Discover how you can utilize SQL Server transactions when nesting calls to stored procedures.

Tips to help decide whether .NET or Java is right for your organization's next software project.

Discover how to utilize the Lutz .NET Reflector tool to inspect your .NET DLLs.

@Autowired is not just for property injection, but also can be used in methods and constructors. Learn to leverage the power of @Autowired into your Java apps.

Walk through a Struts 1 and Struts 2 application to examine the main differences between the two frameworks.

Discover how ASP.NET developers can add a quick and easy way to display system messages through modal dialog boxes, similar to those found in thick-client applications.

Generate a data dictionary using SQL Server 2005 metadata then take it one step further. Use Extended Properties to add additional metadata that will explain why each data object is important to the application that uses it.

Discover how to utilize the ZK Ajax framework to develop web based Java applications with the look and functionality of desktop applications.

Spring is a powerful framework for building enterprise Java applications. JSF is a standards-based technology that can simplify Web development. Combine the two with surprisingly little effort, allowing you to take advantage of the best that both Spring and JSF have to offer.

Validating input, internationalization, security, and more: Evaluate how implimenting these features differs between Java Server Faces (JSF) and ASP.NET.

Take a look at a high-level comparison of two popular technologies available to web application developers - JavaServer Faces (JSF) and ASP.NET.

Discover how to utilize JSP (JavaServer Pages) Tags from a few quality open-source projects to add impressive visual components to J2EE Web applications.

Explore the popular open-source framework Spring and how it can be used to wire Java applications using Inversion of Control (IOC). This article introduces Spring, discusses the concept of Inversion of Control (sometimes known as Dependency Injection), and shows how Spring enables you to develop clean, robust Java applications.

Learn about Oracle's Application Developer Framework (ADF) and how it integrates with J2EE. Explore the basic concepts and terminology behind this framework, and then see how ADF can help Oracle developers build quality J2EE applications in a short amount of time.

For those Java programmers who like the drag-and-drop and RAD approach.

This year's DBMS winner has earned praise within the Java community as one of only a few pure Java database offerings.

Now you can implement authorization for a J2EE application utilizing a Servlet Filter. This is a simple and unobtrusive way to satisfy authorization requirements. It can be plugged into a new or existing application running on any Servlet container.

Take a look at the key features of Sun Java Studio Enterprise 7, released just last month.

Easily add grapical charts to any Java-based Web applications. Using two popular open-source projects, Cewolf and JFreeChart, developers can provide users a way to visually analyze data through a web browser.

With the popularity of XML today, a common design decision is to configure business application with markup files. While XML has its advantages, storing this type of information in the database brings its own benefits.

Explore some of the functionality behind HTML DB's Application Builder component.

Get a look at the HTML DB developer suite from Oracle. Michael Klaene gives a high level overview of HTML DB and demonstrates how to quickly build an application without code.

Get familiar with Oracle PL/SQL Collections. Discover the three collection types for Oracle PL/SQL: nested tables, varrays, and associative arrays, and learn when to use them.

Learn how to develop a simple portlet that adheres to the specification.

If you are new to Oracle, do yourself a favor and spend a few minutes to get comfortable with these SQL*Plus commands.

The Java Portlet Specification promises to simplify the development of enterprise portals by providing a standards-based set of APIs. This article will highlight the main concepts behind the Java Portlet Specification.

Are you frustrated by programming directly againg JDBC? SQL Maps provides an efficient way to graph database values to Java objects through the use of XML configuration files.

An introduction to Oracle Java stored procedures, including an overview of the technology, its benefits, and a step by step guide on how to write them.

Learn how to create an audit trail for application data on an Oracle database (Oracle 8 and up). It includes two scripts that can be used to quickly get started.