Open Source Article Index

Ant

Building with Ant: Introduction

Developing Web applications using Java Servlets, JavaServer Pages, and other J2EE technologies is fun! See how to avoid many of the common growing pains of application development by using simple tools, like Ant and JUnit, and a simple directory structure.
www.developer.com/open/article.php/989631

Building with Ant: Directory Structure

Developing Web applications using Java Servlets, JavaServer Pages, and other J2EE technologies is fun! See how to avoid many of the common growing pains of application development by using simple tools, like Ant and JUnit, and a simple directory structure.
www.developer.com/java/article.php/994991

Building with Ant: Deployment and Distribution

We wrap up our lessons on working with this open-source development tool from the Jakarta Project by looking at some advanced issues -- multiple deployment targets, versioning, and source distribution.
www.developer.com/open/article.php/998241

Axis

Developing Java Web Services with AXIS

Apache Axis has simplified the development of Java Web services. Its customization allows you to make your Web applications expose Web services and Web methods without much of the hassle.
www.developer.com/open/article.php

Axis 2

Introducing Axis 2, the Next Generation of the Apache Web Service Stack

Axis 2 is the Apache effort to handle the numerous changes that have taken place in Web Services over the past few years. Examine Axis 2 in contrast to Axis, the rationale for Axis 2, and the future of the two projects.
www.developer.com/services/article.php/3525481

Cocoon

An Introduction to Apache Cocoon 2.1

Discover the many advantages Cocoon has to offer over competing technologies, especially when it comes to larger applications. This is especially true for Web operations that employ multiple people for development and maintenance, and which require internalization, content aggregation, XML transformations, and multi-channeling.
http://www.developer.com/open/article.php/3098661

Spinning Your Code with XSLT and JSF in Cocoon

Explore the combination of the XML processing language XSL with the newly released JavaServer Faces (JSF) standard API, using the Apache Cocoon framework as an enabler for both.
www.developer.com/open/article.php/3348311

Eclipse

Meet Eclipse

If you have never ventured into Eclipse here is your chance.
www.developer.com/lang/article.php/3518006

The Momentum of Eclipse

The big news this week all centers around Eclipse. See who has joined its ranks as Strategic Developers/Board Members and what projects have been announced at Eclipsecon 2005.
www.developer.com/open/article.php/3486651

A First Look at Eclipse Plug-In Programming

If you are a Java programmer and not using Eclipse you may be missing something. Evaluate if Eclipse can fit your needs.
www.developer.com/open/article.php/3316241

SWT Programming with Eclipse

SWT is the core of the Eclipse user interface. The Eclipse platform is based on the SWT library. See here how to program with it.
www.developer.com/open/article.php/3330861

Swing and SWT: A Tale of Two Java GUI Libraries

Swing or SWT (Standard Widget Toolkit). How do they compare? Which do you prefer?
www.developer.com/java/other/article.php/2179061

Hibernate

Introducing HQL: The Object-Oriented Query Language from Hibernate

Extend the power of Hibernate with HQL. This query language, designed as 'minimal object-oriented extension to SQL', facilitates writing database-type independent queries that are converted to local SQL dialect of underlying database at runtime.
www.developer.com/open/article.php/3322131

O/R Mapping with Hibernate

Hibernate, an Open Source project available for free, is a powerful, high-performance object/relational mapper for the Java environment. Hibernate helps create an efficient 'persistence layer' for an object-oriented application that handles storing application data to and retrieving data from a relational database. Hibernate achieves this by effectively mapping the data representation of an object to a relational database structure.
www.developer.com/open/article.php/3312051