAS, scalable Java security with JAAS
    • Extend JAAS for class instance-level authorization
    • Implement Single Sign-On with JAAS
    • JAAS Security in Action
    • Making Login Services Independent of Authentication Technologies
    • The Power of JAAS: Security System Alternatives
  • FAQs
  • JAAS Developer's Guide
  • JAAS LoginModule Developer's Guide
  • JAAS Reference Guide
  • JAAS, Securing J2EE Applications: Securing Web Components
  • JAAS whitepaper
  • JDC Tech Tips
  • Tutorials/Training
    • JAAS Authentiation Tutorial
    • JAAS Authorization Tutorial
    • Java authorization internals
• Java Secure Socket Extension (JSSE)
• Java 2 SDK:
  • APIs: java.security; java.security.cert; java.security.interfaces; java.security.spec; Privileged Blocks
  • Permissions
  • Policy Files
  • Security Architecture
  • Tools(win32): keytool, jar, jarsigner, policytool
• Projects/Products
  
  • Yale CAS (Central Authentication Service), a Single Sign-on for the Web (and here)
  • Kimera, a Java secruity architecture
  • Open JCE Project
  • OpenSSL
  • Secure programming with the OpenSSL API, Part 1, 2
  • RSA Products: SecurID, BSAFE - Keon
• Resources
  • @Focus on Java
  • Java Cryptography
  • Java Security Hotlist
  • JDC Articles
  • Security
  • Security Research in Java and Distributed Object Systems
  • Security Zone @IBM Developer: papers
• Signed Applets
  • Articles
    • Applet Signing with MRJ and Javakey
    • Code Signing for Java Applets
    • Creating Signed, Persistent Java Applets
    • SecurityException
    • Signed Applets
  • Resources
  • Deploying RSA Signed Applets in Java Plug-In
  • Expert Solutions
  • @Java Science
• Tools
  • Cryptix, open-source cryptographic software libraries
  • iSaSiLk Toolkit
  • javakey, Java Security Tool
  • modSSL
• Tutorials/Training
  • Fundamentals of Java Security
  • Java security: Part 1: Crypto basics, 2: Authentication and Authorization
  • Security in J2SE 5
  • Securing your Web server
  • Using JSSE for secure socket communication

Shareware/Software

• CoolServlets.com
• Development Tools
• FreewareJava.com
• Gamelan, java applets software
• Java Development
• Java Shareware
• Testing

Specifications

• AWT Enhancements
• Core Reflection
• Cryptography Architecture
• EJB: 2.0
• Inner Classes
• J2ME
  • Connected Device Configuration (CDC)
  • Connected, Limited Device Configuration (CLDC)
  • Mobile Information Device Profile (MIDP)
• J2EE
• JAR File Specification: Manifest and Signature spec
• Java Language
• JMS (errata)
• JNI
• Java Virtual Machine Spec
• Manifest Format
• Object Serialization
• RMI
• Security (JDK 1.2)
• Telephony 1.4

