Fw: Jars Weekly Newsletter January 25, 2007

> ==================================================================== > The JARS.COM Express(tm) Update > January 25, 2007 > The Worlds #1 Java Application Review Service > http://www.jars.com > > ___________________________________________________________________ > > This newsletter is part of the Jupitermedia network. > http://www.internet.com > > ___________________________ Sponsors ________________________________ > > Business Objects > _____________________________________________________________________ > > ********************************************************************* > Java Articles from Jupitermedia > ********************************************************************* > > :: Java 5's DelayQueue > See how the power of the Java 5 queue implementations, including > DelayQueue, as they > define constructs for common queueing needs in a thread-safe manner. > http://www.developer.com/java/other/article.php/3654721 > > > :: Eclipse Joins Java Community Process > They were at odds for years. Are Eclipse and Sun now drinking the same > Java? > http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3653731 > > > :: Eclipse Tip: Use Optional Plug-in Dependencies to Support Diverse > Runtime Environments > Look into a sort of "universal middleware" for Java -- a service-oriented, > component-based environment that provides software vendors with > standardized access to a > variety of platforms and runtime environments. > http://www.developer.com/java/ent/article.php/3655231 > > > :: Java JAXP, Creating Graphics Using Java and SVG > Learn how to write servlets to produce SVG code that > will be rendered in graphic form by an SVG-compatible > browser. Also see how write your own SVG graphics > library to eliminate or at least alleviate the > requirement to write raw XML code or raw JAXP DOM > code, making it possible for you to produce SVG output > simply by making Java method calls. > http://www.developer.com/java/other/article.php/3655506 > > *********************************************************** > JARS Weekly Editors Choice List > *********************************************************** > > Recently Submitted Editors Choice Resources at JARS: > > 1. Mine Labyrinth (rzamba-11) > 2. Flys (rzamba-12) > 3. Colonializazion (rzamba-14) > 4. Calendar Dialog (xlinuks-2) > 5. WizCrypt (subwiz-2) > 6. SUN SCJP-5.0 Upgrade Practice Test (ucertify-10) > 7. JDateChooser (Vadim_ig-3) > 8. AntInstaller (teknopaul-2) > 9. PSCafePOS (csyperski-2) > 10. Amazons (chitgoks-9) > > /-------------------------------------------------------------------> > Crystal Reports - Developer Community Enhanced > The Crystal Reports Diamond Developer Community site has a > whole new look along with great new .NET and Java resources to > support your report design and integration experience. Get > tarted with the Diamond Developer Community now. > http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2ynn,1,18eq,esmc,dn3i,721f > > \--------------------------------------------------------------adv.-/ > > *********************************************************** > JARS Weekly Editors Choice Details and Downloads > *********************************************************** > > 1. Mine Labyrinth (rzamba-11): > Author - Ramba Zamba > Category - Problem Solving > Find your way through a labyrinth full of mines. > http://www.jars.com/games/problem/resource.php/34207 > > > 2. Flys (rzamba-12): > Author - Ramba Zamba > Category - Other Games > Be captain of an army of flyes and guide them where to > fly. > http://www.jars.com/games/other/resource.php/34209 > > > 3. Colonializazion (rzamba-14): > Author - Ramba Zamba > Category - OAdvertisement > Colonize a new planet. Act smart and strategic! Not an > easy game. > http://www.jars.com/business/advertising/resource.php/34213 > > > 4. Calendar Dialog (xlinuks-2): > Author - James Greenberg > Category - Widgets > This is a nice and easy to use GUI Calendar ( main > class: CalendarDialog), you can bring it up with only > one line of code!: new CalendarDialog( yourFrame, new > GregorianCalendar() ); The details are in the > readme.txt file, check the source code. > http://www.jars.com/programming/widgets/resource.php/34215 > > > 5. WizCrypt (subwiz-2): > Author - Subhash Chandran > Category - Other Utilities > Cross platform commandline encryption program. Can be > used from commandline to encrypt sensitive data in > your harddisk. It also exposes Java APIs which can be > used to embed WizCrypt inside your Java application. > http://www.jars.com/utilities/other/resource.php/34229 > > > 6. SUN SCJP-5.0 Upgrade Practice Test (ucertify-10): > Author - Roger Stuart > Category - Training > PrepKit CX310-056, SCJP 5.0 Upgrade is an interactive > software application that helps you learn, tracks your > progress, identifies areas for improvements and > simulates the actual exam. This PrepKit contains 6 > interactive practice tests with over 380 challenging > questions