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| Discussions Started (4) | Replies | Latest Activity |
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Some Java Concurrency TipsSome Java Concurrency Tips a review of some concurrency tips from Joshua Bloch, Brian Goetz and others. http://www.dzone.com/links/some_jav… Started by Carol McDonald in Testing |
0 | Sep 18, 2009 |
Java Enterprise Tech Tips: Locking and Concurrency in Java Persistence 2.0The latest update to JPA, Java Persistence 2.0, adds a number of new features such as additional O/R mapping functionality and new query la… Started by Carol McDonald in Java |
0 | Sep 14, 2009 |
Comparing Tomcat and GlassfishThere is a direct connection between the Web container technology used by developers and the performance and agility of applications. This… Started by Carol McDonald in Java |
0 | Mar 6, 2009 |
JavaFXhttp://weblogs.java.net/blog/caroljmcdonald/archive/2008/12/javafx_restful.html JavaFX RESTful Pet Catalog Client: a JavaFX application th… Started by Carol McDonald in Java |
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Dec 7, 2008 Reply by Michael Levin |
Happy 10th year, JCertif!
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