T

Testing

• Articles/Papers
  • Add Zing to your unit tests
  • A Test of Java Virtual Machine Performance
  • Automate GUI tests for Swing applications
  • ConcurrentTesting - Advanced Testing for Multi-Threaded Applications
  • Designing "testable" applications
  • Decoupling package dependencies
  • Diagnostic Tests with Ant
  • Experiences in remote usability testing: Part 1, 2
  • Getting started with test-driven development
  • Inspect Your Java Objects
  • Killer combo -- Mixins, Jam, and unit testing
  • Migrating to TestNG
  • Pattern your way to automated regression testing
  • Simple Smalltalk Testing: With Patterns
  • Test email components in your software
  • Test for fun and profit: Part 1, 2, 3
  • Test Networked Code the Easy Way
  • TestNG: The next generation of unit testing
  • Two Critical Tips for Unit Testing in Java
  • Types of Tests
  • Unit tests and automated code analysis working together
  • Using unit and functional tests in the development process
• Books
  • Testing: Cactus and JUnit from Jakarta Pitfalls
  • Testing Object-Oriented Systems: Models, Patterns, and Tools
• J2EE testing
• JUnit
  • Articles
    • A Cook's Tour, implementation of JUnit
    • An early look at JUnit 4
    • Assertion Extensions for JUnit
    • Automating the build and test process
    • Hacking JUnit
    • jMock  Don't sweat unit tests
    • Junit - Getting started with an example
    • JUnit antipatterns
    • Incremental development with Ant and JUnit
    • JUnit and Its Extensions Make Unit Testing Your Java Code Much Easier
    • JUnit best practices
    • JUnit and Its Extensions Make Unit Testing Your Java Code Much Easier
    • Multithreaded Tests with JUnit
    • Recorders test for proper method invocation
    • Taking JUnit Out of the Box
    • Test Framework Comparison
    • Test Infected - Programmers Love Writing Tests, JUnit tutorial (alt)
    • Test your tests with Jester
  • Extensions
    • JUnitX, Assertion Extensions for JUnit: article
    • DbUnit, database testing framework (alt)
      • Articles
        • Control your test-environment with DbUnit and Anthill
        • Effective Unit Testing with DbUnit
    • EasyMock
    • Hansel, adds code coverage testing: Cover your code with Hansel and Gretel
    • JFCUnit (alt), unit test Swing-based GUI
    • JFunc, for functional testing
    • JsUnit (alt), a Unit Testing framework for client-side (in-browser) JavaScript
    • JTiger Unit Testing Framework
    • JUB (JUnit test case Builder)
    • JUnitDoclet, generates testcase skeletons from source code
    • JUnitPerf, for continuous performance testing
    • JUnitPP
    • Multithreaded JUnit Test Framework
    • Pisces
    • Web testing tools
    • <xml-unit/>, JUnit testing for XML
  • Resources
    • JUnit Wiki
    • JUnit with IDEs Wiki
    • JUnit Yahoo! Group
  • Tutorials
    • JUnit: A Starter Guide
• Projects/Products
  • Artima SuiteRunner, a free testing toolkit for Java; runs existing JUnit test suites:
    • tutorial
    • Why We Refactored JUnit
  • GobolUtils, thread testing
  • Grinder, a load-testing framework
  • Jameleon, automated testing tool for the enterprise
  • JMeter, tool to load test functional behavior
  • JMeter tips
  • JpdfUnit, a framework for testing a generated pdf document
  • JTestCase
  • LogiTest, to test web sites and web applications
  • TestNG, a testing framework
  • Articles
  • Migrating to TestNG
  • OpenSTA (Open System Testing Architecture), a distributed software testing architecture based on CORBA
  • PatternTesting, a testing framework for verifying Architecture/Design/Best practices recommendations are implemented correctly
  • qftest, GUI test tool
  • Silk, e-business testing products
    • SilkPilot, unit testing of CORBA objects
    • SilkTest, automated functional and regression testing
  • TestGen4j
  • Test Mentor, component testing @SilverMark
  • TestMyBeans, middleware load & functional testing
  • TestPilot, a browser-based unit testing framework for testing websites
  • TETware, Test Environment Toolkit
  • WebSpray, Web server stress testing
  • WinRunner, GUI testing tool for client-sever applications @ Mecury Interactive
• Resources
  • Java unit testing tools @Open Source Testing
  • Software Testing Hotlist
  • Testing @JavaWorld
  • Testdriven.com
• Tools
  • Abbot, a GUI test framework
  • Canoo, a free open source tool for automated testing of web applications
  • Code Coverage
    • Clover, a code coverage tool for Java: User Guide
    • Cobertura, a test coverage  tool for Java
    • Measure test coverage with Cobertura
    • Emma; Documentation
    • JCover
    • jcoverage, identifies how many times each line of code is executed (free)
    • Koalog Code Coverage
    • Open Source Code Coverage Tools for Java
  • Combinatorial Test Services
  • Java Test Case Driver (Jate)
  • Jester, a tool to verify the quality of unit tests
  • MaxQ, Web functional testing tool with record/playback
  • Mock Objects, a generic unit testing framework: DynaMock, Mock Creator, MockMaker; EasyMock
    • Articles
      • Endo-Testing: Unit Testing with Mock Objects
      • Testing flexibly with AspectJ and mock objects
      • Unit testing with mock objects
  • TagUnit, a framework for testing JSP tags: Tutorial: Introduction to Tag Unit
  • TestManager, an IDE for regression test suites
• Tutorials
  • Automate regression tests

