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Storing Sensitive Data ( like SSNs )

We might have to store Social Security Numbers.  We REALLY don't want to do this in our own database, we'd like some external 'vault' servi…

Started by Kevin Neelands in Java

1 May 7, 2014
Reply by Michael Levin

Documentation standards or guidelines?

Does anyone care to share their suggestions for documentation? I'm asking because I recently had to change a program I wrote more than five…

Started by Miek in Java

1 Apr 11, 2014
Reply by Adam Davis

Oracle Embedded MOOC w/ Raspberry PI

If your interested in playing with Java on Raspberry PI - another round of the "Oracle Massive Open Online Course: Develop Java Embedded Ap…

Started by Chris Schaefer in Java

1 Apr 10, 2014
Reply by Michael Levin

Mavrick OS

Hello Just a little food for thought... If you use the new Mavrick OS on a MAC do you like it? or hate it? Why and Why not? I would like to…

Started by Jack Stripe in Testing

3 Apr 4, 2014
Reply by Michael Levin

Does anyone have experience with the Paypal Sandbox?

I'm doing some Paypal work using Ruby on Rails, with test accounts in the 'sandbox', the area that duplicates the functionality of Paypal b…

Started by Kevin Neelands in Testing

0 Jul 2, 2013

JavaFX and Netbeans IDE

Is there any knowledge on the horizon on integrating JavaFX into Netbeans in the same way Swing is integrated into it?  Currently,  as I k…

Started by Mike Bivins in Java

0 Dec 11, 2012

Gainesville Events - web and android app

Hey guys checkout my new android app for social events in Gainesville http://goo.gl/qF5sT - the web app built in grails http://goo.gl/bQH

Started by Nemanja Nesic - NEM- in Java

10 Dec 9, 2012
Reply by Michael Levin

Another question on refactoring my NetBeans generated GUI code

Hello all: It has been a few months since my last question.  Had a lot of other projects taking up my time, but I am back to fighting with…

Started by Paul Stearns in Java

0 Jun 20, 2012

A new scheduler in town

Hello OJUG folks, I am excited to tell you that there is a new scheduler project that I've working on, and it's ready for public use. Chec…

Started by Zemian Deng in Java

0 May 29, 2012

Creating separate class files in a large project

Hello all: I have been working on a GUI interface for controlling lights in a planetarium.  I had some trouble getting the communication t…

Started by Paul Stearns in Java

9 Feb 10, 2012
Reply by Jackie Gleason

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