guaranteed to comprehensively cover all the > objectives for the CX310-056: SUN SCJP-5.0 Upgrade > exam. With detailed analysis for each question, over > 70 study notes, interactive quizzes, tips and > technical articles, this PrepKit ensures that you get > a solid grasp of core technical concepts to ace your > certification exam. Our PrepKits help you get > certified. You save both, time and money. As a matter > of fact, we do better than that. Each PrepKit is > backed by money back guarantee. So, if you don't get > certified in the first attempt, we will return your > money. > http://www.jars.com/websites/training/resource.php/34329 > > > 7. JDateChooser (Vadim_ig-3): > Author - Vadim Androsov > Category - GUI > JavaBean datepicker (calendar panel, calendar > combobox, calendar dialog). Supports appearance > customization with visual editors, external skins > support. Single, period, miltiple or null selection. > Supports visual property customization without IDE. > http://www.jars.com/programming/GUI/resource.php/34359 > > > 8. AntInstaller (teknopaul-2): > Author - Paul Hinds > Category - Other Programming > AntInstaller enables you to quickly build installers > for your applications using an XML config file and all > the power of Ant. > http://www.jars.com/programming/other/resource.php/34377 > > > 9. PSCafePOS (csyperski-2): > Author - chuck syperski > Category - Other Business > PSCafePOS is a Point of Sale system that is designed > to be used in a educational envrionment. It will work > will nearly any SIS system. > http://www.jars.com/business/other/resource.php/34379 > > > 10. Amazons (chitgoks-9): > Author - Mark Chester Goking > Category - Card Games > Amazons is played with a deck of playing cards. What > is interesting about this game is that it is played > with a stripped deck, i.e. one that has its deuces, > treys, fours, fives, and sixes removed. This game is > so named because if the game is won, all queens are > shown on full view, so all kings are removed as well. > First, four cards are dealt. They would be the > reserve. Above it is a space for the foundations. Once > an ace is available, it is placed on the foundations > and each ace should be placed in order on which they > become available. The first four cards dealt are the > bases of the reserve piles, the top card of each being > available only to the foundation immediately above it. > The exception to this rule is a queen can be moved to > its foundation from any pile. The order of placing is > A-7-8-9-10-J-Q. When play goes on a standstill, four > more cards are then dealt, one on each reserve pile, > and stop to see if any of the cards dealt can be > placed on the foundations. Spaces are not filled until > the next deal. This process is repeated until the > stock runs out. When it does, a new stock is formed by > placing each pile over its right-hand neighbor, turn > them face down and deal; this should be done without > reshuffling. The process of dealing the cards, > building to the foundations, and redealing, is > repeated without limits until the game is won or lost. > The game is won when all cards are built onto the > foundations, with the queens at the top. > http://www.jars.com/games/card/resource.php/34395 > > ************************************************************ > Java News > ************************************************************ > > :: Sun's Rock Is Now Set in Silicon > Sun Microsystems, enjoying a new wave of growth > momentum with its Unix products, is soldiering on with > increases in performance of its Niagara chip and > progress in Rock, its next SPARC chip. > http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/3654476 > > > :: C#: Is the Party Over? > Five years later what do we see? The .NET platform has > been under constant development, often too fast for > many corporate users to adopt. There has been a 1.0, > 1.1, and 2.0, each which could be counted as a > significant version in their own right. > http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2ynn,1,bww3,zxz,dn3i,721f > > :: How Much and How Fast Should Java Change? > With significant changes being tossed around for Java > 7 (e.g. closures), many developers are worried about > the language changing or changing too fast. > http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2ynn,1,5yyk,jvhq,dn3i,721f > > > :: Real-world SOA or Web 2.0 Novelties? Part 1 > Since Web 2.0 kicked off scarcely a day goes by > without a headline targeting mashups and their > enablers, AJAX and Web Services, as the next hot Web > technologies. > http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2ynn,1,mbns,5kn2,dn3i,721f > > ************************************************************ > ANNOUNCEMENTS > ************************************************************ > > > *************** REGISTER AS A JARS JUDGE! **************** > > Are you a professional in the Java Community? > > If so then Jars needs you! 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