Threads

• Articles/Papers
  • Achieve strong performance with threads: Part 1, 2, 3, 4: Study Guide
  • Acquire multiple locks in a fixed, global order to avoid deadlock
  • A proposal for fixing the Java programming language's threading problems
  • Avoid synchronization deadlocks
  • Can ThreadLocal solve the double-checked locking problem?
  • Characterizing thread safety
  • Concurrent collections classes
  • CSP
  • Communicating Sequential Processes for Java (JCSP)
  • CSP for Java programmers, Part 1, 2, 3
  • JavaPP (Java Plug & Play)
  • Synchronous Active objects Introduce CSP's Primitives in Java
  • Design for thread safety
  • Double-checked locking: Clever, but broken
    • Can double-checked locking be fixed?
    • Warning! Threading in a multiprocessor world
  • Ease your multithreaded application programming
  • Efficiency of Thread-parallel Java Programs from Scientific Computing
  • Houlb's JavaWorld articles: Threading Part 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
  • Implementing Read-Write Locks in Java
  • Introduction to Java Threads, Part 1, 2
  • Isolating Concurrent Java Apps in a Virtual Machine
  • java.util.concurrency (J2SE 5.0)
  • Advanced Synchronization in Java Threads, Part 1 , 2
  • Build Java Apps that Can Multitask
  • Concurrent collections
  • Concurrent Programming with J2SE 5.0
  • Flexible Event Delivery with Executors
  • Getting to know synchronizers
  • Going atomic
  • Locks
  • More flexible, scalable locking in JDK 5.0
  • Pooling threads to execute short tasks
  • Put JDK 1.5's Executor to Work for You
  • Synchronization optimizations in Mustang
  • Queues and delayed processing
  • Java Concurrency Constructs
  • Jtest promotes good Java hygiene
  • How to program with threads
  • Monitor Object
  • Monitor Object Monitors with Eclipse Object Monitor Monitors
  • Monitors
  • Multi-Threading in a Java Environment
  • Multi-Threading in Java
  • Problems Running Untrusted Services as Java Threads
  • Secure thread collaboration across protection domains
  • The ABCs of Synchronization, Part 1
  • Thread pools and work queues
  • Thread Synchronization
  • Java and Solaris Threading, mapping Java threads to the Solaris threading model.
  • The ABCs of Synchronization, Part 1, 2
  • Synchronization of Java Threads Using Rendezvous
  • Synchronizing Threads in Java: Part 1, 2
  • Threading Lightly: Part 1 Synchronization is not the enemy, 2 Reducing Contention, 3 Sometimes it's best not to share
  • Safe construction techniques
  • Threading Lightly series, Part 1, 2, 3
  • Thread-safe Design
  • Understanding Java Multithreading and Read-Write Locks: Part 1, 2
  • Understand that for instance methods, synchronized locks objects, not methods or code
  • Use java.util.Observable to Monitor Object State changes
  • Use synchronized or volatile when accessing shared variables
  • Using threads with collections: Part 1, 2
  • Writing efficient thread-safe classes
  • Writing multithreaded Java applications
• Books
  • Concurrent Programming in Java by Doug Lea, online supplement
  • High-Performance Java Platform Computing: Multithreaded and Networked Programming (Chapters 2, 3)
  • Java threads: A comparative book review
• Resources
  • Doug Lea's util.concurrent package
  • FAQs
  • @Google Directory
  • Java Developers Almanac Thread examples; java.util.concurrent examples
  • Message-Driven Thread capability
  • Thread Programming
• Tools
  • Communicating threads for Java (CTJ)
  • Communicating Sequential Processes for Java (JCSP)
• Tutorials/training
  • Concurrency in JDK 5.0
  • Introduction to Java Threads @JavaWorld; @IBM
  • Sun Tutorial (updated for J2SE 5.0)

