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Project Darkstar's New World of Online Games: A Conversation With Jeff Kesselman - (Found July 2, 2008 )

By radically simplifying online game development and enabling games to scale to tens of thousands of players without a glitch, Sun's Project Darkstar -- with a preliminary release now freely available for download under open-source licensing -- is changing the rules of the game business.
http://java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/Interviews/kesselman_qa.html

Becoming a Better Programmer: A Conversation With Java Champion Heinz Kabutz - (Found July 2, 2008 )

Dr. Heinz Kabutz, Java Champion and creator of the Java Specialists' Newsletter, discusses the importance of design patterns and unit testing, the 10 laws of Java concurrency, and life as a developer on the island of Crete.
http://java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/Interviews/community/kabutz_qa.html

Tech Tip: Client-Side Polling With Dynamic Faces - (Found July 2, 2008 )

See how the Dynamic Faces framework brings the power of Ajax to a real-time, stock query application that does client-side polling.
http://java.sun.com/mailers/techtips/enterprise/2007/TechTips_Oct07.html#1

Java SE 6 Performance White Paper - (Found July 2, 2008 )

This overview of performance and scalability improvements in Java Platform, Standard Edition 6 (Java SE 6) provides benchmark results that demonstrate the impact of these improvements.
http://java.sun.com/performance/reference/whitepapers/6_performance.html

Using Subversion, NetBeans IDE, and Sun Java System Web Server With Java ME - (Found July 2, 2008 )

This technical article offers Java ME developers suggestions on how to add support for source-code management and application deployment.
http://java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/javame/add_ons/

Creating Rich Internet Applications With Compiled JavaFX Script Technology - (Found July 2, 2008 )

Learn to use JavaFX Script technology to create a compiled JavaFX program that contains user interface components and 2D graphics.
http://java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/scripting/javafx/ria_1/

Glassfish v2: Open for Business - (Found July 2, 2008 )

Find out why the open source GlassFish v2 application server is a good choice for handling critical business applications and the demands of a production environment.
http://java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/glassfish/GFv2OpenforBusiness/

JSFTemplating and Woodstock: Component Authoring Made Easy - (Found July 2, 2008 )

Frustrated with the complexities of writing a JavaServer Faces component With the help of the JSFTemplating and Woodstock projects, you can write a component with only two files.
http://java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/J2EE/jsf_templating/

Ultra-low Bandwidth Communication with ZigBee and JavaME - (Found July 2, 2008 )

Bruce Hopkins explores how to use Java ME and Sun SPOT technology to create a low-bandwidth wireless system to read sensor data. He provides two fully functioning applications: the first one is the base station application, which will receive data from the second application, the free roaming wireless Sun SPOT.
http://blogs.sun.com/mobility_techtips/entry/ultra_low_bandwidth_communication_with

Book Review: JavaFX Script: Dynamic Java Scripting for Rich InternetClient-Side Applications - (Found July 2, 2008 )

Do you want to learn about JavaFX Script technology This book is a quick and easy read for those who are already familiar with GUI programming in the Java platform.
http://java.sun.com/developer/Books/javafx/weaver/