Tools

• Agents
  • Agent Building and Learning Environment (ABLE)
  • OPSJ, Java-based system for business rule servers and intelligent agents @PST
• Analyzers
  • FindBugs, a bug pattern detector
  • JAnalyzer, a static analyzer capable of generating method call graphics
  • JavaChecker, a static analyzer
  • Jlint, checks for bugs, inconsistencies and synchronization problems
  • PMD: Eclipse plug-in
    • Automate your software improvement process
    • Custom PMD Rules
    • Detecting Duplicate Code with PMD's CPD
    • Improving Project Quality with PMD
    • Static Analysis with PMD
    • Zap bugs with PMD
• Bug/Issue Tracking
  • Bugzero
  • Bugzilla
  • CVSTrac, a Web-based bug and patch-set tracking system for CVS
  • elementool, Web-based bug and defect tracking tool
  • JIRA, a J2EE-based, issue tracking and project management application
  • Ozibug, a web based bug tracking system utilizing servlet technology
  • Scarab
• Browsers
  • HotJava Browser: HTML Component
  • LDAP Browser/Editor
• CafeBabe, graphical disassembler and editor of Java bytecodes (alt)
• Calendar package
• ClassFinder
• Class Libraries
  • Byte Code Engineering Library (BCEL)
  • Servertec Foundation Classes (SFC), access native Windows functionality
• Client (front-end)
  • WebCream, automated web-enabling for GUI based Java applications and applets by Java-to-HTML converter: solutions
• Code Metrics
  • JDepend: jdepend4eclipse plug-in; Managing Your Dependencies with JDepend
  • JavaNCSS, a source measurement suite: Ant task
  • Metrics Eclipse plug-in
  • PMD
• COM
• Development Tool for Java-COM Bridge
• Components
  • Download4J, for downloading files from any folder, Zip archive or database
  • WebWindow, a scalable Java web browsing component
• Content Management System (CMS)
  • AtLeap, a free Java multilingual CMS
  • OpenCm, a Java based website content management system
• CSV
  • CSV in Java
• Database
• Dependency Analysis
  • JavaDeps
  • Dependency Finder, extracts dependencies and OO metrics from Java class files (free)
  • Documentation Enhancer for Java
• Dependency Manager
  • Ivy
• Deployment
  • Deployment tools, dmoz Open Project Directory
• Documentation
  • DOC++
  • Doxygen, a documentation system
  • Jude, Java documentation browser
  • Xref-Java2Html
• FTP
• editFTPj
• JFTP, a graphical FTP client application
• Garbage Collection
• IBM Pattern Modeling and Analysis Tool for Java Garbage Collector
• Generic Interpreter, a Java-based interpreter of context-free languages with user-defined semantics
• Graphics
  • AIX j3D, to build, render, and control the behavior of 3D objects and visual environments
  • Big Faceless Graph library
  • EasyCharts
  • Glg Toolkit for Java
  • Graph Editing Framework (GEF)
  • Graph Foundation Classes (GFC)
  • Graph Layout Toolkit
  • Interactive Graph Drawing
  • Java Chart/tChart
  • Java Graphics Tools: J/CarnacPro, J/View3DPro
  • JFreeChart
  • JGo, graphics library
  • JGraph
  • JGraphpad Diagram Editor and Application Toolkit
  • JGraphT, a Java class library of mathematical graph-theory objects and algorithms
  • JUNG (Java Universal Network/Graph Framework)
  • JShapeView, a GIS viewer
  • Jun, a framework for developing 3D graphic multimediaa applications
  • KavaChart
  • Mica 2D Graphics Framework
  • OpenGL
  • Hello JOGL: Introducing Java Bindings for OpenGL
  • OpenJGraph, a Java graph and graph drawing project
  • Piccolo 2D graphics framework
  • VGJ, Visualizing Graphs with Java
  • yEd, Java Graph Editor (free)
• GUI
  • Standard Widget Toolkit (SWT)
  • Thinlet, a lightweight GUI framework; front-end described using XML
  • Theodore, a XUL Editor for Thinlet
  • ThinCLet, componentizes Thinlet apps
  • ThinG, an editor for Thinlet
  • Trellis, a Java Framework for Building Multi Frame User Interfaces
• Help
  • HelpBreeze JavaHelp Edition, WYSIWYG authoring tool
  • JavaHelp, help system
    • Articles
      • Lend a helping hand to your Java applications
  • JHelpDev, a development tool for creating JavaHelp sets
• HTML
  • HTMLParser
  • HTML Tidy: Introduction to Tidy
  • Java2HTML, converts Java source code into browsable HTML: GNU version
  • Javasrc, a HTML Java Cross-Reference Tool
  • Jericho HTML Parser
  • JTidy, a HTML parser and pretty printer
  • Kafenio, open-source HTML, WYSIWYG editor
  • Lightweight HTML Scanner
• iContract, adds assertion checks based on conditions in @pre and @post javadoc tags
• Imaging
  • Java Imaging Utilities (JUI)
• Installation
  • InstallAnywhere Now!
  • InstallShield
  • lzPack
  • VAInstall, a multi-platform installer (free)
• Interface Tool for Java, communication with ActiveX objects
• IO
  • Asynchronous IO for Java
• Jacl (JAva-based tCL)
• JACOB, a Java-COM Bridge
• JAlbum, Web photo album generator
• jarg, Java Archive Grinder
• Java2exe (shareware)
• JavaBayes, a set of tools for the creation and manipulation of Bayesian networks
• Java Cannery, manages JAR files
• JavaDiff , find differences between ASCII or binary files, or two directories
• JavaDOCHelper
• Java OCR
• Java Telnet daemon
• Java Transparent Proxy
• JavaService, Java to NT Service connector
• Java Services on NT: Java Service Launcher (JSL), run a Java program as an NT service
• Java Service Wrapper
• JAX, reduces the distribution size of a Java application
• jConfig, an API for the management of properties
• JConfig, a cross-platform library that supplements the core Java API
• JDiff, an HTML Report of API Differences (alt)
• JNews, A Java Usenet News Reader
• Jive, Open Source web forum application
  • Articles: Integrating Jive with your site; The Java Technologies Behind the New Developer Forums Part 1
• JPython
• JRuby: Take a shine to JRuby
• KeyMan, manages keys, certificates and CRLs
• Legacy
  • Jacada, a web-enabling infrastructure for legacy systems
• LOCC, produces hierarchical, incremental measurements of work product size
• Logging
  • Articles
    • Build a Distributed Logging Framework Using Java RMI
    • Creating a JDBC Log Handler for JDK 1.4
    • Cut down on logging errors with Jylog
    • JDBC query logging made easy
    • Log4j delivers control over logging
    • Logging in Java Applications
    • Log it or loose it, Log events to the Windows NT Event Log with JNI
    • Manage message logging with the Web Service Appender for Log4j
    • Robust event logging with Syslog
    • Track Your Apps with the Open Source Logging Framework, Log4j
    • Using J2SE 1.4 Logging API in Systems Management
    • Write custom appenders for log4j
  • Java Logging APIs
  • Java Logging Overview
  • JSR-47, logging API Specification
  • Projects/Products
    • ALF (Automated Logging Framework)
    • JLog @JTrack
    • JLog, Logging Toolkit for Java
    • Jakarta Commons Logging Component
    • Just4log, logging optimizer
    • Log4J Apache Project: API; documentation; Manual
    • Lumbermill, a standalone Swing app for Log4J
    • Monolog
    • Promatter Syslog
    • qflog: manual
    • SuperLogging
    • Syslog (part of Promatter classes)
    • Trove logging framework
  • Tools
    • Log and Trace Analyzer for Autonomic Computing
  • Tutorials
    • Common Base Event logging
• Make
  • ANT: User Manual
    • Articles
      • Accelerate and automate the build process with IBM Rational ClearCase and Ant
      • A (Brief) Introduction to Ant
      • An Ant Modular Build Environment for Enterprise Applications
      • Automate your build process using Java and Ant
      • Automating the build and test process
      • Building Java applications with Ant, Ch. 5 from Java Tools for Extreme Programming
      • Building with Ant: Part 1, 2, 3
      • Build scripts with Groovy and Ant
      • Developing for the Web with Ant Part 1, 2
      • Developing with JAXB and Ant, Part 1, 2
      • Enhance Ant with XSL transformations
      • Extending Ant to support interactive builds
      • Incremental and fast builds using Ant
      • Incremental development with Ant and JUnit
      • Open Source Java: Ant
      • Java Software Automation with Jakarta Ant
    • Books
      • Ant: The Definitive Guide
      • Java Development with Ant: Ch. 4 (alt) - Testing with JUnit; Ch. 15 - Working with Web Services; Appendix E - Ant Task Reference
    • Resources
      • Ant Wiki
      • @Jakarta
      • presentation at New England JUG
      • Roxes Ant Tasks
      • Tips For Ant
    • Tools
      • AntAcid, an GUI for creating build.xml
      • Antelope, a GUI for creating and editing build.xml, and running Ant: User Guide
      • AntHill (alt)
      • AntView, Eclipse plug-in to run Ant build file targets from within the Eclipse R2 IDE
      • AntViz, a graphical Ant-script dependency viewer
    • Tutorials
      • Ant 101
      • Building with Ant files for JBuilder
  • CPMake
  • Jmk, Make in Java
  • mmake
• Mail
  • ZOE, an email indexing service: Googling Your Email
• Mail Servers
  • James @Apache, a Mail Enterprise Server: docs
    • Create email-based apps with JAMES
    • Working with James, Part 1, 2
• Mathtools.net
• Networking
  • BeepLite Networking Layer, a Java implementation of BEEP (RFC 3080, RFC 3081)
• Object Broker
• Optimization
  • Java class file optimization and compression tools
• PDF Generators
  • Big Faceless PDF Libary
  • Etymon PJ, a toolkit for parsing, modifying, and creating PDF documents
  • iText library (alt)
  • retepPDF, creates PDF files from Java Applications and Servlets
• Project Management
  • GanttProject: Making plans with GanttProject
  • Maven, a Java project management and project comprehension tool
    • Articles
      • An introduction to Maven 2
      • Building J2EE Projects with Maven
      • Exploiting Maven in Eclipse
      • Developing with Maven
      • Getting Started with Maven
      • Maven Magic
      • Maven ties together tools for better code management
      • Project management: Maven makes it easy
      • When Maven encounters Eclipse
    • Books
    • A Developer's Notebook
    • Tools
    • Mevenide Eclipse
    • Resources
      • Blogs
      • Maven Blogs
      • MavenBook.org
      • Maven ibiblio repository
  • XPlanner, a project planning and tracking tool XP
  • Articles
  • Manage the agile team with XPlanner
• Profiling
  • hprof, a J2SE profiling tool: Diagnose common runtime problems with hprof
  • HeapAnalyzer
  • Heap Analysis Tool (HAT), track memory leaks
  • JFluid, Sun research project
• QA
  • Java QA Tools
  • QStudio for Java Pro, a comprehensive software health quality assessment and control tool (free)
• Quartz job scheduler
• Refactoring Tools
• Reporting / Report Generators
  • Cewolf, charts in JSPs
  • DataVision, a reporting tool similar to Crystal Reports
  • e.Reporting
  • iReport, a visual reporting tool based on JasperReports
  • jDiskReport, free open-source graphical disk report utility
  • jPathReport, free open-source graphical class path analysis and report utility
  • JasperAssistant (Eclipse plug-in)
  • JasperReports
    • Reports made easy with JasperReports
  • JFreeChart
  • JFreeReport, a report generator (free)
  • JReport, report development tool
  • RReport and RReport Visual Builder
  • SCRIBE, report generator
  • Sunshine Reports
• Resources
  • @Cetus
  • Developer Tools Guide
  • Development Tools, dmoz Open Directory Project
  • Development Tools
  • GNU Java Software
  • Java Developer Tools Guide
  • JavaIndex.org, open-source Java
• Retroweaver, translates Java 1.5 class files to 1.4 class files
• Scripting Languages
  • Pnuts, a scripting language for the Java environment
  • Simkin, embeddable scripting language (open-source)
• Search Engines
  • DocFather search engine for documentation
• Serialization
• XStream
• Arcitles: Serializing Java Objects with XStream
• Shells
  • Java Shell
  • Jess, Java Expert System Shell / rule engine
    • Articles: Jess and the javax.rules API
  • jsh, Opensource java shell
• SNMP
  • Jawa Open Eyes
  • SNMP stack @Westhawk, supports v1, v2c, v3 (except for privacy)
• SocketServer
• Software Engineering Tools
  • Software Development Checklists
• Source Code Browser/Navigator
  • Juliet, a source code navigator
  • Source-Navaigator IDE, a source-code analysis tool: Programmer's Reference Guide; User's Guide
• Source Code Formatter
  • Artistic Style (free)
  • Jacobe, uses Sun's layout rules or cutomized rules (free)
  • Jalopy, a source code formatter for Java
  • Jindent
• Source Code Style Checker
  • Checkstyle, supports Sun Code Conventions
  • Java Coding Standard Chekcer (JCSC)
• Source Control and Versioning
  • jCVS
  • SourceJammer
• Source Explorer
• SmartEiffel, can run under a JVM
• Testing
  • Development and Testing Tools
• textile4j, Textism's Textile humane text generator
• UML Tools
• Utilities
  • Serp Devlopment Utilities
• Version Control
• JavaSVN
• VM
  • HeapRoots, for debugging memory leaks
• WireFusion, a graphical design program for advanced web design

Tutorials/Training

• A New Era for Java Protocol Handlers
• An introduction to the URL programming interface
• Applets
• AOP
• An introduction to AOP
• Audio
  • IDE Module Tutorial, creating an audio module
  • Integrating Audio with Java Applications
• AWT
  • AWT Fundamentals
  • The 1.1 AWT Event Model
• Brewing Java Tutorial
• Building an Application: Part 1, 2, 3, 4
• CORBA
  • Introduction to CORBA @Sun
  • Local Invocation for CORBA
• Collections
• Concurrent Programming Tutorial
• EJBs
• eLearning
  • CodeSaw for Addison-Wesley books on Java
• Essential Java Classes
• Free Tutorials
• FindTutorials.com
• Generics
  • Java Generics Tutorial
• Graphics
  • Introduction to Java 2D
  • Java 2D (and here)
  • Java 2D Trail
  • Java 3D
• Handling Errors with Exceptions
• Inheritance
  • The Pitfalls of Inheritance
• I/O
  • An HTTP Listener Using Java Technology NIO (@JavaOne 2005)
  • Getting started with new I/O (NIO)
• J2EE
• JAR Guide
• Java 101: Intro, Data
• Java @Examware;
• Java Applet Tutorial @RealApplets
• JavaBeans
• @Java Boutique
• Java Data Structures
• Java debugging
• Java event delivery techniques
• Java How To
• Java Language
• Java Learning Center
• JavaMail
  • Fundamentals of the JavaMail API
  • JavaMail quick start
• JavaScript
• Java Tutorial (download): TOC; 3rd Edition
  • Extension Mechanism
• JDBC Tutorials
• JDC Tutorials
• JFC/Swing
• JMS Tutorials
• JNDI: LDAP package; Tips for LDAP Users
• JNI: TOC
• JSP
• Language Essentials
• Nested Classes
• Object Serialization
• Reflection (TOC)
• Resources
  • Online courses @IBM (free)
  • Online Training & Tutorials
• RMI Tutorials
• Security
• Servlets
• Smart Cards: A Primer
• Sockets
  • Sockets programming in Java: A tutorial
  • Using JSSE for secure socket communication
• Transactions
  • Nuts and Bolts of Transaction Processing
• Tag Libraries
• Threads

U

UML

• Articles
  • Adopting use cases, Part I, II
  • A new approach to specifying parent and child use cases
  • An overview of object relationships: The basics of UML and Java associations
  • Developing embedded and mobile Java technology-based applications using UML
  • Driving Design: 1, with Use Cases; 2, The Problem Domain; 3, Top Ten Use Case Mistakes; 4, Successful Robustness Analysis; 5, Sequence Diagrams
  • @DevX
  • How to Avoid Use-Case Pitfalls
  • Modeling
    • Entity relationship modeling with UML
    • Introduction to Business Modeling Using the Unified Modeling Language (UML)
    • Java Modeling: A UML workbook: Part 1 - Introduction to Sequence Diagrams; Part 2 - Conditional logic in sequence diagrams; Part 3 - User interface logic in use case modeling; Part 4 - The role of the actor
    • Modeling simultaneously in UML, Java, and User Perspectives
    • Modeling the enterprise data architecture
    • Modeling Web Application Architectures with UML
    • Relational modeling with UML
  • @Object Mentor
  • OO design process: Use cases, an introduction @IBM
  • Rational Modeling with UML
  • The CASE (Tool) for Agility: Rational XDE
  • The power of Unified Change Management
  • UML basics: An introduction to the Unified Modeling Language
  • UML Meets EJB and COM+
  • Use Cases: Best Practices
  • Use Case Fundamentals
  • What is a Use Case?
• Books
  • UML Distilled, 3rd Edition by Martin Fowler
• Projects/Products
  • Catalysis, enterprise components with UML: OMG;
    • Catalysis -- Objects, Components, and Frameworks with UML book: online; review
    • Extreme Catalysis
    • from UML to Java with Catalysis
    • Method Overview
• Rational Unified Process (RUP)
  • Articles
    • Rational Unified Process: Best Practices for Software Development Teams (whitepaper)
    • RUP implementation guide Part I
    • Testing: The RUP Philosophy
    • The Rational Unified Process
    • What Is the Rational Unified Process?
  • Book: The Rational Unified Process: An Introduction, 3rd Edition
  • Resources
• Resources
  • Allen Holub's UML Quick Reference
  • @Cetus
  • Cockburn''s home page: Use Cases
  • FAQs @IBM
  • Journal of Conceptual Modeling
  • Object Modeling Methodologies
  • Objects by Design
  • @OMG
  • Rational Technical Library
  • The Rational Edge
  • UML Design Center
  • UML Forum
  • UML Resource Center
  • UML Resources Center
  • UML Zone
• Tools
  • Fujaba, a UML and Java development platform: Fujaba4Eclipse
  • JUDE (Java UML Development Environment)
  • JUG, Java UML generator
  • jVision, UML diagrams from Java code: download
  • Modelistic, a Java CASE tool
  • Novosoft UML Library for Java
  • Poseidon for UML, professional extension of ArgoUML; integrated with Forte (CE free)
  • Quick UML for Java
  • UML4Java
  • UMLGraph docklet
  • Visual Paradig
• Training/Tutorials
  • @Cetus
  • Free UML Training & Tutorials
  • @OMG
  • @UML Forum
  • Practical UML: A Hands-On Introduction for Developers
  • UML Tutorial

User Groups

• Talk-Java/Drink-Java: map, moderator (Dan Brookshier)
• JavaLobby
• javacrawl.com, Java and J2EE News
• JavaPolis 2004 online
• Tips & Tricks
• Java Metroplex User Group: mail list, webmaster
• JUGCentral, host for JUGs via JavaLobby
• JUG pages
• Just Plano Java UG
• WebServices JUG

V

Virtual Machine: Specification

• Articles/Papers
  • A Test of Java Virtual Machine Performance
  • Investigate JVM Crashes
  • The Jikes Research Virtual Machine (RVM)
  • Online Instruction Reference
  • Plug into Java with Java Plug-in Part 1, 2
  • Tuning Garbage Collection with the 1.4.2 Java Virtual Machine
  • Urban performance legends, revisited
• Book
• Inside the Java Virtual Machine
• Class Loader
  • Articles
    • A ZipClassLoader for automated application distribution
    • Classes and class loading in Java Language Specification, 2nd Edition
    • Class Loading in Java: Building Dynamic Systems Without Pain
    • Create a custom Java 1.2-style ClassLoader
    • Demystifying class loading problems, Part 1, 2, 3, 4
    • Dynamic Class Loading and here
    • Dynamic class loading in the Java virtual machine
    • Dynamically extend Java applications
    • Extension Mechanism Architecture (Manifest Class-Path)
    • Inside Class Loaders
    • Java Class Loading: The Basics
    • Java Forums - Dynamic class loading with Webstart
    • Loading of Classes and Interfaces
    • Loading, Linking, and Initializing in the JVM Specification, 2nd Edition
    • Managing Component Dependencies Using ClassLoaders
    • Types, Reflection, and Dynamic Loading in Java in a Nutshell, 3rd Ed
    • Secure Class Loading
    • Security and the Class Loader Architecture (alt)
    • The basics of Java class loaders
    • The Class Loader Architecture
    • The Java Class Loader
    • Understanding Class.forName() and here
    • Understanding Extension Class Loading
    • Understanding the Java Classloading Mechanism
  • J2EE class loading
  • Tools
    • BEA JRockit
    • Debug Tracer
    • Jamaica, the JVM Macro Assembler: article; JavaClassCreator article
  • Tutorials
    • Understanding the Java ClassLoader
• HotSpot
  • Articles
    • Garbage collection in the HotSpot JVM
    • HotSpot: A new breed of virtual machine
    • Tuning garbage collection in the HotSpot JVM
    • Tuning Garbage Collection with the 1.3.1 Java Virtual Machine
    • With HotSpot, the JVM is faster than a speeding bullet!
  • FAQs
  • VM Options
• Projects/Products
  • JamVM
  • Java Plug-in (aka Java Activator): download; HTML Converter; FAQs
  • Java 1.4 Plug-in Developer Guide (HTML, PDF)
  • Java Plug-in Documentation
  • JRockit
  • Kaffe
  • SableVM, a specification-compliant Java virtual machine
  • vmstat, HotSpot monitoring tools and utilities
• Resources
  • Java Pathfinder
  • Java Virtual Machines
  • JVM Corner
  • JVMs, JDKs, JREs, JITs
  • Jikes RVM (Jalapeño) Publications